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Performances to expect at MUSICALS: THE GREATEST SHOW concert on BBC

Photo credit: BBC/Guy Levy

It’s tomorrow, Besties! The eagerly anticipated Musicals: The Greatest Show concert broadcasts tomorrow evening on BBC One at 7.40pm GMT before being made available on BBC iPlayer.

An array of musical numbers will be performed by an incredible company of West End and Broadway stars. The 100-minute concert is expected to feature host Sheridan Smith performing ‘Don’t Rain On My Parade’ from Funny Girl and singing ‘I Know Him So Well’ from Chess with Amanda Holden; Gavin Spokes performing hit number ‘You'll Be Back’ from Hamilton; Michael Ball performing ‘You Can't Stop The Beat’ from Hairspray; newcomer Ivano Turco performing ‘Only You, Lonely You’ from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella; and the Queens of Six performing the title number from the hit show.

Also appearing will be Ramin Karimloo singing ‘The Music of the Night’ from The Phantom of the Opera; Mazz Murray, Kate Graham and Jo Napthine performing ‘Dancing Queen’ from Mamma Mia!; Aisha Jawando performing ‘The Best’ from Tina: The Tina Turner Musical; Layton Williams performing ‘The Wall In My Head’ from Everybody’s Talking About Jamie; Sam Tutty and members of the West End cast singing ‘You Will Be Found’ from Dear Evan Hansen; Nicole Raquel Dennis performing ‘And I Am Telling You’ from Dreamgirls; Kerry Ellis singing ‘Defying Gravity’ from Wicked; and Jac Yarrow performing ‘Any Dream Will Do’ from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, along with members of the public.

There will also be international performances from Nicole Scherzinger (in Los Angeles) and Lea Salonga (in Manila), singing ‘Never Enough’ from The Greatest Showman and ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ from Les Miserables respectively.

The concert will be available for a whole YEAR after the concert has aired on TV.

We. Are. So. Excited.