Odds & Ends: Shoulda Been You Album Shifts Dates, David Byrne's Changing His Major to St. Joan & More

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.

Shoulda Delays Cast Recording Release
You’ll have to wait just a little bit longer to get your wedding blues on with the It Shoulda Been You original Broadway cast recording. The album from Ghostlight Records will now be available digitally on August 21 and in stores on October 9 (instead of the previously announced August 14 and September 18.) The show, which features a score by Barbra Anselmi and Brian Hargrove, played its final performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on August 9.

David Byrne at Work on Joan of Arc Musical
After making Imelda Marcos sing and dance in Here Lies Love, David Byrne is at work on a musical based on Joan of Arc. According to the New York Post, the composer has already written a few songs and is working on the book. No word yet whether the tuner has its eye on Broadway or if, like Here Lies Love, it’ll go for a more offbeat approach, but according to the Post, a workshop could be heading to the Public Theater later this year.

James Earl Jones & More Return to Pride Rock
The Lion King gang is heading back to the screen in a whole new way. This November, the Disney Channel will present The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar, a TV movie to precede the upcoming 2016 series The Lion Guard. The new movie and series will focus on Simba and Nala’s second-born cub, Kion and his fellow Savanna comrades as they protect the Pride Lands. Rob Lowe will voice the role of Simba, originally played on film by Matthew Broderick. Incoming The Gin Game star James Earl Jones returns as the voice of Mufasa (spoiler alert: he lives in you). The cast will also feature original Pumbaa Ernie Sabella, Broadway alum and Modern Family star Sarah Hyland and Max Charles.

LaChanze & More Will [Blank]
Tony winner LaChanze, Tony nominee Brenda Braxton, and Broadway alums Kingsley Leggs, Angela Robinson, Bernard Dotson and Trent Armand Kendall will star in Villain: DeBlanks, a comedy benefit for Broadway Barks. The one-night-only event is set for September 3 at the Triad. The show, created by Billy Mitchell, calls on the audience for all sorts of parts of speech (think Mad Libs), and once all the blanks are filled, the group will enact the story of Phillip DeBlank’s untimely demise. Sounds [adjective]! We can’t wait to [verb] it!