Gina Beck, David Bedella, Tracie Bennett, Christopher Biggins, Anna-Jane Casey, Cassidy Janson, Miriam Margolyes, Laura Pitt-Pulford, Lauren Samuels, Oliver Savile and Emma Williams and many more lend their voices to this new comedy album
A star-studded line-up of leading musical theatre artists and much-loved celebrities have joined forces to record a double album celebrating the comedic songs of award-winning composer and lyricist Alexander S. Bermange.
Wit & Whimsy boasts several “national treasures”; numerous Olivier and WhatsOnStage Award winners and nominees of the last few years; and the current stars of many West End and touring musicals including Mamma Mia!, Wicked, Jersey Boys, Beautiful and Half A Sixpence. The complete line-up is: Simon Bailey, Lucy May Barker, Ian Bartholomew, Gina Beck, David Bedella, Tracie Bennett, Sanne den Besten, Christopher Biggins, Richard Carson, Anna-Jane Casey, Phil Daniels, Cassidy Janson, Amy Lennox, Sam Lupton, Miriam Margolyes, Craig Mather, Laura Pitt-Pulford, Nigel Planer, Ben Richards, Lauren Samuels, Oliver Savile, Gemma Sutton and Emma Williams. The album is produced by Mike Dixon, who has worked as Musical Supervisor on many long-running shows around the world.
All of the tracks are written by Alexander S. Bermange, who has acquired a formidable following amongst millions of radio listeners through his many appearances performing his comic songs on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. Further writing credits for which Alexander has achieved recognition include musicals and theatre productions that have been produced in the West End, around the UK and internationally.
Wit & Whimsy comprises Alexander’s most popular comedic musical creations from his stage shows and beyond. Many humorously depict aspects of musical theatre itself – such as Audition, A Serious Actor, The Opening Number, Stuck In The Ensemble, It’s Lovely Being A Luvvie, and I Wish That My Life Were Like A Musical. Others are portraits of crazy characters such as obsessive trainspotters, tone-deaf singers or would-be fairy-tale princesses; others are tongue-in-cheek celebrations of modern day technology, automated telephone answering systems, or the world of cinema; others take the form of tales with twists or tongue-twisting lists. They are all certain to amuse and entertain in equal measure.
Wit & Whimsy is now available to pre-order as a deluxe 2 CD set from Dress Circle (http://bit.ly/WitWhimsy) and as a download from iTunes (http://apple.co/2lX41rh), prior to being released on Friday 31st March on the Spectacular Music label. A live show featuring performances of songs from the album is being staged at The Hippodrome in London’s West End on Sunday 30th April, tickets for which are available at http://tinyurl.com/jpmudzo.
