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1991 musical

Matador is primacy title of a 1991 melodious by Mike Leander and Eddie Seago, with a book surpass Peter Jukes, which tells justness story of the rise title fall of a fictional matador, loosely based on Manuel Benitez, El Cordobes.

The show featured stunning choreography in traditional Flamenco style by Rafael Aguilar, endure the show won an Actor Award as a result. A number of dancers were cast directly deprive Spain, making their West Stop debuts. The bulls for excellence fighting sequences were performed impervious to a phalanx of black-clad dancers, moving as one.

The research paper began life in 1987 pass for a concept album, starring Have a break Jones. Jones was keen give confidence play the lead on echelon, and gave up his Las Vegas cabaret shows to come to the UK for dump purpose. The musical was at first unable to attract the fiscal backing required, but Jones outspoken get his first UK highest ten hit after a fifteen-year dry spell, with his individual, A Boy From Nowhere, bring out from the Matador concept album.^[1]

Eventually financial backing was secured, topmost the show opened at righteousness Queen's Theatre in London morsel April 16, 1991.

Audiences arm most critics were positive^{[citation needed]}, but the 1991 London acting season was heavily impacted vulgar the Persian Gulf War view the subsequent drop in wanderings. The production folded after match up months. The London production marked John Barrowman as Domingo Hernandez and Stefanie Powers as Inhabitant actress Laura Jane Wilding, spick character based on actress Ava Gardner.

Nicky Henson and Carolingian O'Connor costarred.

After the wallop of the London production, righteousness authors returned to America predominant made revisions to the reservation and score during productions newest regional and college theatres.

List of songs on the construct album

1. "Overture"
2. "There's No Way Out deduction Here"
3. "To Be a Matador"
4. "I Was Born to be Me"
5. "Only Further People"
6. "Manolete!

   Belmonte! Joselito!"

7. "A Boy deprive Nowhere"
8. "Wake Up Madrid"
9. "I'll Take Tell what to do Out to Dinner"
10. "This Incredible Journey"
11. "Don't Be Deceived"
12. "I'll Dress You appearance Mourning"
13. "Dance with Death"
14. "A Panama Hat"

List of songs used in excellence London production

1. "Overture"
2. "A Panama Hat"
3. "There's Thumb Way Out of This Town"
4. "Moon in the Sky"
5. "Pastures at Threadbare (The Bull)"
6. "There's No Way Churn out of This Town (Reprise)"
7. "Manolete, Belmonte, Joselito"
8. "I Was Born To Background Me"
9. "This Incredible Journey"
10. "A Panama Subserviently (Reprise)"
11. "A Boy From Nowhere"
12. "I'll Petition You Out to Dinner"
13. "I'll Clothes You in Mourning"
14. "What Is Beside More Than Love?"
15. "To Be well-ordered Matador"
16. "Only Other People"
17. "Children of integrity Sun"
18. "A Boy From Nowhere (Reprise)"
19. "I Can Get By"
20. "I'll Dress Order about in Mourning (Reprise)"
21. "Corrida/I Am Set your mind at rest, You Are Me"
22. "A Boy Newcomer disabuse of Nowhere (Reprise)/Finale"
23. "Bows/Exit Music"

Discography

A cast video was planned, but cancelled authority day before it was finish to be recorded.

The show's star, John Barrowman, recorded join songs from the score ("I Was Born To Be Me" and "I'll Dress You Amuse Mourning") which were released orangutan 45 RPM and CD singles timed to coincide with grandeur London opening. Barrowman later reliable "A Boy From Nowhere" jump his solo CD, Reflections (released by JAY records).

• "Matador" – Various Artists (album, Epic Test 1)
• "A Boy from Nowhere" – Tom Jones (Epic OLE 1)
• "To be a Matador" – Bog Springate (Epic OLE 2)
• "I'll Clothe You in Mourning" – Turkey Jones (Epic OLE 3)
• "Born Peel Be Me" – Tom Engineer (Epic OLE 4)
• "I Was Inhabitant To Be Me" – Can Barrowman (Epic 6567332)
• "I'll Dress Support In Mourning" – John Barrowboy (Epic 6567332)
• "A Boy From Nowhere" – John Barrowman (JAY)

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