CDs now available:

2019 Tony Award Season
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Annual compilation album of songs from Broadway shows of the 2018-2019 season. Each musical, including the 2019 Tony-nominated musicals, have been invited to contribute a song. We Got the Beat" (Head Over Heels), "Gettin' The Band Back Together" (Gettin' The Band Back Together), "Say My Name" (Beetlejuice), "A Guy That I'd Kinda Be Into" (Be More Chill), "The Way You Do The Things You Do" (Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations), "Too Darn Hot" (Kiss Me, Kate), "Gone, Gone, Gone" (Tootsie), "If I Could Turn Back Time" (The Cher Show), "I Can't Go Back" (Pretty Woman: The Musical), "Wait For Me" (Hadestown), "Unruly Heart" (The Prom), "Oklahoma!" (Oklahoma!), "Last of Our Kind" (King Kong); Bonus Track: "Goodbye, My Love/Back To Before" (performed by Marin Mazzie, live). A portion of the proceeds from the album will go to the American Theatre Wing and Broadway League's arts educations initiatives. Cover art features a specially commissioned Tony season illustration by Justin "Squigs" Robertson. Packaging includes an essay by noted musical theatre historian Mark A. Robinson as well as details about each show. Albums from 2017-2018 season and 2016-2017 season still available. At BroadwayRecords.com.

Laura Benanti: Songs from My Fair Lady
(Broadway Records - new CD/digital)
Laura Benanti sings "Wouldn't It Be Loverly," "I Could Have Danced All Night," "Just You Wait," and "Show Me," from the Lerner & Loewe score. Produced by David Lai and Ted Sperling. Released 6/7/19 on mp3 and at iTunes. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

The Man in the Ceiling
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
World premiere recording of Andrew Lippa score. Kate Baldwin, Gavin Creel, Grady Miranda, John-Michael Lyles, Ashley Park, and Andrew Lippa. 36-page booklet with full lyrics, original illustrations from Jules Feiffer, a synopsis from Andrew Lippa, and a note from director Jeffrey Seller. "Doin' Fine," "Almost There," "Jimmy," "Hands," "Disappear," "Draw Me," "Maybe He Likes Me," "Where Is My Love Song," "Kidding Around," "Like Your Son," "I Do What I Do," "You Are the Friend," "To the Gods," "Mr. Floperoo," "Draw Your Own Conclusion," "Being Grown-Up" (Bonus Track). Produced by Will Van Dyke and Andrew Lippa, with Andrew Lippa and Kurt Deutsch serving as executive producers. The musical opened at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, NY in 2017. Released digitally new digital album on mp3 and at iTunes on 4/19/19. Also at GhostlightRecords.com.

VINYL LPs Now Available:

Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations vinyl
(Ume - new on 2-LP vinyl album)
Derrick Baskin, James Harkness, Jawan M. Jackson, Jeremy Pope, and Ephraim Sykes with Saint Aubyn, Shawn Bowers, E. Clayton Cornelious, Taylor Symone Jackson, Jahi Kearse, Jarvis B. Manning Jr., Joshua Morgan, Rashidra Scott, Nasia Thomas, Christian Thompson, Candice Marie Woods, Esther Antoine, Marcus Paul James, Jelani Remy, and Curtis Wiley. "The Way You Do the Things You Do," "Run Away Child, Running Wild," "Gloria," "In the Still of the Night / Speedo," "Shout," "I Want A Love I Can See," "My Girl," "Get Ready," "Supremes Medley: You Can't Hurry Love / Come See About Me / Baby Love," "Since I Lost My Baby," "Ain't Too Proud To Beg," "Don't Look Back / You're My Everything," "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You," "If You Don't Know Me By Now," "(I Know) I'm Losing You," "I Wish It Would Rain," "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)," "I Can't Get Next To You," "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me," "War," "Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)," "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)," "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)," "For Once In My Life," "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" (Pt. 1), "Cloud Nine," "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" (Pt. 2), "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted," "I Can't Get Next To You" (Finale). Arrangements by Kenny Seymour. Released 6/7/19. Previously released new on CD/on mp3 and at iTunes

DVD/BLU-RAYs Now Available:

Swing Time: The Criterion Collection
(Criterion Collection - new Blu-ray/DVD)
1936 musical film directed by George Stevens. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Songs by Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern. Special features: new 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray; audio commentary from 1986 featuring John Mueller, author of "Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films"; archival interviews with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and choreographer Hermes Pan; new interview with George Stevens Jr.; In Full Swing, a new program on the film's choreography and soundtrack featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, dance critic Brian Seibert, and Dorothy Fields biographer Deborah Grace Winer; new interview with film scholar Mia Mask on the "Bojangles of Harlem" number; essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith.

BOOKs Now Available:

The Flower Whisperer
(powerHouse Books - Hardcover Book)
By Joel Grey. Introduction by Jennifer Grey. A "... personal testament to the sensual and mysterious sexual universe of flowers." 120 pages.

Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein - paperback
(Harper - Paperback Book)
Memoir by Jamie Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein's oldest daughter. "Bernstein's jaw-dropping honesty and humor gives us the best example of the 'growing up famous' genre since Brooke Hayward's classic Haywire" (John Guare). Jamie Bernstein narrates the audio versions. 400 pages. Released previously in hardcover, Kindle, Audiobook on CD, and Audible Editions.

Kathleen Turner on Acting: Conversations about Film, Television, and Theater audiobook
(Skyhorse Publishing - Audiobook on CD)
By Kathleen Turner and Dustin Morrow. "With her iconic wit on full display, Turner dazzles readers with her shrewd insights on the craft of acting and charming anecdotes from her own storied career. Touching on each of her roles, she expounds on the lessons she's learned and describes her journey of discovery in the world of acting."400 pages. Readers: Kathleen Turner and Dustin Morrow. Previously released in hardcover and Kindle formats.

Rutherford and Son
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
Play by Githa Sowerby, first produced in 1912. Published to coincide with 2019 National Theatre production. (Produced at Mint Theatre in 2001 and 2012.) 112 pages.

Books RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:

In the Long Run: A Cultural History of Broadway’s Hit Plays
(Routledge - Paperback Book)
By Jordan Schildcrout. In-depth analysis of 15 plays that ran over 1,000 performances, examining what made each so popular in its time. Each chapter focuses on the longest-running plays of a particular decade, synthesizing historical research and dramaturgical analysis to explain how they functioned as works of theatrical art, cultural commodities, and reflections of the values, conflicts, and fantasies of their times. At the heart of each play’s history are the ideological contradictions often present in works of popular culture that appeal to diverse audiences, particularly around issues of gender, race, class, and sexuality. 264 pages.