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EP Recording of Strictly Ballroom is Planned, according to Playbill.com

According to Playbill.com, Strictly Ballroom The Musical is set to produce a limited EP recording of songs from the show.

Strictly Ballroom the Musical. James Morgan Photography

Global Creatures have reportedly told Playbill.com that a “release date has not been set for the recording” at this stage:

Producers of the Australian stage premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom, which features new songs by Diane Warren, David Foster, Sia and more, plan to release a limited EP album of songs from the production, Playbill.com has learned.
– Playbill.com

Baz Luhrmann’s iconic film-turned-musical, which premiered in Sydney in April and is set to transfer to Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne from January 2015 opened to mixed reviews. Starring Phoebe Panaretos and Thomas Lacey in the coveted roles of Fran and Scott, the production boasts new material written by am eclectic mix of composers (a la Global Creature’s previous musical undertaking King Kong) and old favourites from the film including ‘Time After Time’, ‘Love Is In The Air’ and ‘Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps’.

Read Cassie Tongue’s review of Strictly Ballroom here.

Erin James

Erin James is AussieTheatre.com's former Editor in Chief and a performer on both stage and screen. Credits include My Fair Lady, South Pacific and The King and I (Opera Australia), Love Never Dies and Cats (Really Useful Group), Blood Brothers (Enda Markey Presents), A Place To Call Home (Foxtel/Channel 7) and the feature film The Little Death (written and directed by Josh Lawson).

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