26 Leading West End Actors Join To Record Bermange CD

Alexander S. Bermange is known to millions in the UK as the resident songwriter on BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme. But he has also enjoyed considerable public and critical acclaim as a composer and lyricist of a dozen musicals which have been produced in theatres across the country and in vast arenas around Europe. Most recently, Alexander has composed the music for Plague Over England, currently running at the Duchess Theatre in London's West End.

Now, no less than 26 leading ladies and men from West End musicals have joined forces to record ACT ONE, a CD of songs from all of Alexander's shows. The 20-track album boasts sleeve notes by triple Oscar-winning lyricist and long-time champion of Alexander's writing Sir Tim Rice, who has enthused, "Alexander S. Bermange is going from strength to strength. I urge all lovers of contemporary musical theatre to add this album to their collection pronto."

ACT ONE is the only album in existence to feature brand new recordings by such a large number of today's British musical theatre stars:

Ricardo Afonso, currently starring as Galileo in We Will Rock You;

Sabrina Aloueche, currently starring as Scaramouche in We Will Rock You;

Joanna Ampil, currently starring as Christmas Eve in Avenue Q;

Daniel Boys, currently starring as Princeton/Rod in Avenue Q, having become popular through BBC 1's Any Dream Will Do;

Earl Carpenter, currently starring as Javert in Les Miserables;

Dean Chisnall, just starred as Ash in Never Forget;

Dean Collinson, currently starring as Pharaoh in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat;

Cassandra Compton, currently starring as Elizabeth in Dirty Dancing, having become popular through ITV's The X Factor;

Janie Dee, currently starring as Susan in Woman In Mind;

Mark Evans, just appeared on BBC 1's Eurovision - Your Country Needs You, after starring as Troy in High School Musical;

James Gillan, just starred as Boq in Wicked;

Linzi Hateley, currently starring as Donna in Mamma Mia!;

Ben James-Ellis, currently starring as Link in Hairspray, having become popular through BBC 1's Any Dream Will Do;

Ramin Karimloo, currently starring as the Phantom in The Phantom Of The Opera;

Alexia Khadime, soon to be starring as Elphaba in Wicked;

Jon Lee, just starred as Marius in Les Miserables, having had four Top 5 albums as a member of pop group S Club;

Jenna Lee-James, currently starring as the Narrator in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat;

Shona Lindsay, just starred as Rose in Aspects Of Love;

Susan McFadden, currently starring as Milly in Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, having just starred as Sandy in Grease after winning ITV's Grease Is The Word;

Dianne Pilkington, currently starring as Glinda in Wicked;

Lara Pulver, soon to be starring as Isabella in BBC 1's Robin Hood, having just starred as Lucille in Parade;

Jon Robyns, currently starring as Marius in Les Miserables;

Summer Strallen, just starred as Maria in The Sound Of Music, having become popular through Channel 4's Hollyoaks;

Oliver Thornton, soon to be starring as Adam/Felicia in Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert;

Oliver Tompsett, currently starring as Fiyero in Wicked;

Sally Ann Triplett, just starred as Amelia in Take Flight.

The tracks on ACT ONE offer an exciting variety of musical styles, from showstopping anthems (Walking On The Sun) to hilarious comic numbers (My Prince) to heart-rending power ballads (If This Could Be Forever) to bombastic rock songs (Trial Of The Heart).
ACT ONE is released on Dress Circle Records, and is available at www.footlight.com and www.dresscircle.com.
Further information about composer and lyricist Alexander S. Bermange can be found at www.bermange.co.uk.

 

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