West End leading lady turned radio presenter Elaine Paige has used her expertise to help put together a three CD collection – Elaine Paige Presents Showstoppers from the Musicals – celebrating the best and most successful stage and screen musicals.
The Evita star who now presents the hit Radio 2 show Elaine Paige On Sunday has curated a collection that features some of the biggest names in the genre performing some of the most memorable and best-loved show songs.
Released on 24 November on CD and digital download, ‘Elaine Paige Presents Showstoppers From The Musicals’ features 60 tracks from shows as varied as Hair, Chess, Sunset Boulevard, Kinky Boots, Sweeney Todd and Wicked.
The star-studded voice line-up includes: Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Michael Crawford, Idina Menzel, Susan Boyle, Il Divo, Michael Crawford, Liza Minnelli, Ariana Grande and John Legend.
Paige herself performs ‘Don’t Cry For Me Argentina’ and ‘Another Suitcase in Another Hall’ from Evita, ‘Shall We Dance’ (with Jason Scott Lee) from The King and I, the title track from Anything Goes, ‘I’m Still Here’ from Follies and ‘One Night Only’ from Dreamgirls.
The actress and singer who celebrated 50 years in the business in 2014 and was recently presented with a Variety Hall Of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award is currently performing in concert at dates across the UK. She is due to take to the stage for the pantomime season as Queen Rat in Dick Whittington at the London Palladium.
Angela Thomas
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