18 February 2019
Newsdesk
THE PRINCE OF EGYPT, the new stage musical based on the celebrated DreamWorks Animation film and featuring the Academy Award®-winning song When You Believe, is holding a private reading in London this week. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) and book by Philip LaZebnik (Disney’s Mulan and Pocahontas), THE PRINCE OF EGYPT will be directed by Scott Schwartz (Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame).
THE PRINCE OF EGYPT features Stephen Schwartz’s songs from the DreamWorks Animation film, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, including the Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey global hit When You Believe, together with Deliver Us, All I Ever Wanted and Through Heaven’s Eyes, plus newly composed songs. Philip LaZebnik wrote the film’s acclaimed screenplay.
The new stage musical version of THE PRINCE OF EGYPT originally premiered in North America in 2017, playing a record-breaking, sold out engagement. The London reading will showcase newly revised material including a brand-new song.
The London reading of THE PRINCE OF EGYPT is produced by DreamWorks Theatricals (a division of Universal Theatrical Group), Michael McCabe and Neil Laidlaw.
