| re: NJC: "Words Shared With Friends" and charity concert in London | |
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JimmyG (jimmy.granstrom@gmail.com) 03:10 pm UTC 04/18/14 |
| In reply to: | NJC: "Words Shared With Friends" and charity concert in London - JimmyG 03:07 pm UTC 04/18/14 |
> I've co-written lyrics to four songs on "Words Shared With > Friends", including "More Stars Than In Heaven" from my > musical "Ron & Julie" that was staged in Stockholm in > 2001: > > > https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/words-shared-friends-lyrics/id850313838 > > The album has gotten great reviews so far, including The > Public Review's Ian Foster calling it "one of the best > musical theater albums of the year": > > > http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cd-review-words-shared-with-friends/ > > It also includes a number of stand-alone pop- and rock > songs. All the songs feature vocals by professional > artists working in London, incl. the West End, e.g. Will > Barratt (Raoul, Phantom of the Opera). > > Two of the songs I co-wrote for the album will be > performed at this charity concert in St. Paul's Church, > Covent Garden, London on Sunday May 18: > > > http://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Atherton-Jack-Khadime-Lonsdale-and-More-In-GIGGIN4GOOD-WHEN-YOU-WISH-UPON-A-STAR-May-18-20140416#.U1E_RHTn8dl > > "In keeping with Giggin4Good's commitment to promoting and > showcasing new musical theatre - previous shows have > showcased songs from new musicals such as My Land's Shore, > Roundabout and Based On A True Story - there will be a > slight break from the Disney theme during the course of > the show when songs from the score of brand new musical > Shadow On The Sun will be showcased. > > Shadow On The Sun is a "Sci-Fi Musical-within-a-musical" > written by composer Omri Lahav and librettists/lyricists > Robert Gould and Jimmy Granstrom. While telling the story > of drug-addicted Sci-Fi novelist Jake Temple and the story > of the book he is struggling to write - which is set in a > world where a shadow on the sun forces everyone to live in > perpetual darkness - the musical poses the question "does > reality actually exist"? The 3-song selection from Shadow > On the Sun will be performed by Keith Ramsay, Andrew > Bateup, Carolyn Maitland, Jodie Steele and Shaun McCourt. > > George Ure, a cast member of one of the early Giggin4Good > concerts who is currently playing the role of Boq in the > UK tour production of Wicked, described Giggin4Good as "a > wonderfully diverse evening of entertainment in aid of a > truly worthy cause". And "Giggin4Good - When You Wish Upon > A Star" promises to be even more diverse and even more > entertaining while equally worthy." | |
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