If you haven’t already been hooked to the new TV show, “Smash”, then you better jump on board.
Check out the music from this week’s episode, “Enter Mr. DiMaggio”.
“Grenade” (featuring the cast of SMASH and Will Chase):
“Redneck Woman” (featuring the cast of SMASH and Katherine McPhee):
“Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (featuring the cast of SMASH and Megan Hilty & Will Chase):
As the race for McKinley High President comes to an end, someone is caught trying to fix the results. Meanwhile, Coach Beiste gets up the nerve to challenge Sue Sylvester and things get complicated for Puck and Quinn in the all-new “I Kissed a Girl” episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, Nov. 29 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
I Kissed a Girl Track-list:
“Fing Perfect” (P!nk) – Blaine & Kurt
“I’m The Only One” (Melissa Etheridge) – Puck
“Girls Just Want To Have Fun” (Cyndi Lauper) – New Directions (boys)
“Jolene” (Dolly Parton) – Dot Marie Jones
“I Kissed A Girl” (Katy Perry) – New Directions (girls)
“Constant Craving” (KD Lang) – Santana & Shelby
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“Fing Perfect”
“I’m the Only One”
“Girls Just Want to Have Fun”
“Jolene”
“I Kissed a Girl”
“Constant Craving”
Rusty (guest star Don Most) and Rose (guest star Valerie Mahaffey) Pillsbury pay Emma a visit and we get a sneak peek into her deep rooted issues. Meanwhile, Mike Chang (Harry Shum) struggles with his grades and his parents (guest stars Keong Sim and Tamlyn Tomita) step in to make sure he stays on track on the “Asian F” episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, Oct. 4 (8:00-9:01 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
Asian F Track-list:
“Spotlight” (Jennifer Hudson) – Mercedes
“Run the World” (Beyoncé) – Brittany
“Cool” (from West Side Story) – Mike Chang
“It’s All Over” (from Dreamgirls) – New Directions
“Out Here On My Own” (from Fame) – Rachel and Mercedes
“Fix You” (Coldplay) – Will
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“Spotlight”
“Run The World”
“Cool”
“It’s All Over”
“Out Here On My Own”
“Fix You”
Its fall and that means back to school for the students and faculty at McKinley High. The New Directions clan returns after a devastating loss at Nationals, so Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) assigns a project to get them back on track. Meanwhile, Sue Sylvester starts her congressional campaign on “The Purple Piano Project” season premiere episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, September 20 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
Tracks from this weeks “The Purple Piano Project” episode include:
“We Got the Beat” (The Go-Go’s) – New Directions
“Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead” (Barbra Streisand) – Rachel & Kurt
“Anything Goes” (From Anything Goes) / “Anything You Can Do” (From Annie Get Your Gun) – NYADA prospective students
“It’s Not Unusual” (Tom Jones) – Blaine
“You Can’t Stop the Beat” (From Hairspray) – New Directions
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“We Got the Beat”
“Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead” (Barbra Streisand)
“Anything Goes” (From Anything Goes) / “Anything You Can Do” (From Annie Get Your Gun)
“It’s Not Unusual” (Tom Jones)
“You Can’t Stop the Beat” (From Hairspray)
Glee: The Music, Volume 6, the final official album release of Glee’s second season, is available on Monday, May 23, 2011. With the return of fan favorites Kristin Chenoweth on Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” Jonathan Groff on Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep” and Gwyneth Paltrow on Adele’s “Turning Tables,” Glee: The Music, Volume 6 has something for everyone. Among its 18 tracks, Glee: The Music, Volume 6 features 3 new and original tracks including “As Long As You’re There” (featuring Charice), “Pretending,” and “Light Up The World” a New Directions showcase co-written by Max Martin (see below for full track listing).
The full track listing for Glee: The Music, Volume 6 is as follows:
1. Turning Tables
2. I Feel Pretty / Unpretty
3. As If We Never Said Goodbye
4. Born This Way
5. Dreams
6. Songbird
7. Go Your Own Way
8. Don’t Stop
9. Rolling In The Deep
10. Isn’t She Lovely
11. Dancing Queen
12. Try A Little Tenderness
13. My Man
14. Pure Imagination
15. Bella Notte
16. As Long As You’re There
17. Pretending
18. Light Up The World
New Directions continues to strategize their set list for Nationals with a little help from Jessie St. James. Meanwhile, an unexpected loss rocks the world of one of McKinley’s own in the all-new “Funeral” episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, May 17 (8:00-9:01 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
Funeral Track-list:
“Try A Little Tenderness” (Otis Reading) – Mercedes
“My Man” (Barbara Streisand) – Rachel
“Pure Imagination” (from Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory) – New Directions
“Some People” (Gypsy) – Kurt
“Back to Black” (Amy Winehouse) – Santana
The music of Fleetwood Mac invades McKinley High. Sue Sylvester revives the school newspaper and decides to print a few inflammatory blind items. The glee club gains a whole new respect for Sam when they discover some interesting new information about his family life. Meanwhile, April Rhodes (guest star Chenoweth) returns to Lima and tries to convince Mr. Schuester to hit the road with her in the all-new “Rumours” episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, May 3 (8:00-9:01 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
Rumours Track-list:
“Dreams” (Fleetwood Mac) – April Rhodes & Will
“Never Going Back Again” (Fleetwood Mac)– Artie
“Songbird” (Fleetwood Mac) – Santana
“I Don’t Want You to Know” (Fleetwood Mac) – Finn & Quinn
“Go Your Own Way” (Fleetwood Mac) – Rachel
“Don’t Stop” (Fleetwood Mac) – New Directions
Here it is! The Original Broadway Cast recording of Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
Cyndi Lauper and Tina Turner, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical: Original Broadway Cast Recording is a veritable history of dance music that tells the story of a trio of friends on a heart-warming, uplifting adventure who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship in the middle of the Australian outback and end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed of.
Adapted from the Academy Award® winning film The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical, is written by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott. Direction is by Simon Phillips, choreography is by Ross Coleman, musical supervision and arrangements are by Stephen ‘Spud’ Murphy and set design is by Brian Thomson. Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner have re-created their Academy Award® winning costume designs, which were originally designed for the film. Lighting is designed by Nick Schlieper and sound design is by Jonathan Deans. BAFTA Award winning make up design is recreated by Cassie Hanlon.
On Broadway, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical stars Olivier Award nominee Tony Sheldon, Tony Award® nominee Will Swenson and Nick Adams leading a company of 27.
Listen below to a few of my favorite tracks!
What is your favorite?
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“It’s Raining Men”
“Material Girl”
“I Say a Little Prayer”
“True Colors”
“I Will Survive”
“Pop Muzik”
“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”
“Like a Prayer”
Betty Blue Eyes, Cameron Mackintosh’s newest musical, just started previews in London last week. Now you’ll get a chance to hear the music from one of London’s newest musicals.
Here is a brief synopsis from their website:
Belts are being tightened and the country’s long-suffering citizens are being told by the government that there will be fair shares for all in return for surviving Austerity Britain. Meanwhile local officials feather their own nests by taking far more than their own fair share. It is of course 1947, and having won the war Britain seems to have lost the peace, and the country is staggering under the burden of acute rationing, unemployment and the coldest winter for decades. The only bright spark on the horizon is the impending marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
Twenty six years ago Alan Bennett and Malcolm Mowbray wove this story into a hilariously funny but sharply observed comic film called A Private Function, which centered around Betty, an adorable pig, who is being illegally reared to ensure the local dignitaries can celebrate the Royal Wedding with a lavish banquet while the local population make do with Spam.
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman have brilliantly adapted and expanded this story for the stage and George Stiles and Anthony Drewe have written a deliciously infectious, toe-tapping, retro contemporary score. The result is an utterly British musical, full of eccentric characters, such as the strange odd couple, Gilbert – an evangelistic chiropodist, and Joyce – a nobody determined to be somebody; Inspector Wormold – an obsessive destroyer of illegal meat; Mother Dear -’She’s seventy four and ravenous’; along with a weird assortment of bullies, spivs and snobs and of course, our star, Betty the pig.
With a simply marvellous cast of great British actors headed by Sarah Lancashire and Reece Shearsmith, Betty Blue Eyes is like no musical you will have ever seen -but she is worth saving up for!
Betty Blue Eyes‘ Official Website
Here’s a few reviews: (2 different opinions)
Betty Blue Eyes – Thoughts On The First Preview – 19th March 2011 – “So yes, it’s decent, and in a very good shape for a first preview of a brand new musical – but nothing made me want to rush to buy tickets for another performance in the future. Agreeable, but average. And with the 3 person standing ovation that I saw from where I was sitting (row F of the stalls), I think the rest of the audience may have agreed with me.”
Betty Blue Eyes Review – “Betty Blue Eyes is a show that, in my opinion, is just going to get better and better as previews progress. I highly recommend checking out this brilliant new musical. I’m already thinking about revisiting it myself!”
Promo cast recording track listings:
1. “Betty Blue Eyes”
2. “Magic Fingers”
3. “Nobody”
4. “Painting By Heart”
5. “Dance At the Primrose Ballroom”
6. “The Kind of Man I Am”
7. “Another Little Victory”
8. “Goodbye Austerity Britain”
9. “Betty Swings Demo” – BONUS TRACK
www.bettyblueeyesthemusical.com
Facebook/Twitter/YouTube @bettythemusical
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Here’s what people are saying on Twitter:
@dannylane94: “Seriously cannot rave about BETTY BLUE EYES(@bettythemusical) enough. Just absolute musical theatre perfection. Go see it….NOW!”
@AtTheMusicals: “Loved Betty Blue Eyes! Haven’t laughed like that at the theatre for a while!”
@SusanM2010: “Thoroughly enjoyed Betty Blue Eyes. Lovely to see such a thoroughly British new musical. And you have to love Alan Bennett anyway.”
@Girlfromhandbag: “‘Betty Blue Eyes‘ was brilliant and @RealReeceShears was very good- Go see!”
@GrahamLappin: “Betty Blue Eyes is just brilliant – so please go. Nuff said.”
@Clairetrillwood: “Styles and Drew are a great duo but having just heard the title track im still not convinced by Betty Blue Eyes”
@Amyip: “Saw Betty Blue Eyes on Friday night. Felt that the banquet scene was not as good as A Simple Fork Supper @JohnFinnemore“
