In an exclusive arrangement with iTunes©, Broadway Asia Entertainment (producers Steven Baruch / Richard Frankel / Simone Genatt / Marc Routh / Tom Viertel) proudly announces the upcoming international release of the 2008 Original International Tour Cast Recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA starring Tony Award winner Lea Salonga available exclusively online beginning Tuesday, October 28, 2008. The 2008 International Tour is directed by Bobby Garcia.
Produced by LAKESHORE RECORDS (Little Miss Sunshine, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Superbad), the new cast recording of CINDERELLA was recorded in the Philippines at Carmel House Studios. The show's cast of 26 was accompanied by the studio's in-house orchestra, the FILharminoKA, under the direction of resident conductor Gerard Salonga.
The critically acclaimed international tour of CINDERELLA opened on July 29, 2008 in Salonga's hometown of Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, before embarking on a 30-week Asian tour playing such countries as China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Macao and Korea.
The new album is one of the most complete recordings of the beloved Rodgers & Hammerstein score and features new renditions of such classics as "In My Own Little Corner," "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful" and "Ten Minutes Ago." With several new orchestrations by Tony Award nominee Larry Blank, the recording includes two songs from the R&H catalogue rarely performed in the stage version including "The Sweetest Sounds" and "There's Music in You."
Tony Award winning actress Lea Salonga leads the cast in the title role. Salonga is widely known for creating the role Kim in Miss Saigon in both London's West End and on Broadway winning won both the Olivier and Tony Awards for her heart-breaking performance. Salonga's strong bonds to the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical library date from her childhood in Manila, the Philippines, where she appeared in professional productions of The King and I and The Sound of Music. She can be heard on the all-star studio recording of The King and I with Julie Andrews and Ben Kingsley. In 2002, she appeared in R&H's Flower Drum Song on Broadway. Salonga also created the singing voices of Disney heroines Princess Jasmine in Aladdin and Mulan in Mulan.
Salonga is joined by Peter Saide as the "Prince," Julia Cook as "Stepmother," Jen Bechter as "Portia," Brandy Zarle as "Joy," Charlie Parker as the "Fairy Godmother," Aaron Galligan-Stierle as the "Herald," Jefferson Slinkard as the "King," Janna Cardia as the "Queen," Steve Gagliastro as "Chef" and Richard Cerato as "Steward."
Produced by Broadway Asia Entertainment and directed by Bobby Garcia, the international tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA features a book adapted by award winning writer and director Mark Waldrop. The design team features Tony Award winner David Gallo (scenic design) and Paul Miller (lighting design) along with renowned couture designer Renato Balestra (costume design), Michael Waters (sound design) and choreography by Vince Pesce.
CINDERELLA was written by the legendary American song-writing duo of Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics) and Richard Rodgers (music). The timeless and enchanting musical version of the fairy tale was originally presented live on television in 1957 starring Julie Andrews and was the most widely viewed program in the history of the medium. Successful remakes hit the airwaves in 1965 starring Lesley Ann Warren and in 1997 starring pop singer Brandy in the title role, multiple Grammy Award-winner Whitney Houston as her Fairy Godmother and Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters as her wicked Stepmother.
To download iTunes© and purchase the 2008 Original International Tour cast recording of Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA, visit www.apple.com/itunes/. For more information on CINDERELLA, please visit www.cinderellaonstage.com.
TRACK LISTING FOR
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA
1. Overture / The Sweetest Sounds- Orchestra / Cinderella, Fairy Godmother
2. The Prince is Giving a Ball- Herald, Stepmother, Portia, Joy, Company
3. In My Own Little Corner- Cinderella
4. Your Majesties- King, Queen, Herald and Servants
5. Loneliness of the Evening- Prince
6. Boys and Girls Like You and Me- King, Queen
7. Impossible / It's Possible- Cinderella, Fairy Godmother
8. Waltz for a Ball- Orchestra
9. Ten Minutes Ago- Cinderella, Prince
10. Stepsisters' Lament- Portia, Joy
11. Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?-Cinderella, Prince
12. Impossible (Reprise)-Cinderella, Fairy Godmother
13. When You're Driving Through the Moonlight- Cinderella, Stepmother, Portia, Joy
14. A Lovely Night- Cinderella, Stepmother, Portia, Joy
15. There's Music in You- Cinderella, Fairy Godmother
16. Finale- Company
Executive Producer Marc Routh provides liner notes.
ABOUT Broadway Asia ENTERTAINMENT
With offices in New York and Shanghai, Broadway Asia Entertainment is the largest producer of Broadway musicals in Asia, and its founders are one of the most active commercial producers in the world as well as the largest touring operation throughout the Asia Pacific region. Past and current productions include: 42nd Street; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Mandarin language); The King And I; SpongeBob SquarePants Live: The Sponge Who Could Fly! based on the popular Nickelodeon cartoon ; The Sound of Music and Swing!. Upcoming Productions include: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Fantasticks and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. BAE's founders produce Gyspy, Young Frankenstein, Legally Blonde, The Producers, winner of 12 Tony Awards; Hairspray, winner of eight Tony Awards; Stomp, the international sensation performing in New York for over 13 years; Cookin' which has toured over 40 countries and many other award winning shows in London, on Broadway, on tour in the U.S., U.K. and Asia, and in Las Vegas. BAE co-producers on their Asian touring productions include NETworks Presentations, The Really Useful Group, Troika Entertainment and Nickelodeon Theatricals. For more information, please visit www.broadwayasiaentertainment.com.
ABOUT LAKESHORE RECORDS
Lakeshore Records is the independent music division of Lakeshore Entertainment, responsible for such films as Underworld, Million Dollar Baby, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Underworld: Evolution, Crank, She's The Man and the upcoming films Crank 2: High Voltage and Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans.
Lakeshore Records has released soundtracks to such films as Wanted, Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder, Superbad, Resident Evil: Extinction, Napoleon Dynamite, Little Miss Sunshine, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Nacho Libre, The Last Kiss, Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, Wicker Park, and The Lakehouse to name a few. Additionally, Lakeshore Records has released score albums from composers such as Danny Elfman, James Horner, Thomas Newman, John Powell, Mark Isham, Graeme Revell, Rolfe Kent, Gustavo Santoalalla, Philip Glass, Dario Marianelli, Mark Mothersbaugh, Christophe Beck, Christopher Young, Rachel Portman, and Marco Beltrami.
Artists who began their careers at Lakeshore Records, or on one of its associate imprints include the critically acclaimed Queens Of The Stone Age and alternative darlings Grandaddy. Additionally, Lakeshore Records has released albums from James Wilsey (Silvertone), Meat Beat Manifesto, Kevin Devine (Miracle of 86), AK1200, Bob Forrest, Thelonious Monster and Candiria.
ABOUT Lea Salonga
The Tony Award winning star of Miss Saigon, Lea Salonga, continues to captivate audiences worldwide. Lea recently began her first major U.S. city concert tour with performances in San Francisco, Atlantic City, Honolulu, Maui, Chicago, Norfolk, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, grossing over one million dollars in ticket sales. On November 7 she sold out Carnegie Hall in an all new show directed by Richard Jay-Alexander (Bette Midler's Kiss My Brass tour; Barbra Streisand Timeless Farewell tour).
Salonga gained international stardom for her award winning lead role as Kim on Broadway in the 1991 production of Miss Saigon. She not only won a Tony Award for "Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Musical," but also an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Drama Desk Award and the Laurence Olivier Award. Her vast array of theater credits also include Les Miserables as Eponine, the witch in Into The Woods, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, The Goodbye Girl, They're Playing Our Song, Grease, The Fantasticks, Paper Moon, The Bad Seed, The Sound of Music and Annie.
In Fall of 2002 Salonga made another splash on Broadway, starring in the hit revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammersteins' Flower Drum Song with a re-imagined book by David Henry Hwang.
In March 2007, Lea returned to Broadway to star as Fantine in the 2006 revival of Les Miserables.
Salonga can be heard on screen as the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney's blockbuster smash Aladdin. In a recent article in Southwest Magazine entitled the "50 Greatest Movie Soundtracks," Aladdin was ranked #17 with specific note made of Miss Salonga's version of "Whole New World." She is also the singing voice of Mulan in Mulan and Mulan 2.
She can be heard on the original cast recordings of Miss Saigon, Flower Drum Song (Broadway Revival), The King and I (with Julie Andrews and Ben Kingsley), The Nutcracker, "Hey, Mr. Producer!" and the Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert. Lea has recorded over a dozen solo CD's including "Lea Salonga," "Lea…In Love," "By Heart," "Songs from the Screen," "Songs From Home," "Lea…Live!;" "Lea Salonga: The Broadway Concert" and, most recently "Inspired" (available as an import or on Amazon.com).
Salonga has also made several notable appearances on such television shows as "ER," "As the World Turns," "Hey, Mr. Producer" and "Russell Watson: The Voice for PBS" and the PBS special "Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert."
The schedule for the international tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA is as follows:
CHINA
- October 17 - 21, 2008 at Shanghai's Majestic Theatre
- October 24 - 30, 2008 at the Beijing Exhibition Hall Theatre
- November 5 - 28, 2008 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre
THAILAND
- December 16 - 21, 2008 at the Muang Thai Rachadalai, Bangkok
SINGAPORE
- January 2 - 22, 2009 at the Esplanade
MALAYSIA
- January 30 - February 8, 2009 at the Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur
Spring 2009 dates in Japan to be announced shortly.
