Songs from the musicals that you’ve never heard before

If you’re a fan of musical theatre, circle 18th September in your diary as that is the evening you will have the privilege of listening to songs that were cut from classic shows. The titans of the genre have been rummaging in their drawers to select and repurpose the melodies and lyrics of never-before-heard songs that are being regenerated for one night only.

Regenerate: Lost Songs from the Musicals is a livestreamed online gala fundraiser that will be free to watch, but with the audience kindly donating via text, phone or online. So far the unsung songs and world premieres include It’s Still Me in Here sung by Anita Dobson from new musical Feather Boy by Oscar winner Don Black and Debbie Wiseman OBE who was the official composer of the Platinum Jubilee Celebration at Windsor in May. There’s a Stephen Schwartz (Wicked/Pippin/ Godspell) offering Leaving Myself Behind from new project Marley and a song by Claude Michel-Schönberg and Alain Boublil that was cut from Miss Saigon during the development process. Other Jewish musical creators gifting work will be Canadian husband-and-wife team Irene Sankoff and David Hein (who wrote Come From Away) and composer/lyricist Adam Guettel – composer of The Light in The Piazza – who is the grandson of Richard Rogers who gave us The King and I and The Sound of Music. If that list doesn’t do it for you then a new song by Sir Tim Rice and Sir Elton John might.

Proceeds from the fundraiser will support new writing talent without the finances to share their work at BEAM 2023, the UK’s biggest showcase of new musical theatre. Glad we told you? Then watch on www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ705NK7j5A