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New Photos From Kean

MWdigital — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:44:43 +0000

Here are some new photos from Kean, the Wright and Forrest musical starring Alfred Drake.

New Artist Page For John Weidman

MWdigital — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:02:54 +0000

Here's a new artist page for John Weidman, the librettist best known for his books for the Sondheim musicals Pacific Overtures, Assassins, and Road Show.

New Legends Of Broadway Video With Angela Lansbury Debuts Today

MWdigital — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:45:44 +0000

Watch Angela Lansbury discuss her Broadway musical debut in Stephen Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle. Check back next week to watch Stephen Sondheim discuss Merrily We Roll Along in advance of the upcoming concert production in New York City starting performances on February 8th.

MASTERWORKS BROADWAY ANNOUNCES TWO FORGOTTEN ALBUMS MAKING THEIR CD AND DIGITAL DEBUTS

MWB Elisa — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:30:45 +0000

A Thurber Carnival (1960 Original Cast) - January 24
David Merrick Presents Hits from His Broadway Hits (1964) - February 21

MASTERWORKS BROADWAY, praised by the Wall Street Journal for its ongoing reissue campaign, continues to make good on its promise to open its vaults with more classic cast recordings previously unavailable in the CD era. A Thurber Carnival (1960 Original Cast) and David Merrick Presents Hits from His Broadway Hits (1964) will be available as downloads through all major digital service providers and as disc-on-demand, with the original cover art and liner notes, via Arkvimusic.com and Amazon.com. Both releases will be accompanied by new album pages and photos on MasterworksBroadway.com.

Black (Musical Theater) History Month

pfilichia — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:53:08 +0000

By Peter Filichia --

February is, of course, Black History Month. So celebrate each day by playing an African-American’s performance from different cast albums.

We have plenty to choose from. Black entertainers have been important components in the Broadway musical, as cast albums dating back to Show Boat’s 1946 revival prove.

In case you need suggestions on what to play on each day, I have a few:

Feb. 1: Play “Getting Ready Rag” from the Ragtime concept album so that you can be getting ready for all these songs you’ll play. Any excuse to hear Brian Stokes Mitchell sing is worth it.

Feb. 2: Now play “Getting Ready Rag” from the Ragtime original cast album. Yes, it’s the same song, so why repeat it? Because it’s Groundhog Day.

New Photos from The Nervous Set

MWdigital — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:05:36 +0000

Check out newly added recording session photos from The Nervous Set, the 1959 beatnik musical starring Tom Aldredge and Larry Hagman.

New Album Page For End Of The Rainbow

MWdigital — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:26:42 +0000

Here’s a new album page for End of the Rainbow, songs from the critically acclaimed production starring Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland. The show will have it’s Broadway premiere in March and the album is available on January 31st.

New Artist Page for Tracie Bennett

MWdigital — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:58:07 +0000

Check out the new artist page for Tracie Bennett who makes her Broadway debut in March playing Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow.

New Legends Of Broadway Video With Maury Yeston Debuts Today

MWdigital — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:41:52 +0000

Watch Maury Yeston discuss the genesis of the Tony Award winning musical Nine. Check back next week to watch Angela Lansbury discuss Stephen Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle.

A Superb Thurber Carnival

pfilichia — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:31:46 +0000

By Peter Filichia –

A Thurber Carnival, the original cast album that Masterworks Broadway is re-issuing this week, could just as easily be called A Character Actors’ Carnival.

If you’re a vintage stage, movie or TV buff, you’ll immediately recognize the distinctively dry voices of Tom Ewell, Peggy Cass, Paul Ford, Alice Ghostley and John McGiver. None was a beautiful, glamorous, radiant, ravishing movie star, but, oh, those voices! Hear and savor them now on a crisp, clear recording of this 1960 revue that centered on the short stories and light prose of James Thurber (1894-1961).

The nation came to know Ewell’s workaday voice from The Seven Year Itch. He’d done it on Broadway in 1952, won a Tony and then repeated his role as a frustrated husband in the 1955 Hollywood version (not with original caster Vanessa Brown, of course, but with Marilyn Monroe).

New Photos from A Little Night Music

MWdigital — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:34:19 +0000

Check out the new photos for Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, the Tony Award winning musical starring Len Cariou and Glynnis Johns.

New Album Page for War Horse

MWdigital — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:37:44 +0000

Here's a new album page for the War Horse cast album.