New Releases - Theatre Music, Books & Videos

For those looking for sounds of the new age that bring positive energy to thoughts, prayers, meditations, tea at your window in a time of acute disorder, this music is more than welcome

This year, to help continue the crusade against banning books, Strand's Indie Bookstore Day will be hosted by the store's drag queen friends! Kendall Knight, Lana Del Trey, and Bertha Vanayshun will headline the day's celebration. Programming includes a family friendly story hour for kids as well as a literary themed drag variety show in the Rare Book Room in the evening.

The podcast Shakespeare’s Shadows is crowdfunding on Kickstarter for its relaunch, in preparation for new episodes coming out in Fall 2023.

On Friday, May 5, 2023, New York-based German composer Reiko Füting will release the world premiere recording of his opera Mechthild, with libretto by poet and theologian Christian Lehnert, on New Focus Recordings.

Academy Award- nominee Chris Sarandon's latest episode of his popular 'Cooking By Heart' podcast featuring his interview with Tony-nominated actor and comedian Mario Cantone ('Sex and the City,' And Just Like That' and 'Better Things') is now available on all major podcast platforms and on YouTube.

The creators have conveyed their story and intent fully.

She was born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero—until the entertainment world renamed her. But Dolores—the irreverent side of the sensual, dark and ferocious Chita—was always present center stage, and was influential in creating some of Broadway most iconic and acclaimed roles, including Anita in West Side Story‚ the part that made her a star—Rosie in Bye Bye, Birdie, Velma in Chicago, and Aurora in Kiss of the Spider Woman. In this video, watch as Broadway legend Chita Rivera chats with Richard Ridge about her new memoir!

2023 marks The Anthropologists' 15th year of making diverse, investigative theatre to promote education and action. The company is releasing the full manuscript of their inaugural full-length play, Give Us Bread.

Jazz Detective, the label founded in 2022 by GRAMMY-nominated archival producer Zev Feldman, will release Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions in Holland, a superlative, previously unreleased set of studio performances recorded in Holland by legendary trumpeter Chet Baker, as a limited two-LP set on Record Store Day April 22.

In all my sweets, we stand by our review of Katie Boeck’s OVER AGAIN (which you have all read… right?) and haunting is precisely the right descriptor for the entirety of CALICO.

Watch Chita Rivera discuss her early life, career, and new book with CBS Sunday Morning.

On Friday, June 9, 2023, Orchid Classics will release Voice Of Rachmaninoff, the third album of highly-decorated American cellist John-Henry Crawford.

This show has kicked off with a bang in Bobby’s books and we can’t recommend it highly enough to everyone GREASE fan or newbie alike

PS CLASSICS will release the debut album from actor-singer Matthew Scott, who has been lighting up the Broadway stage since making his debut in Jersey Boys.

Twice Tony nominated and widely admired, Carmen Cusack spreads her wings with a new album of self-composed songs titled LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME, to be released on April 25th.

Christine Stoddard's award-winning stage play Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares has been published as a standalone book by AlienBuddha Press. Mi Abuela,

This is all by way of saying ... that Joshua Blue is one of these rare OPERA birds that has made a success of this bold move for himself.

The Drama Book Shop will present an exclusive event with Bernard Hiller, the renowned acting coach, author, and success trainer.

Original songs from the short film, Mikey’s Army have been released digitally on all music streaming platforms.

Francesca Flood, Ed.D. has announced the release of her new short story collection, Hope Verdad Presents: Short Stories for Thinkers.

David Lloyd Shepard has announced the release of his new book, The New PSYCHOLOGY: A Unified Field of Brain, Mind, Behavior, Perception, Culture, and Life...

The Segal Theatre will host a book talk with theatre scholar and director Avra Sidiropoulou discussing her latest publication Staging 21st Century Tragedies. Τheatre, Politics, and Global Crisis (Routledge 2022).

Lerner & Loewe’s CAMELOT at Lincoln Center Theater will extend its run, with a new block of tickets now on sale through Sunday, September 3 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Plus, CAMELOT will release a 2023 Broadway cast recording!

MADAME CLICQUOT: A Revolutionary Musical – Studio Cast Recording, which features highlights from the sweeping and romantic new stage musical, is available in streaming and digital formats now.

In all, my angels, ARI AXELROD LIVE AT BIRDLAND is one of the best LIVE albums this rainbow writer has heard… maybe ever.