OK it doesn't necessarily scream stone cold hit at first, but then again, Cats is based on a 1939 collection of poems about four-legged felines. The premise: the six wives of Henry VIII will perform an X-Factor style concert, where the coveted role of lead singer will be awarded to whomever the audience decides had the worst experience at the hands of their common husband. When Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss presented Six at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe, what "started as a kind of fun university project" (according to Marlow) soon took on a life of its own. Rodgers later wrote that of all his musicals, Carousel was his favourite. Yes, despite ongoing spats between Liverpool and Celtic football fans over who sang it first, the song was actually first performed by Christine Johnson, in the role of Nettie Fowler, at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway in April 1945.Īpparently, Steven Sondheim (a teenager at the time) attended that premier of Carousel and was moved to tears. It is joined by another, and soon we're we're thrust into a dream-like sequence of action – and a complete orchestra playing at full pelt.Ĭome for this, and stay for Billy's Soliloquy (a demanding, stripped back baritone solo, sustained for seven and-a-half minutes), the ballet sequence, and of course, You'll Never Walk Alone. Instead, you get an original barn-stormer – a jewel of a piece in its own right. The very first track, The Carousel Waltz, does away with the traditional concept of an overture comprising a medley of the best songs from the show. The story revolves around Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan, a carousel barker and a millworker in Maine. This 1945 musical was the second born of the magical partnership between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, after Oklahoma!. Man in the Mirror – Original Broadway Cast of MJĢ0.The mystical, rousing and celebratory Carousel Waltz is tough to beat in any show-tune lineup. Thriller – Myles Frost & Christian Wilson & Quentin Earl Darringtonġ9. Human Nature – Myles Frost & Whitney Bashorġ8. She’s Out of My Life – Myles Frost & Tavon Olds-Sampleġ6. Keep the Faith (Reprise) – Quentin Earl Darringtonġ5. Victory Tour (For the Love of Money / Can You Feel It) – Quentin Earl Darrington & Tavon Olds-Sampleġ4. Earth Song / They Don’t Care About Us – Myles Frostġ3. Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ – Tavon Olds-Sample & Myles Frostġ0. Keep the Faith – Apollo Levine & Tavon Olds-Sampleĩ. Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough / Blame It on the Boogie / Dancing Machine – Myles Frost & Tavon Olds-SampleĦ. I’ll Be There – Ayana George & Christian Wilson & Myles FrostĤ. Jackson 5 Medley (The Love You Save / I Want You Back / ABC) – Christian Wilson & Devin Trey Campbell & John Edwards & Apollo Levine & Lamont Walker IIģ. The original soundtrack is now available on Amazon and Apple Music.Ģ. It premiered at Neil Simon Theatre on 6th December 2021. MJ: The Musical (also known as Michael Jackson The Musical or simply MJ) is a 2021 Broadway jukebox musical with lyrics and music by Michael Jackson, book by Lynn Nottage. Music by Various Artists (Michael Jackson & MJ The Musical Cast) The music by Michael Jackson and the cast. Original Cast Recording from the Broadway musical MJ: The Musical (2021).
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