CD COMRADE ROCKSTAR - UK Studio Cast 2017

Musik: Richard John
Text: Julian Woolford

Darsteller: Tim Howar, Andy Conhagen, Orla Gormly, Kim Ismay, Yvette Robinson, Lucy Schaufer, Katy Secombe, Caroline Sheen

Beschreibung: Britisches Rockmusical über Dean Reed, den sowjetischen Elvis, der auf dem Höhepunkt des Kalten Krieges die USA in Richtung Moskau verlassen hat und dort zum Rockstar avancierte, um dann sein Leben in Scherben zu sehen, als die Sowjetunion im Zuge der Perestroika auseinander fiel.

Songliste:

• 1. Driving Ambition
  
• 2. Smallville Colorado
  
• 3. Gonna Be
  
• 4. My First Love
  
• 5. While You Can
  
• 6. Before Goodbye
  
• 7. Minnesota
  
• 8. Don’t Go
  
• 9. As An American
  
• 10. Wonderful Girls
  
• 11. Sing Together
  
• 12. Happy Ever After
  
• 13. Comrade Rockstar
  
• 14. Famous In The USA
  
• 15. Watching You Walk Away
  
• 16. Pravda
  
• 17. Famous In The USA (Reprise)
  
• 18. Bonus Track: The Mermaid Song
  

Label-Information:
Comrade Rockstar is a new rock musical based on the life of Dean Reed, the Soviet Elvis, with book & lyrics by Julian Woolford and music by Richard John. Reed was an American who defected to the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War to become the biggest star behind the Iron Curtain, only to see his life and dreams collapse as Perestroika crumbled the Eastern Bloc.

A glorious collection of West End vocalists were assembled to record ‘Songs From Comrade Rockstar’; starring Tim Howar (Rock Of Ages) as Dean Read, with Kim Ismay (Mamma Mia), Caroline Sheen (Les Mis, Mary Poppins), Andy Conaghan (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Lucy Schaufer, Yvette Robinson, Orla Gormley and Katy Secombe.

A concert was presented in 2015, and was met with great response; ‘Comrade Rockstar represents an excellent contribution to new musical theatre’ Musical Theatre Review