The stars of Hamilton and Beetlejuice are performing in the special concert A Very (Musical) Christmas.
One is the biggest name in Australian musical theatre, having played the lead role in more than 800 performances ofWhile Arrow chose a Christmas pop favourite – Andy Williams’ 1963 hitPerfect insisted on an original work, a song from his Christmas musical in development with American book writer Robert Horn.producer Michael Cassel] asked me to be part of this concert, I said, ‘I’ve got so many Christmas songs, I want to do my own,’” says Perfect.
“There’s an ease in nostalgia, and hearing a brand-new song with brand-new ideas can be challenging,” says Perfect. “But I also think it’s important, as Australians, to fight back against the northern hemisphere and put as many of our Christmas songs into the pot as we can because we’re getting outwritten and outmanoeuvred by wintry, climate-specific Christmas stuff … It’s important to offer a fresh perspective, and hopefully this song manages to do that for people.
Eddie Perfect performing on the Hamilton set, which has been given a festive makeover for A Musical Christmas. Arrow was impressed with the song: “It was amazing! Eddie did such a good job. He said he hadn’t trod the boards in a while, so to get back on the stage and flex those muscles – honestly, you never really forget it, it’s like riding a bike, clearly. Watching him, it was like, oh, he’s fine. He’s still got it. He’s got a good crooner’s voice.”singingis a little bit of a lower sing, so it was nice to sing up a bit after all that.
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