Musical Theatre Radio presents "Be Our Guest"

Stuart is a prolific and versatile British writer/composer of musicals. He has been actively creating diverse and melodic new work since the early 1990s when he decided to hang up his boots as singer/songwriter/frontman of the rock band POP.  

His shows include Bess: A Pop Musical, Pink Angora Sweater, Jimmy Mac and the an updated production of From Here To Eternity which hits the West End in the fall of 2022.

https://www.stuartbrayson.co.uk/

Steven is a Canadian Actor, Writer, Director/ Producer and Book Writer for the musical 'Blackout'.

Anton is a Canadian composer, lyricist, performer, sound designer and educator. Mostly what he does is write songs for musicals and he loves it. For three years he was the artist-in-residence at Toronto's Musical Stage Company as part of their Crescendo Series as well as the composer of the musical 'Blackout'.

Li is the lyricist, composer, and co-book writer of the musical 'Save The Girl'.

More Info: Save The Girl

Florencia is a brown Mexican immigrant singer, actress, and songwriter based in New York City. She made her first album "Aquí - Los Nuevos Standards" produced by husband Jaime Lozano which BwayTunes.com calls "One of the most unique cover albums of recent memory," and subsequently toured all around Mexico, Latin America and New York City, performing in some of the most prestigious jazz venues and festivals and being awarded with the Hot House Jazz Award 2016 for Best New Jazz Artist. She has performed Off-Broadway in numerous shows, including Children of Salt (NYMF 2016 Best of Fest) and A Never-Ending Line (album released by GRAMMY award winner label Broadway Records). She has performer in iconic venues such as Lincoln Center, 54 Below, Joe's Pub, among others.

James and Gina are musical theatre writers who co founded the company. 'Toy Soldier Productions' to develop and produce new, original work.

With a background in the music industry, guitarist James and pianist Gina made their theatre debut with new British musical The Dreamers. In 2018, the production underwent a two-week workshop at the Victoria Palace Theatre with a West End cast and creative team, which was followed by four fully-staged workshop performances of the musical at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios. This marked the first time that a musical had been staged at the studios. The Dreamers is now ready for a full run.

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Since then, James and Gina have started developing their second musical Lady M, which underwent a workshop in April 2022 with a West End cast and creative team. Other projects include The Frontline Singers and a third musical (yet to be announced).

Website: www.toysoldierproductions.com/

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Chunhwi Park is a musical theater composer/lyricist living in Korea and Vancouver. He has been writing music for Musicals, Plays, and other theatrical works for the past 20 years. Chunhwi has also translated over 30 musicals from Broadway and beyond. As a teacher, he taught graduate musical theater writing programs at KNUA (Korean National University of Arts), Choongmoo Musical Academy, and Daegu DIMF Musical Academy for over ten years.  

His most recent two musicals, [Darwin Young and the Origin of Evil] and a new adaptation of [The Little Women] earned him two consecutive nominations for his music in the Korean Musical Awards in 2020 and 2021.  

Chunhwi scored a newly discovered silent movie [Crossroads of Youth] in 2008. It is the earliest surviving film in Korean Film History. [Crossroads of Youth] is performed with a Byunsa, a sitting narrator who dubs all character lines and comments on the action, and a four-instrument live band and two singers who step out of the film to sing on their behalf. It closely mimics the 1930 Korean silent era tradition with a modern musical theater twist. [Crossroads of youth] has become a smash hit in various film festivals and has performed in Lincon Center(NY), Barbican Center(London), BFI London, London Themes Festival, Mexico, Berlin, Brisbane, Sydney.  

In addition to his theater work, Chunhwi was the original music director (8 years) and producer for the best-selling Korean children's book/DVD Series [English Egg]. It's recorded in New York with Broadway actors.  

More Info: linkedin.com/in/chunhwi-park-4355b67b

Wade McCollum is an American film actor, stage actor and composer/musician.  Wade can be heard on the original cast albums of ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME, TRIASSIC PARQ, and IT HAPPENED IN KEY WEST  

Website: wadesong.com

Johanna Telander is a decorated singer, composer, and lyricist, and the creative force behind Kalevala – The Musical. She currently splits her time creating music, continuing her prolific voice-over career (Volvo National), and parenting two delightful, energetic children with her husband.

With a Bachelor’s degree from Capital Conservatory of Music, and after a decades-long career as a singer, where she has had the privilege of working in such extraordinary settings as the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, the United Nations, The Lincoln Center, and The Bitter End, Johanna has diversified her skills and vocal style, drawing upon influences from jazz, pop, and folk, and now to the story-telling world of musical theatre.

Johanna left her homeland of Finland for the United States to pursue her dreams, despite a lucrative record deal with Universal Music and a hit song. In addition to her Bachelor's, she holds a performance degree from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.  In her side hustle as an actress, she has appeared in nearly fifty independent film projects (some of them featuring her original music). But, it is within the creative process of music where she feels most at home. Kalevala the Musical is her first large-scale musical production and, hopefully, the first of many to follow.

Kalevala The Musical is a story inspired by the national epic poem of Finland. Passed down from generation to generation, these tales were finally collected in a book of poems by Elias Lonnrot in 1835. Widely cherished across the world, Kalevala has been a source of inspiration to many fantasy authors, including J.R.R. Tolkien.  

Website: https://www.kalevalamusical.com/

Born on St. Vincent and the Grenadines, an eclectic mix of races. Exposed from childhood by his grandparents and mother to a mix of cultures, foods and people developed an understanding of hard work and sacrifice, always giving 110% to what he does has indeed made for a unique individual.

  Having worked for MAC Cosmetics, Broadway, Tours, TV, Ballet, Opera Boston and NY Symphony Orchestras, has curated a unique outlook on colour, techniques and applications. 

"KCD" designed the make-up and was Hair & Make-up Supervisor for Shakespeare in the Park's "Merry Wives" to reopen Broadway, made Broadway debut as Make-up Designer for "Trouble In Mind" followed by "Clyde's", "Skelton Crew", "Confederates", "Sand Blasted", "Birthday Candles", "Skin Of Our Teeth", "For Colored Girls", "A Strange Loop" and "POTUS".

From Japanese and American Southern roots, Grace has a taste for many cultures. And though she be little, standing at a whopping 4'10.5 (the half makes a big difference), she be fierce. She began dancing at 3, doing voice overs for radio and acting by 5 and became enthralled in storytelling and drama. Before graduating high school, she had already hosted several shows for a travel series, announced on air for FRIDAYS on Cartoon Network, became an award-winning mime, and failed algebra three times.

Grace is the reigning Miss North Georgia Agricultural Fair Queen because upon her crowning, she was promised a funnel cake. Moving from her hometown of Dalton, GA to Chattanooga, TN, Grace became a choreographer and marketing director for a regional theatre company. Following her win for Best Actress Award for her role as Princess Fiona in Shrek (at the historic Tivoli Theatre), Grace moved to NYC. She graduated from Upright Citizen's Brigade and The Barrow Group’s respective performing programs. It was under the training of Seth Barrish (Mike Birbiglia’s The New One) that she developed a solo play entitled ‘To Free a Mockingbird.’ As a comedian, she hosts the comedy show “SWEET MEAT.” She is the host of the storytelling podcast ‘Tell me on a Sunday’, and a daily Broadway News correspondent for Broadway Radio. Grace is the Marketing Strategist for the Grammy Award Winning Record Label, Broadway Records. As a visual artist, she sells her watercolor and ink prints on Etsy and in retail establishments across the US. When she’s not doing all that, she feeds her cat.

Website: graceaki.com/