We go back Into the Woods to compare and contrast four major recordings of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine fairytale musical. Which one should you own?
This week's column follows Kristin Chenoweth as she goes home to Oklahoma for a concert and looks at a lost and unproduced Ivor Novello musical rescued after 60 years.
This week's column discusses the soundtrack recording of the NBC television event, "Peter Pan Live!" featuring Allison Williams and Christopher Walken.
This week's column discusses studio recordings from Broadway's Mary Testa and Michael Starobin, an anthology from songwriter Scott Alan and this year's edition of "Carols for a Cure."
In this week's column, we listen to Audra McDonald in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, the 1967 Richard Rodgers television musical Androcles and the Lion and an album of forgotten songs by Jerome Kern.
This week's column visits the San Francisco Symphony's West Side Story with Cheyenne Jackson and Alexandra Silber and the 1963 London cast album of On the Town.
How do you become an overnight sensation in a show that runs only three days? Melissa Errico did just that when she stepped onto the City Center stage–in the third season of the still-developing Encores! series–in Kurt Weill's One Touch of Venus. Playbill.com reviews the long awaited Jay Records studio recording that captures Errico's performance.
This week's column discusses the cast recordings of A Gentleman's Guide, Les Misérables, Murder for Two, Privates on Parade and Billy Porter's solo CD "Billy's Back on Broadway," as well as Christine Ebersole's "Strings Attached."
This week's column discusses the first commercial release of the soundtrack recordings of Robert Goulet in television productions of Kiss Me, Kate (1968) and Brigadoon (1966).
This week's column discusses the Broadway cast album of Andrew Lippa's Big Fish, along with Uta Hagen and Arthur Hill in the original production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
This week’s column discusses Sierra Boggess' cabaret act, Awakening, and Patrick Page and John Cullum in the belated cast recording of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
This week's column discusses the hit-filled compilation "Fred Astaire: The Early Years at RKO," plus a collection of mostly unknown songs by Comden, Green & Styne under the title "Lost Broadway and More."
This week’s column discusses the original cast album of the Playwrights Horizons production of the Scott Frankel-Michael Korie musical Far From Heaven.
We have reached that time of the year when we look back over the hundreds of CDs that have come our way since our 2012 holiday column last November and draw a red circle around a few worthy titles that might have been overlooked.
This week's column discusses the original cast album of the hit 1972 London revue Cowardy Custard and "Somethin' Real Special," Philip Chaffin's collection of songs with lyrics by Dorothy Fields.
This week's column examines two long out-of-print recordings from the old Columbia label, the soundtrack album of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" and the Julius Monk revue Seven Come Eleven.
This week's column examines new recordings from Naxos of concert works by George Gershwin (including "Rhapsody in Blue," "Concerto in F" and the "Second Rhapsody") and Aaron Copland (including Rodeo).
This week's column examines conductor John Wilson's salute to "Rodgers and Hammerstein at the Movies" and the cast album of the long-lost Gene Kelly musical ClownAround.
This week's column examines the new-to-CD original cast album of the 1966 musical A Time for Singing, along with digital releases of the 1962 Bravo Giovanni and the 1963 studio cast album of the Weill-Gershwin Lady in the Dark.
Last week's column was the first of our two-part salute to Broadway's own Elaine Stritch, who will soon pack her bags and retrace her steps back to Michigan. In Part 1, we followed the young hopeful from Detroit to Manhattan, where she found acclaim and weathered two stormy attempts at Broadway stardom. We pick up the tale in 1970, as La Stritch meets all those "Ladies Who Lunch."
In honor of Elaine Stritch's retirement this spring, here's part one of a roundup of cast-album tracks that best represent the mellow, earthy, fearless actress known for the musicals Sail Away, Goldilocks, Company, Show Boat and more.
This week's column addressed a live recording of Patti LuPone's Far Away Places act from 54 Below, plus songbooks of Jerome Kern ("The Land Where the Good Songs Go") and the pairing of Noël Coward and Cole Porter ("Noël and Cole").
This week's column discusses Rebecca Luker's sterling new Jerome Kern collection, "I Got Love," plus the reissue of the Off-Broadway chamber musical No Way to Treat a Lady.
This week's column discusses Barbara Cook's new album, "Loverman," and the remastered soundtrack recording of "Bye Bye Birdie," the movie starring Ann-Margret.
A look back at the year's musical-theatre albums that are worth your attention, perhaps for gift ideas this holiday season. The mix includes Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne and more.
A look back at the year's musical-theatre albums that are worth your attention, perhaps for gift ideas this holiday season. The mix this week includes Once, Michael John LaChiusa, Pasek and Paul, Jerome Kern and more.
This week's column discusses the original cast recording of the George Street Playhouse production of Barry Wyner's Calvin Berger as well as this season's "Carols for a Cure," featuring 2012 Broadway stars.
This week's column discusses the original Off-Broadway cast recording of the infamous Carrie; the new Broadway musical A Christmas Story; and the CD remastering of the 1951 musical Seventeen.
Playbill.com's series features actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they are looking forward to and more. Here, via email, we hear from Tony-winning actress, singer and philanthropist Phyllis Newman.
This week's column discusses the Encores! cast recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Pipe Dream and Laura Osnes' "Dream a Little Dream," her evening at the Carlyle.
This week's column discusses Betty Buckley's new CD, "Ah, Men!"; the reissued cast album of the 1950 Irving Berlin musical Call Me Madam; and the two-disc set, "Scott Alan Live."
