WOS Radio: Edward Seckerson Talks to Kerry Ellis
Kerry Ellis amassed a legion of adoring fans when she went “green” playing Elphaba in Stephen Schwartz’ smash-hit musical Wicked, both in London and on Broadway. But her preeminence as a musical-theatre-diva-cum-rock-chick was secured earlier still when Brian May, the celebrated lead guitarist of Queen, asked her to play Meat in the Queen/Ben Elton show We Will Rock You. May quickly recognised a symbiosis between them and their CD single Wicked in Rock sprung a rip-roaring reimagining of “Defying Gravity” with Brian May‘s amazing guitar riffs a key feature.
In this exclusive audio podcast (with clips from the album). Kerry talks to Edward Seckerson about her amazing journey, her heroes and heroines of song, and a voice that can just as easily embrace Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady or Nancy in Oliver! as it can cream “No-One But You” from We Will Rock You.
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