Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap for the week of 4/21/20

Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 4/21/20 (updated 4/24/20)

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Please note that scheduling changes due to the coronavirus pandemic are being made as soon as we are aware of them. But there may be further changes in release dates in the future, as things play out.

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Earlier recaps:

2020: April 14, 7 | March 31, 24, 17, 10, 3 | February 25, 18, 11, 4 | January 28, 21, 14, 7

2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015

CD Now Available:

John Raitt: Original Album Series
(Stage Door Records - new import album on 2 CDs)
Four of John Raitt's (Carousel, The Pajama Game) original studio albums recorded between 1955-1960: "Highlights Of Broadway," originally released in 1955, which opens with "Soliloquy," recorded a decade after Raitt first originated the song on Broadway, plus a selection of the most popular Broadway standards from the 1940s and '50s, including songs from Finian's Rainbow, Kiss Me, Kate, Kismet and more; Raitt's 1956 Latin inspired offering "Mediterranean Magic" ; the folk-themed collection "Under Open Skies," which includes folk ballads like "Sail Ho!" and "El Bandido," and numbers from Carousel and Paint Your Wagon; and Raitt's 1960 studio album "Songs The Kids Brought Home from Camp," featuring popular and memorable "sing-a-long" camp song favourites. Bonus material includes selections from Raitt's 1969 studio album "Today" and a 1962 recording collaboration with jazz musician Lionel Hampton. Foreword by Bonnie Raitt. Also at StageDoorRecords.com .

DIGITAL MUSIC Now Available:

Bobby Conte Thornton: Along the Way
(Broadway Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Debut album from Bobby Conte Thornton (A Bronx Tale, Company). "Nature Boy / Blame It on My Youth," "Along the Way," "Time Heals Everything," "Everybody Says Don't," "Me and Mrs. Jones," "How Deep Is the Ocean? / Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much," "I'm All Over It," "Here, There and Everywhere," "She Loves Me," "Love to Me "That's Life," "Vienna," "Alice" (bonus track). 10-piece band. Orchestrated by conductor/musician and producer James Sampliner.

Broadway Bounty Hunter digital
(Ghostlight Records - new album on mp3/at iTunes)
Original cast album of score by Joe Iconis. Cast includes Annie Golden, Alan H. Green, Brad Oscar, Emily Borromeo, Shiro Jin; Badia Farha, Jasmine Forsberg, Omar Garibay, Jared Joseph, Christina Sajous. "Woman of a Certain Age," "Spin Those Records ," "Shiros Proposition ," "Red ," "Mac Roundtree Theme Song ," "Shiros Proposition (Reprise) / Welcome to Ecuador ," "Feelings ," "The Song of Janessa ," "Aint No Thing," "Master Shiros Bounty Hunters ," "Shiro Vows Revenge," "Little Red Fox ," "Aint No Thing (Reprise) ," "The Return of Roundtree ," "Reporter Rap," "Main Theme from 'Young People: The Musical'," "Veins," "Woman of a Certain Age (Reprise)." Album Joe Iconis and Charlie Rosen, and co-produced by Geoffrey Ko and Ian Kagey, with Jennifer Ashley Tepper serving as executive producer. To be released later this season.

Riverdale: Special Episode - Hedwig and the Angry Inch the Musical
(Watertower Music - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
TV soundtrack. Score by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask. Casey Cott, K.J. KJ Apa, Casey Cott, Charles Melton, Camila Mendes, Vanessa Morgan, Jordan Connor, Madelaine Petsch, Lili Reinhart, Cole Sprouse, Drew Ray Tanner. "Wicked Little Town," "Random Number Generation," "Tear Me Down," "Wig in a Box," "Sugar Daddy," "Exquisite Corpse," "The Origin of Love," "Wicked Little Town (reprise)," "Midnight Radio." Released 4/15/20.

She is Risen: Volume One
(Hedonist Records - new EP on mp3/at iTunes)
Songs from Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice. Morgan James, Shoshana Bean, Cynthia Erivo, Orfeh, and Ledisi. 14-piece Broadway orchestra. "Heaven on Their Minds," "Pilate's Dream," "Simon Zealotes," "I Don't Know How to Love Him," "Gethsemane." Released 4/17/20.

Sing Street OBC
(Masterworks Broadway - new digital album on mp3/at Itunes)
Score by Gary Clark and John Carney. Cast includes Max Bartos, Brendan C. Callahan, Billy Carter, Zara Devlin, Gus Halper, Jakeim Hart, Martin Moran, Anne L. Nathan, Johnny Newcomb, Brenock O'Connor, Gian Perez, Sam Poon, Skyler Volpe, Amy Warren, Anthony Genovesi. "Just Can't Get Enough," "Riddle of the Model," "Up," "A Beautiful Sea," "Girls," "Faith of Our Fathers," "Dream for You," "Drive It Like You Stole It," "Up (Down Version)," "Brown Shoes," "To Find You," "Go Now." Single tracks are being released. CD format to be released 8/7/20.

Will Chase and Ingrid Michaelson: Tigers and Young Men
(Cabin 24 Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
"Tiger King" parody written by Ingrid Michaelson. Released 4/14/20.

Within Earshot: Anthems For The In-Between digital
(Jackson Teeley - new album on mp3/at iTunes)
Concept album for new musical with music and lyrics by Jackson Teeley and a book by Sarah Galante (previously titled Arrowhead. Ryan McCartan (Heathers), Andy Mientus (Spring Awakening), Bonnie Milligan (Head Over Heels), Krysta Rodriguez (Spring Awakening), and Peppermint (Head Over Heels), Amber Ardolino (Moulin Rouge!, Hamilton), Brittney Johnson (Wicked, Sunset Boulevard), and Liisi LaFontaine (Dreamgirls). "Anthem (For The In-Between)," "End Up Together," "Pulled Back Down," "When You Go," "Whoever You Might Be." Executive produced by Teeley, with Michael Pacifico serving as music director. All proceeds through April 27th will benefit The Actors Fund.

Books Now Available:

Simply: A Lifetime of Lyrics
(Kritzerland - Paperback Book)
Lyrics by Bruce Kimmel from his shows, films, TV shows, and standalone songs. Also at Kritzerland.com.

MUSIC to be released this Friday, April 24:

Bobby Conte Thornton: Along the Way
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
Debut album from Bobby Conte Thornton (A Bronx Tale, Company). "Nature Boy / Blame It on My Youth," "Along the Way," "Time Heals Everything," "Everybody Says Don't," "Me and Mrs. Jones," "How Deep Is the Ocean? / Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much," "I'm All Over It," "Here, There and Everywhere," "She Loves Me," "Love to Me "That's Life," "Vienna," "Alice" (bonus track). 10-piece band. Orchestrated by conductor/musician and producer James Sampliner.

Books/Plays RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:

Macbeth in Harlem: Black Theater in America from the Beginning to Raisin in the Sun
(Rutgers Univ Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Clifford Mason. Tells the story of black actors and their fellow black theatrical artists, from the early nineteenth century to the dawn of the civil rights era. How they fought to carve out a space for authentic black voices onstage at a time when blockbuster plays like Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Octoroon trafficked in cheap stereotypes. A testament to black artistry thriving in the face of adversity, chronicling how even as the endemic racism in American society and its theatrical establishment forced black performers to abase themselves for white audiences amusement, African Americans overcame those obstacles to enrich the nations theater in countless ways. 246 pages.

Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.

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