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This page offers a listing of recent news headlines as well as site updates and other items of
interest. You can find older items in the News Archive.
Rudolf Demo Tracks Now Available Online (15 Jun 2010) We have just added English-language demo tracks for three of Nan's songs from Rudolf on this website. The songs include "Pretty Little War", "New Boy in Town" sung by Kate Shindle, and "Only Love" sung by Brandi Burkhardt. You can find these along with details about other recordings from the show on the Rudolf page. New Pimpernel Recordings To Be Released (1 Jun 2010) Takarazuka Revue is expected to release a cast recording and DVD from their new production of The Scarlet Pimpernel, currently being presented by Moon Troupe in Tokyo from 4 June through 4 July. The double CD is expected out on 18 June and the DVD is expected to follow on 25 June. More information is available on the Takarazuka recordings page. Spanish Fever Tour Details Posted (19 Apr 2010) We have just learned about a Spanish touring production of Saturday Night Fever, which began with a run in Madrid last year and has been touring Spain since 6 December 2009. The cast is led by Juan Pablo di Pace as Tony Manero, Beatriz Ros as Stephanie, Isabel Malavia as Annette and Zenón Recalde as Monty. The show is directed by Karen Bruce and the Spanish translation is by Daniel Anglès and Juan Vázquez. Four announced stops remain, in Gijón, Bilbao, Jaén and Torrevieja. For more information see the Spanish SNF Tour page. More Pimpernel Song Recordings Listed (12 Apr 2010) New listings have been added to the Scarlet Pimpernel song recordings page, including the songs "When I Look At You", "Where's The Girl?" and "You Are My Home". View all of the listings on the individual song recordings page. New Letter From Nan Posted (6 Apr 2010) A new Letter From Nan has just been posted on the site. Nan discusses the international success of Rudolf, the demo recordings of Camille Claudel, some of her and her husband's other projects, and her work with the ASPCA. Read the full text on the Letter From Nan page. Two Pimpernels in Germany (16 Mar 2010) Two regional productions of The Scarlet Pimpernel are now running in Germany. The show, which has proven popular there, has been running in Bremerhaven since last November in a production starring Hans Neblung as Percy, Maike Switzer as Marguerite and Ralph Ertel as Chauvelin. That run just added two further performances in May. A second staging just got under way in Bielefeld, with performances planned throughout March and April. This run stars Veit Schäfermeier as Percy, Karin Seyfried as Marguerite and Alexander Franzen as Chauvelin. More information on these and other productions can be found on the Pimpernel productions page. More Pimpernel Song Recordings Listed (16 Mar 2010) New listings have been added to the Scarlet Pimpernel song recordings page, including the songs "Now When The Rain Falls", "Our Separate Ways", "She Was There", "Storybook" and "There Never Was A Time". View all of the listings on the individual song recordings page. Pimpernel Song Recordings Page Added To Site (1 Mar 2010) A new page has just been added to the website where we will list various recordings of songs from The Scarlet Pimpernel, beyond those which can be found on the cast recordings of the show. Check out the individual song recordings page, now with listings for "Falcon in the Dive", "Home Again", "I'll Forget You" and "Into the Fire". Further listings will be added in the coming weeks. Rudolf Complete Recording Preview (22 Feb 2010) An Album Preview for the complete (2-CD) Vienna recording of Rudolf - Affaire Mayerling is now available on the Rudolf page. The album is now available for purchase at Amazon.com and iTunes, as well as VBW, Amazon.de and Sound of Music. Camille Claudel Demo Restored to Site (29 Jan 2010) The demo tracks from the early development of Camille Claudel are once again available on this website. A new player has been set up on the Camille recordings page. Rudolf Closes in Vienna (26 Jan 2010) The German-language premiere production of Rudolf completed its second season of performances at the Raimund Theater in Vienna, Austria on Sunday, 24 January. A complete (2 CD) cast recording, complete DVD recording, highlights cast recording and further items are all still available from this production. New plans for the show will be posted here as they are announced. You can find more information about this project on the Rudolf page. Rudolf Complete Cast Recording Released (17 Dec 2009) A complete cast recording of the Vienna production of Rudolf - Affaire Mayerling is expected out on 22 December 2009. This 2-CD set will include a booklet with a photo gallery from the production, and is available for pre-order from Sound of Music. More information is available on the Rudolf page. Takarazuka Revue to Present Pimpernel Again (3 Nov 2009) Takarazuka Revue has announced their upcoming season of productions, which includes their second staging of The Scarlet Pimpernel. The show will be presented by the Moon Troupe in Takarazuka, Japan, 16 April - 17 May 2010 and then in Tokyo, Japan, 4 June - 4 July 2010. The cast is expected to be led by Hiromu Kiriya as Percy and Yuki Aono as Marguerite. The show will again be directed by Shuichiro Koike. More information is listed on the Pimpernel website. Camille Claudel Demo Available Online (11 Sep 2009) We are very pleased to present many of the demo tracks from Camille Claudel on this website. The tracks were recorded in 2001 and 2004 by Linda Eder, Guy LeMonnier, Michael Nouri, Matt Bogart and cast members from the Goodspeed Musicals production of the show. The tracks, along with more information, can be found on the Camille recordings page. Vienna Rudolf to be Released on DVD (7 Aug 2009) A complete DVD recording of the Vienna production of Rudolf - Affaire Mayerling will be released soon. The video, produced by MG-Sound and MWB, includes the full show recorded by a six camera crew, live from the stage of the Raimund Theater. The DVD is expected to run about 150 minutes and will be regionless, but in PAL format. It will have stereo and 5.1 surround sound audio. It is currently available for pre-order from Sound of Music or Amazon.de. | |
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