Upcoming Releases

[hen88]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 1:06pm

Complete information on all known upcoming releases of theatre related audio and video recordings can be found on our Upcoming Releases page. Recordings released last week and earlier can be viewed here.
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CDs Now Available:

Billy Elliot the Musical
(new on CD)
Original London Cast Recording of Elton John/Lee Hall score. James Lomas, George Maguire, Liam Mower, Haydn Gwynn and Tim Healy. Available for Order at Amazon UK and DressCircle.co.uk.




Billy Elliot the Musical - Special Edition
(new on 2 CDs)
Original London Cast Recording of Elton John/Lee Hall score. James Lomas, George Maguire, Liam Mower, Haydn Gwynn and Tim Healy. 2nd CD features three songs performed by Elton John ("The Letter," "Merry Christmas, Mrs Thatcher," "Electricity.") Available for Order at Amazon UK and DressCircle.co.uk.



Murder She Wrote - The Complete Second Season
(MCA Home Video - new on 3 DVDs)
Order at CD Universe
Angela Lansbury series. Regulars and guests include William Windom, Ron Masak, Genie Francis, Tom Bosley, Jerry Orbach.




DVDs Now Available:

Belle of the Yukon
(MGM Video - new on DVD)
Order at CD Universe
1944 with Dinah Shore and Gypsy Rose Lee. Full frame.



Cirque Du Soleil - Anniversary Collection, 1984-2005
(Sony - new on 12 DVDs)
Order at CD Universe
Boxed set containing the previously released A Baroque Odyssey, Allegria, Cirque Reinvente, Dralion, Journey Of Man, La Magie Continue, Nouvelle Experience, Quidam, Saltimbanco, Varekai, and La Nouba, plus a bonus disc of Midnight Sun, "a once-in-a-lifetime special." Also included: 6 commemorative post cards.



Kid Galahad
(MGM - new on DVD)
Order at CD Universe
1962 Elvis Presley film with Lola Albright, Gig Young and Charles Bronson.




Books Now Available:

The Actor's Dictionary
(Limelight - Paperback Book)
By Elbin Cleveland. Nearly 3,500 theatrical terms, a ready reference for readers in the theater profession, those who would like to be, and also for those who enjoy the theater from the audience. Many are well-known terms, but others, including slang and jargon, are known primarily by people in the theater profession. Numerous illustrations; quotations by famous actors, directors, and critics; and caricatures of eminent theater personalities.



Gay & Lesbian Theatrical Legacy: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Figures in American Stage History in the Pre-Stonewall Era
(University of Michigan Press - Paperback Book)
Editors Billy J. Harbin, Kim Marra, Robert A. Schanke. Recovers the hidden history of theater professionals who transgressed the gendered expectations of their time. Collects biographies and portraits of influential actors, playwrights, composers, directors, designers, dancers, producers, managers, critics, choreographers, and technicians who made their mark on the American theater.



Judi Dench: Scenes from My Life
(George Weidenfeld & Nicholson - Hardcover Book)
By Judi Dench and John Miller. Dench memoir with over 100 photographs taken from her personal collection, including pictures her childhood in York before the second world war, family holidays, schooldays, her first work as an amateur actor in her teens in York, drama school, the performance that made her name as Juliet in Franco Zefferilli's production at the Old Vic when Judi was in her early twenties, informal shots back stage and off set, as well as photographs of her own family, her actor husband Michael Williams, daughter Finty and grandson Sam.



The Lambs Theatre Club
(McFarland & Co. - Hardcover Book)
By Lewis J., Jr. Hardee. Drawn extensively from The Lambs' official archives, and including many anecdotes from oral histories, this is the definitive history of the venerable club.



The Light in the Piazza
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Libretto for Craig Lucas/Adam Guettel musical, 2005 Broadway production.



New Playwrights: The Best Plays of 2004
(Smith & Kraus - Paperback Book)
Editor D. L. Lepidus; introduction by Dr. Rosary O'Neill. The 6th annual collection of plays produced during the 2003-2004 theatrical season include The Beard of Avon by Amy Freed, Bee-Luther-Hatchee by Thomas Gibbons, The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Carson Kreitzer, Living Out by Lisa Loomer, Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage, Book Group by Marisa Smith, and The Story by Tracey Scott Wilson.



Nine Parts of Desire : A Play
(Northwester Univ. Press - Paperback Book)
Heather Raffo's collection of monologues about Iraqi women. Lucille Lortel award-winner at Manhattan Ensemble Theatre Oct 2004-May 2005.



Self-management for Actors: Getting Down to Show Business - Revised 2nd Edition
(Cricket Feet Publishing - Paperback Book)
By Bonnie Gillespie. Guides actors through the process of taking control of the business side of their careers, and a simple, self-management concept that allows any actor to handle the business of an acting career without losing the ability to be a creative artist.



Theaters
(W.W. Norton & Co. - Hardcover Book/CD)
By Craig Morrison, Andrew Craig Morrison. Visual sourcebook traces colorful and varied forms or theaters as they developed in early America, on the western frontier, and in cities from coast to coast. From music halls to vaudeville, from circus to grand opera, from World's Fair to Coney Island, from nickelodeon to glorious picture palace. Also featured are theaters for burlesque, theaters afloat, military theaters, Shakespearean theaters, summer theaters, theaters and African Americans, and arenas. 1200 illustrations. CD-ROM included.



Recordings RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:

Acorn Antiques - The Musical
(new on Region 2 DVD)
Stage musical version of Victoria Wood’s spoof soap opera based in the busy antiques shop in Manchesterford. Recorded live at the Haymarket Theatre, London. Starring Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Neil Morrissey and Josie Lawrence. Featuring the full length show as well as bonus content (e.g. cast auditions, backstage interviews, opening night party footage and more). Available for pre-order at Dress Circle



Andrew Lloyd Webber: Divas
(Universal - new on CD)
Pre-orders at CD Universe
Compilation CD featuring Elaine Paige, Katherine Jenkins, Denise Van Outen, Shirley Bassey, Sarah Brightman, Glenn Close, Minnie Driver, Diahann Carroll, Yvonne Elliman, Tina Arena, Julie Covington, Petula Clark, Bonnie Tyler, Marti Webb, Barbara Dickson, Kiri Te Kanawa. U.S. release date.



Billy Elliot the Musical - Special Edition
(Universal/Decca - new on CD)
Original London Cast Recording of Elton John/Lee Hall score. James Lomas, George Maguire, Liam Mower, Haydn Gwynn and Tim Healy. Single CD with three bonus songs performed by Elton John ("The Letter," "Merry Christmas, Mrs Thatcher," "Electricity."). U.S. Release.



Dimples
(Fox - new on DVD)
Pre-order at CD Universe
1936 Shirley Temple film, with Frank Morgan, Robert Kent.



Little Colonel
(Fox - new on DVD)
Pre-order at CD Universe
1935 Shirley Temple film, with Lionel Barrymore.



The Littlest Rebel
(Fox - new on DVD)
Pre-order at CD Universe
1935 Shirley Temple film.



Shirley Temple Collection Vol. 3
(Fox - new on 3 DVDs)
Pre-order at CD Universe
Dimples, The Little Colonel and The Littlest Rebel, also available individually.



OTHER NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Cancelled:

Kid Millions
(MGM Video - new on DVD)
1934 film with Eddie Cantor, Ann Sothern, Ethel Merman. Black and white. Full frame.


Added to January 24, 2006:

Sweeney Todd
(Nonesuch - new on CD)
2005 Broadway revival cast recording. Patti LuPone, Michael Cerveris, John Arbo, Donna Lynne Champlin, Manoel Felciano, Alexander Gemignani, Diane DiMarzio, Benjamin Magnuson, Lauren Molina, Mark Jacoby. Recorded 11/14/05.



Added to March 21:

The Busby Berkeley Collection
(Warner Home Video - new on 6 DVDs)
Will include 42nd Street plus new-to-DVD (and not individually available) issues of Gold Diggers of 1933, Gold Diggers of 1935, Footlight Parade and Dames. Sixth disc to include three hours of highlights of Berkeley's production numbers from the films featured in the set and others, which was originally compiled for laserdisc. The newly restored films will also air on Turner Classic Movies around the release date. Bonuses: 42nd Street - three cintage featurettes: "Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer," Hollywood newsreel, A Trip Through a Hollywood Studio, Notes on Busby Berkeley; Gold Diggers of 1933 - new featurette: Good Diggers: FDR's New Deal Broadway Bound, two vintage featurettes: Rambling 'Round Radio Row #2, Seasoned Greetings, 3 vintage cartoons: I've Got to Sing a Torch Song, Pettin' in the Park, We're in the Money, new featurette: 42nd Street: From Book to Stage to Screen, vintage featurette: The 42nd Street Special, Busby Berkeley Musicals Trailer Gallery; Footlight Parade - new featurette: Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades, 2 vintage featurettes: Rambling 'Round Radio Row #8, Vaudeville Reel #1, 2 vintage cartoons: Honeymoon Hotel, Young and Healthy; Theatrical Trailer; Dames - new featurette: Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes, 3 Vintage Featurettes: And She Learned About Dames, Good Morning, Eve, Melody Master: Don Redman and His Orchestram, 2 Vintage Cartoons: I Only Have Eyes for You, Those Beautiful Dames, audio-only bonus: Direct from Hollywood Radio Promo; Theatrical Trailer; Gold Digers of 1935 - new featurette: (buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style, vintage featurette: Double Exposure, 2 Vintage Cartoons: Gold Diggers of '49, Shuffle Off to Buffalo, Direct from Hollywood Radio promo, Gold Diggers Trailer Gallery; Busby Berkeley Disc #6 - Critically-acclaimed compilation, originally conceived as a laserdisc release in 1992, is an exclusive to the set with more than 20 complete musical numbers from nine Warner Bros. films of the 1930s. Some of the rarities included here are "The Lady in Red" from In Caliente (1935), and "All is Fair in Love and War," the amazing flag-waving finale from Gol Diggers of 1937



Announced for first half of 2006:

Classic Musicals From The Dream Factory
(Warner - new on DVDs)
Boxed set including: Till The Clouds Roll By, Ziegfeld Follies, Summer Stock, Three Little Words, and It's Always Fair Weather. All will be available individually as well. It's Always Fair Weather will be Anamorphic, 16x9, with a 5.1 soundtrack; the rest are newly remastered. Ziegfeld Follies will have a 2.0 stereo soundtrack; the others original mono. All will have bonus material.




That's Entertainment Box Set
(Rhino - new on 6 CDs)
New release of material film series. Five discs will include songs from the three films, with eight new selections and about two dozen others sonically upgraded from the previous set. The sixth disc will comprise outtakes and additional selections, primarily previously unissued - including he first release of Judy Garland's complete version of "Buds Won't Bud," cut from Andy Hardy Meets Debutante, as well as Fanny Brice's full recording of "My Man" for The Great Ziegfeld, only heard briefly in the film.




Thanks to Max Preeo for his contributions.


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[hen88]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 1:07pm

It says that the new Sweeney recording will be available on January 24th! I can't wait.