Dreamgirls - Original London Cast Recording to be released in mid-April 2017
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
SONIA Friedman Productions has announced that the highly anticipated Original London Cast Recording of the new, hit West End musical, Dreamgirls, will be released on Sony Classical mid-April and is now available to pre-order via www.amazon.co.uk/.
This brand new double-album was recorded live last month at the Savoy Theatre. It captures the on-stage exhilaration of the original London cast of Dreamgirls, the 14 piece band and the audience, and features iconic songs from the musical including And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going, I Am Changing, Listen and One Night Only.
The Dreamgirls Original London Cast Recording is produced by Henry Krieger and mixed by Andy Bradfield.
This cast recording features Amber Riley as Effie White, Liisi LaFontaine as Deena Jones and Ibinabo Jack as Lorrell Robinson – making up the soulful singing trio ‘The Dreams’ – Joe Aaron Reid as Curtis Taylor Jr, Adam J. Bernard as Jimmy Early, Tyrone Huntley as C.C. White, Nicholas Bailey as Marty and Lily Frazer as Michelle Morris.
Also featured are Michael Afemaré, Jocasta Almgill, Callum Aylott, Hugo Batista, Samara Casteallo, Chloe Chambers, Carly Mercedes Dyer, Joelle Dyson, Kimmy Edwards, Candace Furbert, Nathan Graham, Ashley Luke Lloyd, Gabriel Mokake, Siân Nathaniel-James, Sean Parkins, Kirk Patterson, Ryan Reid, Rohan Richards, Noel Samuels, Durone Stokes and Tosh Wanogho-Maud.
Dreamgirls opened at the Savoy Theatre in December 2016 to widespread critical acclaim, 35 years after originally opening on Broadway and is directed and choreographed by Olivier and Tony Award®-winning Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Disney’s Aladdin and Something Rotten!).
Read more about Dreamgirls, which is currently booking at the Savoy Theatre until October 21, 2017.