Westway Music announce further details of Cassidy Janson’s concert, the second in the Westway Sessions series. This series features exclusive Monday night concerts with leading stars of the West End and Broadway at the Vaudeville Theatre.
On Monday, 7 April, Cassidy will return to the West End stage for the first time since her Olivier Award-winning role of Anne Hathaway in & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
Cassidy will recreate her acclaimed rendition of the Celine Dion classic It’s All Coming Back To Me Now, which she performed on Strictly Come Dancing, alongside many of her favourite songs that have inspired her career.
Cassidy explains, “It’s such an honour to perform so many well-loved songs. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow has a special place in my heart as a Carole King song, and one that I also recorded for the Classic Brit award-nominated album Leading Ladies: Songs from the Stage with Beverley Knight and Amber Riley.”
She adds, “It’s always a thrill to perform Nobody’s Side from Chess, which brings back great memories of playing opposite Michael Ball and Alexandra Burke a few years ago. Music and lyrics are so powerful for the audience, and I’m sure I will see a few tears with the Bette Midler classic Wind Beneath My Wings.”
“The set is eclectic and filled by my musical influences, which is an absolute joy. It’s no secret that I adore jazz and a baritone vocal, so singing the Gregory Porter ballad Wolfcry will be a special moment.”
The show also features When a Woman, taken from the hit Brit film Fisherman’s Friends, which featured one of Cassidy’s self-named album tracks.
Cassidy is well known for playing Carole King in Beautiful, to rave reviews. She received the approval of the American singer/songwriter herself following a surprise visit to one of her performances. Ms King praised the performance, saying, “Cassidy Janson literally brought me to tears this evening with her performance of Natural Woman. She was who I was, she felt what I felt. She was me!” This accolade led to a duet with Carole King in Hyde Park for 65,000 people in 2016.
Westway Sessions celebrates the very best talent of musical theatre and the recording label Westway Music, which in the past three years has become the home to leading stars of the West End, Broadway, and musical theatre.
Cassidy’s performance follows the first Westway Session by Lee Mead in March, followed by Kerry Ellis (Monday, 21 April) and Aimie Atkinson (Monday, 23 June), with further details to be released.
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
