New fairytale musical from Pippa Cleary releases cast recording featuring Rob Madge

New musical Snow White and Me has released an original cast recording.

With music and lyrics by Pippa Cleary and a book by Philip LaZebnik and Ronald Kruschak, the family musical adds a contemporary twist on classic fairytales. It follows Alex and Daisy, who, from the real world, are pulled into a fairytale kingdom where the evil Queen Endora is rewriting stories.

Three singles: “Perfect Princess”, “Find My Story,” and “Brand New Tune” have been released, with the full album available to stream now.

The new musical has played across Europe and received its first English-language production in Missouri, directed by Lisa Brescia with dramaturgy by Scott Schwartz. The cast can be heard on the recording, alongside West End musicians, including Rob Madge as the Magic Mirror.

They feature alongside Gea Rose Henry as Daisy, Angelina Nazario as Alex, Joe Murphy as Prince Jeremy, Kylie Howard as Endora, Matthew Kischer as Rumpelstiltskin, and Quinten Loveland as the Wolf. Brescia also features on a bonus track, “My Sister”, performed with Cleary.

The score draws on Cleary’s lifelong love of Disney, with influences including Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. She said: “As a composer, this has been one of the most fulfilling creative journeys I have undertaken. I have always been a Disney fanatic, and I’ve really relished the opportunity to embrace the sweeping melodies and irresistible, upbeat numbers that define a great family fantasy musical. The theme of finding your own story is what first drew me to the project, and working alongside such an incredible company of performers, as well as the best music team I could have wished for, has been such a delight.”

The ensemble is comprised of students from Stephens College, including Keira Anderson, Chloe Anderson, Zack Anderson, Gabriel Beech, Stella Brown, Macie Bruderer, Josh Crowley, Isabella Clutter, Vivian K. Dick, Olivia Evans, Molly Foster, Carina Galloway, Devin Michael Leming, Wyatt Logan, Lily Mace, Wyatt Munsey, Hugh Paul, Sophia Poole, Isaac Robinson, Libby Serber, Kaley Sikora, Sydnee Sisk, Olivia Starnes, Kylie Steinhauser, Sarah Whitehead, Mallory Womeldorff and Nicholas Youngstead.

The band includes Corey Wickens on violin, William Clark-Maxwell on cello, Hannah Lawrance on flute, clarinet, and bass clarinet, Alys Betsan Jones on French horn, and guitars by Tom Fleming, keyboards, drum programming, and additional programming by Joe Davison, and additional programming by Simon Nathan.

Vocals were recorded in Missouri by Pete Szkolka, with West End players recorded at Auburn Jam Studios in London. The album features orchestrations by Joe Davison and Simon Nathan, with musical direction by Nollie Moore and Joe Davison. Davison also handled supervision, production, mixing and mastering for the album. It was originally commissioned by Bettina Weyers of Berlin-based Gallissas.