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Betty Lives On In Original Cast Recording
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Betty Blue Eyes may be closing at the Novello Theatre at the end of this month following disappointing ticket sales, but the show will live on with an original cast recording featuring 20 songs from the West End production. The album is being released by First Night Records - specialists in theatrical recording having released more than 150 albums of West End and Broadway musicals – and will feature performances by cast members including Sarah Lancashire, Reece Shearsmith, David Bamber, Adrian Scarborough and Ann Emery. Musical numbers include: Fair Shares for All, Magic Fingers, Steal the Pig, The Kind of Man I Am, Jitterbug and Betty Blue Eyes. |
This Little Piggy at the Novello TheatreBased on Alan Bennett’s film ‘A Private Function’, Betty Blue Eyes is Sir Cameron Mackintosh’s first original musical in more than a decade. Set in a Yorkshire town after the Second World War, the show follows the hilarious misadventures of the local residents who decide to raise a pig to eat at a lavish banquet in celebration of the royal wedding between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. However, with government rationing still being enforced, the adorable pig has to be hidden away when a fastidious food inspector starts poking his nose in. Closing on 24th September 2011 |
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Speaking about the decision to close Betty Blue Eyes despite some of the best reviews seen for a brand new musical in many years, Sir Cameron Mackintosh said: "It is very curious - after such amazing reviews and positive word of mouth, no-one knows the real reason why Betty couldn't find a bigger audience. We have been consistently playing to just over 50 percent but it just isn't enough to cover the costs. Of course I am disappointed but I'm not despondent, I am enormously proud of Betty. I know that she will eventually have her day and another life." |
| The release date for the Betty Blue Eyes Original Cast Recording will be announced shortly. Pre-orders and a full track listing can be found here on the Dress Circle website. |
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