Tomorrow's an exciting day for musical theatre fans as Matt Croke, the star of London's
Aladdin, launches his debut album,
Only Dreaming! Featuring songs from stage and screen,
Only Dreaming will premiere on iTunes and Spotify tomorrow, with CDs available from the Prince Edward Theatre and
Matt's website from 14th December.
Now, everyone reading this knows how big an
Aladdin fan I am (obviously!), and
Proud of Your Boy is my favourite song in the show so I'm delighted that Matt has recorded his own version of the song for the album! And not only that! He also duets with
The Lion King's Nick Afoa (London's Simba) on a mash up of
Proud of Your Boy/Endless Night! If you heard this on Radio 2's
Friday Night is Music Night then you already know how amazing this sounds!
And Nick's not the only member of the Disney family Matt's teaming up with for this album. Trevor Dion Nicholas has Matt's back every night as the Genie to his Aladdin, and joins him for a new recording of
Aladdin's
Somebody's Got Your Back, whilst Hiba Elchikhe (Australia's Jasmine) joins him for
A Whole New World. The album is also produced and orchestrated by
Aladdin's West End musical director Alan Williams, so you know it's going to sound amazing!
As well as
Aladdin, Matt's debut album features songs from
Godspell,
Singing in the Rain,
West Side Story,
Sweeney Todd, and more. Disney's
Tarzan makes a welcome appearance with
Who Better Than Me? and Matt follows in the footsteps of fellow Disney Theatrical stars Adam Jacobs and Norm Lewis with his version of
Go The Distance from
Hercules. I can't wait to hear that one!
Congratulations Matt! I can't wait to pick up a copy next time I'm at the theatre! Or maybe I'll just download it! I really can't wait :o)
