Stage Door Records in association with David Essex have announced the digital release of select theatrical titles from David Essex's musical back catalogue including MUTINY! and FRIENDS. On May 13th, 2012 the following titles will be made available for digital download on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic and other digital e-tailers in all worldwide territories. (more...)

Upcoming Broadway DVD Releases for May 2012

Check out the latest in upcoming releases of Broadway and theatre related DVDs for May 2012. (more...)

Madonna's W.E. Releases on DVD and Blu-ray Today, 5/1

Madonna's W.E. Releases on DVD and Blu-ray today, May 1. W.E. has received numerous accolades, including a 2011 Academy Award nomination for Best Achievement in Costume Design, a 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song (Motion Picture) for the song 'Masterpiece', and a 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (Motion Picture). (more...)

Mikel Rouse Releases Double CD: Boost|False Doors Today, 5/1

Composer, filmmaker, director and solo performer Mikel Rouse releases today, May 1, his first double album, Boost|False Doors (Exit Music 1015-1016), through iTunes and all major retailers. Boost|False Doors will be available via iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp, CD Baby, CD Connection and CD Universe and on disc through All Major Retail Stores and through Exit Music Recordings today. (more...)

TCG to Publish the 2012 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Quiara Alegría Hudes's WATER BY THE SPOONFUL

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) today announced the upcoming publication of Quiara Alegria Hudes's Water by the Spoonful, the 2012 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play will be available from TCG Books on August 1, and will be quickly followed up with the release of Hudes's Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue on August 15. These are the second and first plays, respectively, of a trilogy by the award-winning playwright; the third installment, The Happiest Song Plays Last, will receive its world premiere in spring 2013 at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and will be published by TCG later that year. (more...)

Olivia Newton-John to Sign LIVWISE Cookbooks at Barnes & Noble Today

Today, April 27th at 6:00 pm, Grammy Award-Winning Recording Artist & Actress, Olivia Newton-John will be signing copies of Livwise, published by Globe-Pequot 2012 at Barnes & Noble @ 18th Street, corner of 18th Street and 5th Avenue, NYC 212.675.5500. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Donna Murphy Performs Stephen Schwartz's 'Lucky for Over The Moon Album

Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project is both a timeless benefit effort and a uniquely compelling multimedia experience. The project-which incorporates a 2-CD, 26-song set; a lavishly illustrated hardcover book of 17 songs from the album; a corresponding e-book encompassing the entire collection; and a documentary film and web series -gathers many of contemporary musical theatre's greatest composers and vocalists, as well as illustrators, all of whom have donated their talent to deliver an emotionally affecting set of new lullabies, some written specifically for this project. Proceeds from sales of the book and 2-CD set will benefit breast cancer research, support and education. (more...)

Theatre World Volume 67: 2010-2011 to Be Released, 5/8

Theatre World Media has announced the latest volume of the series, Theatre World, set for publication May 8. Theatre World Volume 67: 2010-2011 is not just a casual browse: it is the ultimate reference guide for complete, authoritative information for all venues from Broadway to regional theatre. The amount of comprehensive information found within its pages cannot be found in one location anywhere else in print or online. (more...)

Olivia Newton-John to Sign LIVWISE Cookbooks at Barnes & Noble, April 27

This Friday, April 27th at 6:00 pm, Grammy Award-Winning Recording Artist & Actress, Olivia Newton-John will be signing copies of Livwise, published by Globe-Pequot 2012 at Barnes & Noble @ 18th Street, corner of 18th Street and 5th Avenue, NYC 212.675.5500. (more...)

Julie Reiber of Broadway's PRISCILLA Releases Debut CD Today

JULIE REIBER - the singer and actress currently playing Marion in Priscilla Queen of the Desert on Broadway at the Palace Theater - will release her debut solo album today, April 24. Love Travels is a mix of her original tunes, musical theatre favorites by such composers as Jason Robert Brown ('Still Hurting'), Adam Guettel ('Through The Mountain') and Stephen Schwartz (the special bonus track 'Defying Gravity') - each with a special twist - and reinventions of Reiber's favorite artists including Stevie Wonder ('Knocks Me Off My Feet'), Chaka Khan ('Stay'), John Mayer ('Back To You') and Joni Mitchell ('Little Green'). She will celebrate this new recording with a concert at Rockwood Music Hall the following night, Wednesday April 25. The $20 ticket price includes a signed CD. Love Travels will also be available via iTunes, CDBaby.com, Amazon.com and JulieReiber.com (more...)

BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL Gets Sampler Release Today

Bring it On: The Musical gets a three-song sampler from Sh-K-Boom Records today, April 24, 2012. The album will include the tracks for It's All Happening, Ain't No Thing, and Enjoy The Trip. (more...)

BONNIE & CLYDE Cast Album Released Today

The original Broadway cast recording of Frank Wildhorn's BONNIE AND CLYDE is set for release today, April 24, 2012. (more...)

Warner Bros Releases Vinyl Albums, Singles in Honor of National Record Store Day, 4/21

Warner Bros. Records has announced that it will make a series of vinyl albums and singles available on April 21st in honor of the 5th annual Record Store Day - a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally. Warner Bros. Records is proud to be an official sponsor of Record Store Day. (more...)

Julie Reiber of Broadway's PRISCILLA to Release Debut CD, 4/24

JULIE REIBER - the singer and actress currently playing Marion in Priscilla Queen of the Desert on Broadway at the Palace Theater - will release her debut solo album on Tuesday, April 24. Love Travels is a mix of her original tunes, musical theatre favorites by such composers as Jason Robert Brown ('Still Hurting'), Adam Guettel ('Through The Mountain') and Stephen Schwartz (the special bonus track 'Defying Gravity') - each with a special twist - and reinventions of Reiber's favorite artists including Stevie Wonder ('Knocks Me Off My Feet'), Chaka Khan ('Stay'), John Mayer ('Back To You') and Joni Mitchell ('Little Green'). She will celebrate this new recording with a concert at Rockwood Music Hall the following night, Wednesday April 25. The $20 ticket price includes a signed CD. Love Travels will also be available via iTunes, CDBaby.com, Amazon.com and JulieReiber.com (more...)

Benjamin Sears's THE IRVING BERLIN READER Published by OUP this April

Noted performer and music historian, Benjamin Sears has an unprecedented familiarity with both Irving Berlin's work and the writings about him, much of which he has brought together in the new, The Irving Berlin Reader, part of the Readers on American Music Series from Oxford University Press, available in stores on April 6, 2012. (more...)

CD REVIEW: Richard Beadle - Songs, Feat. Julie Atherton, Jon Boydon & More

There's much to love in this collection of musical theatre pieces written by Richard Beadle, whose musical direction credits include Betty Blue Eyes (Novello Theatre), Hair! (Gielgud Theatre), Priscilla, Queen Of the Desert (Palace Theatre) and Grease (Piccadilly Theatre). (more...)

BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL Gets Sampler Release, 4/24

Bring it On: The Musical will get a three song sampler from Sh-K-Boom Records on April 24, 2012. The album will include the tracks for It's All Happening, Ain't No Thing, and Enjoy The Trip. (more...)

ONCE's Glen Hansard to Release Solo Album, 6/19

Over 20 years in the making, singer songwriter Glen Hansard will release his first ever solo album, Rhythm and Repose, on Anti- Records June 19. Best known for his work with The Frames, The Swell Season and in the feature film Once, for which he won an Academy Award, Rhythm and Repose is Hansard's debut solo album and first album of new material since his 2009 release Strict Joy with The Swell Season. The album will be available for pre-sale at the Anti Store. In recent months Hansard has been seen in the documentary The Swell Season which has toured the film festival circuit this year, contributed two songs to the blockbuster soundtrack, The Hunger Games, and been active in the promotion of Once, The Musical which successfully opened on Broadway on March 18. Hansard will support the new record on a U.S. tour. See reverse for details. (more...)

Applause Books Releases THE SOUND OF MUSIC FAMILY SCRAPBOOK

The inside story of the beloved movie musical, revealed by Charmian Carr, Nicholas Hammond, Heather Menzies, Duane Chase, Angela Cartwright, Debbie Turner, and Kym Karath, the actors who starred as the von Trapp children. (more...)

Laura Selwood, Shona White & More Set for HEY PRODUCER! Album Showcase & Signing on April 7

Dress Circle have announced that they will be hosting a showcase for the new album Hey Producer!, a collection of musical theatre and cabaret songs by Danny Davies recorded by West End leads, on Saturday 7th April 2012 at 12pm in their shop at 57/59 Monmouth Street, London, WC2H 9DG. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: THE DEVIL'S CARNIVAL On Sale Now

In THE DEVIL'S CARNIVAL, sinners are invited to a theme park where they endure the repetition of their transgressions. Lucifer and his colorful cast of singing carnies guide these lost souls through their wild, warped amusement park. Check out the trailer for the soundtrack - now available - below! (more...)

Leslie Uggams UPTOWN DOWNTOWN CD Now Available

Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress, singer, and recording artist Leslie Uggams (On Golden Pond, King Headley II, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Anything Goes, Jerry's Girls, Her First Roman, Hallelujah, Baby! and television's Roots) has launched her new CD Uptown Downtown, now available online at CDBaby.com. This 2-CD cast album includes 21 tracks (24 songs) from her one-woman autobiographical musical that charts her career from Harlem (Uptown) to Broadway (Downtown), and everywhere in between. (more...)

TCG Books Releases ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS by Richard Bean

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) announces the availability of the U.S. edition of Richard Bean's One Man, Two Guvnors, published by Oberon Books. One Man, Two Guvnors arrives on Broadway on April 6, 2012, starring James Corden, the leading man from the London run. This edition is the Broadway version of the One Man, Two Guvnors script, specially revised by the playwright to tickle the funny bone of American audiences. (more...)

Deutsche Grammophon to Release Recording Featuring Myung-Whun Chung & the Seoul Philharmonic, 4/10

Deutsche Grammophon presents conductor Myung-Whun Chung and his Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra with a new album of Debussy and Ravel. The orchestra regularly performs for largely sold-out audiences. In anticipation of the orchestra's first official North American tour, the Yellow Label releases this album of French masterpieces, available April 10. (more...)

WEST SIDE STORY Star Rita Moreno to Publish Memoir; Winter 2013 Release Expected

Celebra Books, a division of Penguin Group (USA), announced the acquisition of legendary film, television, and stage performer Rita Moreno's untitled memoir. Executive Editor Denise Silvestro acquired world rights to the book from Dan Strone, CEO of Trident Media Group. The book will be published in winter 2013. (more...)

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