Hear all the new songs added to the Prince of Egypt stage musical

The stage musical model of 1998 animated movie The Prince of Egypt, an adaptation of the E book of Exodus, lastly opened in London on February 5. Following runs at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, two productions in Denmark, and one in Utah, the musical underwent important revisions earlier than opening on the Dominion Theatre within the West Finish. Although the present itself is on hiatus till Could 31, a solid recording of the brand new manufacturing is now accessible to hearken to on Spotify and price a pay attention. It’s greater than only a one-to-one adaptation of the film; it builds on the relationships established within the film, and presents much more Stephen Schwartz goodness.

Whereas the musical follows the identical story because the movie, there are a number of new songs — all additionally written by Schwartz — emphasizing the connection between Moses and Ramses as they go from brothers to mortal enemies in addition to bringing again themes from “All I Ever Wished” and “Ship Us” all through the present. There are additionally songs lacking; “Taking part in With The Huge Boys,” initially carried out by Steve Martin and Martin Brief, has been abridged and folded into “The Plagues.”

In an interview with Polygon, Brenda Chapman, one of many administrators of the unique movie (which was probably the most profitable non-Disney animated movie on the time), stated that the intention behind the film was to make one thing everybody would go see.

“At the moment we had been attempting to make movies that weren’t feeling like they had been only for youngsters,” Chapman stated. “We wished to say we are able to make a drama in animation and it not simply be the place mother and father drop their children off on the theater like they used to, or simply use them as babysitters. We wished to do one thing that reached extra adults.”

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