The recording of a musical released as an album on April 2 starred an English actress, singer, and what?
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My Fair Lady (Broadway cast recording) The Broadway cast recording of the musical My Fair Lady was released as an album on April 2, 1956. The songs were composed by Frederick Loewe with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and conducted by Franz Allers, while the cast included stars Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison. The album became a massive seller, topping the charts on the US "Billboard" 200 for fifteen weeks at different times in 1956 (eight consecutive weeks), 1957, 1958 and 1959. In the UK, upon its release in 1958, the album reached No.1 for 19 consecutive weeks and became the biggest-selling album of the year. The album was released on Columbia Records, whose President, Goddard Lieberson provided the $375,000 needed to stage the show in return for the rights to the Cast recording. The album was later re-issued on Compact disc in 1988 and has been re-released a number of times since. It is currently available with bonus tracks.
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Julie Andrews Dame Julia Elizabeth "Julie" Andrews, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ("née" Wells; born 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. Andrews, a child actress and singer, appeared on the West End in 1948 and made her Broadway debut in "The Boy Friend" (1954). She rose to prominence starring in Broadway musicals such as "My Fair Lady" (1956), playing Eliza Doolittle, and "Camelot" (1960), playing Queen Guinevere. In 1957, Andrews starred in the premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's written-for-television musical "Cinderella", a live, network broadcast seen by over 100 million viewers.
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Eileen Sharp Eileen Nora Sharp (20 September 1900 – 25 March 1958) was an English singer and actress probably best known as the principal mezzo-soprano with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1923 to 1925. For a few years after that, she continued to act in the West End and on tour, but she left the stage after marrying in 1928, making some radio and television appearances in the 1930s.
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Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 2 Forbidden Broadway, Volume 2 is the second album released for "Forbidden Broadway" ("FB"), an off-Broadway musical that spoofs Broadway's latest musicals. The album was recorded and mixed in February 1991 in New York at Sear Sound.
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Peggy Ann Jones Peggy Ann Jones (born 1939) is an English opera singer and actress, best known for her performances in the mezzo-soprano roles of the Savoy operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. During a fifteen-year career with that company, beginning at age 19, she was particularly known for her interpretations of the title role in "Iolanthe", Pitti-Sing in "The Mikado", Phoebe Meryll in "The Yeomen of the Guard", and Mad Margaret in "Ruddigore". She later performed on television, in films and in musicals in London's West End. Jones's best-known recordings include the role of Pitti-Sing on both the 1973 D'Oyly Carte "Mikado" and the company's 1966 film version of "The Mikado".
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Reva Rice Reva Rice is an American musical theatre actress and singer. She originated the role of Pearl in "Starlight Express" on Broadway, and played the character in the show's 1992 London run. She also played the role on tour in the USA and in Las Vegas.
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Judi Dench Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress and author. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years, she performed in several of Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in "Hamlet", Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet", and Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth". Although most of her work during this period was in theatre, she also branched into film work and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer. She drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical "Cabaret" in 1968.
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Kitty Melrose Kitty Melrose ("née" Agnes Butterfield; 1882 – 3 June 1912) was an English stage actress and singer.
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Carole Shelley Carole Shelley (born 16 August 1939) is an English actress. Among her many stage roles are the character of Madame Morrible in the original Broadway cast of the musical "Wicked". She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in "The Elephant Man" in 1979.
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Kinky Boots (Broadway cast album) A Broadway original cast album for the musical "Kinky Boots" was released on May 28, 2013, less than two months after the show opened on Broadway. It was produced by Cyndi Lauper, who wrote the songs, Stephen Oremus, the orchestrator and conductor, and William Wittman. On release it premiered at number one on the Billboard Cast Albums Chart and number fifty-one on the "Billboard" 200 chart, making it the highest charting Broadway cast recording since "The Book of Mormon"' s album was released two years earlier.
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Rebecca Wheatley Rebecca Wheatley (born 25 April 1965) is a British actress and musician.
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Violet Loraine Violet Loraine (26 July 1886 – 18 July 1956) was an English musical theatre actress and singer.
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Emilia Clarke Emilia Isabelle Euphemia Rose Clarke (born 23 October 1986) is an English actress. Born in London and brought up in Berkshire, Clarke first gained an interest in acting as a child after seeing the musical "Show Boat", on which her father was working as a sound engineer. Clarke studied at the Drama Centre London, and appeared in a number of stage productions. Her television debut came with a guest appearance in an episode of the British soap opera "Doctors". In 2010, she was named as one of the UK Stars of Tomorrow by "Screen International" magazine for her role in Syfy's film "Triassic Attack" (2010).
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Antonique Smith Antonique Smith (born August 11, 1983) is an American Broadway, film and television actress, and a Grammy nominated singer and songwriter.
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Catherine McCormack Catherine Jane McCormack (born 3 April 1972) is an English actress of stage and screen. Her film appearances include "Braveheart" (1995), "The Land Girls" (1998), "Dangerous Beauty" (1998), "Dancing at Lughnasa" (1998), "Spy Game" (2001), and "28 Weeks Later" (2007). Her theatre work includes National Theatre productions of "All My Sons" (2000) and "Honour" (2003).
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Hairspray (2002 album) Hairspray: Original Broadway Cast Recording is the cast album for the 2002 musical "Hairspray". The show is an adaptation of the 1988 film of the same name. It features performances from the show's cast, which includes Harvey Fierstein, Linda Hart, Dick Latessa, Kerry Butler, Clarke Thorell, Mary Bond Davis, Laura Bell Bundy, Matthew Morrison, Corey Reynolds, and Marissa Jaret Winokur as the lead character of Tracy Turnblad. The cast recording earned the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
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Jackie Burns Jackie Burns is an American actress working in musical theater.
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Nathalie Emmanuel Nathalie Joanne Emmanuel (born 2 March 1989) is an English actress. Emmanuel began her acting career appearing in theatre in the late 1990s, accruing roles in various West End productions such as the musical "The Lion King". In 2006, she began her on-screen career by starring as Sasha Valentine in soap opera "Hollyoaks", after which she appeared in various British television series until her debut film appearance in "Twenty8k". Emmanuel gained public recognition by starring as Missandei in the fantasy series "Game of Thrones", before achieving international fame with supporting roles in action films "" (2015), "Furious 7" (2015), and "The Fate of the Furious" (2017).
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April Haney April Lerman (born February 6, 1969) is an American former child actress who played the role of Kate, an orphan in the 1982 film of the musical "Annie". She also was a regular cast member on the first season of "Charles in Charge" (1984), where she played the character of Lila Pembroke.
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Grease: The New Broadway Cast Recording Grease: The New Broadway Cast Recording is the cast album for the 2007 Broadway production of the hit musical, "Grease". The show, directed by Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall, played at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City. This recording features performances from the cast of "Grease" including Jenny Powers, Matthew Saldivar, and "" winners, Laura Osnes and Max Crumm as Sandy Dumbrowski and Danny Zuko, respectively.
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Matt Henry (singer) Matt Henry is a British singer and actor who won an Olivier award for playing Lola in the London production of the musical "Kinky Boots".
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Jennifer DiNoia Jennifer DiNoia (born February 23, 1982) is an American singer and actress. She is best known for her work in the theatre, specifically "Wicked", playing the lead role of Elphaba in various productions around the world.