Sunday, August 4, 2013

MUSICALS ON CD AND VIDEO: LATEST RELEASES - August 4, 2013


LOVE ME TENDER - Blu-ray release of the 1956 musical film set at the end of the Civil War. Starring Richard Egan, Debra Paget, and Elvis Presley. Directed by Robert D. Webb. Music by Lionel Newman. Songs by Ken Darby.





CLOSER THAN EVER - Original Cast recording of York Theatre Company's revival of the 1989 Off-Broadway revue with Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Music by David Shire. Starring Jenn Colella, George Dvorsky, Christiane Noll and Sal Viviano.





MAMMA MIA! - Blu-ray release of the 2008 film version of the stage musical. Music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. Starring Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Julie Walters and Christine Baranski.





BUNNICULA: A RABBIT TALE OF MUSICAL MYSTERY - Original Off-Broadway Cast recording of the Sam Davis and Mark Waldrop score, for the musical with book by Charles Busch, based on the children's book series by Deborah & James Howe. Featuring Abe Goldfarb, Erin Maguire, Ashley Campana, John Garry, Prescott Seymour and Robert Anthony Jones. Produced by Michael Croiter.



PASSION - Original Off-Broadway Cast recording of the Stephen Sondheim musical in a two-disc set. Starring Melissa Errico, Judy Kuhn, Ryan Silverman, Stephen Bogardus, Jeffry Denman, Jason Michael Evans, Ken Krugman, Orville Mendoza, Tom Nelis and Will Reynolds. 




THE LAST SMOKER IN AMERICA - Score by Peter Melnick and Bill Russell. Featuring Farah Alvin, Natalie Venetia Belcon, John Bolton and Jake Boyd.





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