Back To Before

Description

Re-release of ‘Back to Before’ by the West End and Broadway star Kim Criswell, who presents a collection of her favourite songs from the musicals and the classic American songbook. Includes songs from Les Miserables, Annie, Jesus Christ Superstar, Oliver!, A Chorus Line, Cats, Funny Girl and more.

American born Kim Criswell, having spent previous years on Broadway (Baby, Nine, The Three Penny Opera) and in L.A.(Cats), before crossing the Atlantic in 1992 when she was invited to play Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun. Following on from the success of that show she starred in The Slow Drag and Dames At Sea establishing herself at the heart of London’s Musical Theatre scene.

Kim’s recordings of Anything Goes and Kiss Me, Kate for EMI won her rave reviews, as did her appearances in the TV mini-series Savage Play and as Georgie McGuire in Jilly Cooper’s The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous. She has performed at the BBC Cole Porter Gala at the BOC Covent Garden Festival of Arts, in Of Thee I Sing for Opera North, Candide with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and in a series of Gershwin concerts touring across the country.