Act One
Music and Lyrics by ALEXANDER S. BERMANGE
Produced by MIKE DIXON
with sleeve notes by TIM RICE
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 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 BBC1’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, just starred 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, just starred 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, just starred as Donna in Mamma Mia!;
Ben James-Ellis, just starred as Link in Hairspray, having become popular through BBC1’s Any Dream Will Do;
Ramin Karimloo, currently starring as the Phantom in The Phantom Of The Opera;
Alexia Khadime, currently 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, just starred 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, currently starring as Isabella in BBC1’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, currently starring as Adam/Felicia in Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert;
Oliver Tompsett, currently starring as Fiyero in Wicked;
Sally Ann Triplett,
currently starring as Donna in Mamma Mia!.
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.
TRACK LISTING:
1. WALKING ON THE SUN Jon Robyns
2. HOW YOU IMAGINE IT TO BE Susan McFadden
3. ANYONE BUT YOU Jenna Lee-James and Dean Collinson
4. TRIAL OF THE HEART Ricardo Afonso, Cassandra Compton and Sabrina Aloueche
5. I WANT TO REACH THE STARS Jon Lee
6. MY PRINCE Lara Pulver
7. IF THIS COULD BE FOREVER Linzi Hateley
8. MORE THAN A MEMORY Oliver Tompsett
9. THE THRESHOLD OF HER HEART Dean Chisnall and Sabrina Aloueche
10. YOU CAN READ MY HEART Daniel Boys
11. JUST FOR ONE MOMENT IN TIME Summer Strallen
12. HIGHER THAN A SHOOTING STAR Mark Evans and Susan McFadden
13. I’VE GROWN TO LEARN James Gillan
14. THE MAGIC’S WITH ME TONIGHT Joanna Ampil
15. I ONLY WISH FOR YOU Shona Lindsay, Ramin Karimloo and Dianne Pilkington
16. THE LAND OF GOLD Earl Carpenter
17. WHERE’S THE LOVE? Janie Dee
18. ENCHANTED Ben James-Ellis and Alexia Khadime
19. CAN’T GET ENOUGH Sally Ann Triplett
20. IF NO-ONE LOVES YOU Oliver Thornton
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