To commemorate the forthcoming closing of Broadway's longest-running production, The Phantom of the Opera, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has penned a trio version of "Think of Me," which is performed in his musical as a solo.
The new version, which features current Broadway stars Ben Crawford, Emilie Kouatchou, and John Riddle, premiered in People and can be viewed in the video above. A single of the trio will be released April 14.
The artists are accompanied on the piano by music director and conductor David Lai. "Think of Me" was filmed and recorded at Power Station at BerkleeNYC.
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The Broadway production currently stars Crawford as The Phantom, Kouatchou as Christine, Riddle as Raoul, Nehal Joshi as Monsieur André, Craig Bennett as Monsieur Firmin, Raquel Suarez Groen as Carlotta Giudicelli, Maree Johnson as Madame Giry, Carlton Moe as Ubaldo Piangi, and Sara Esty as Meg Giry. At certain performances, Julia Udine plays the role of Christine.
The ensemble features Giselle O. Alvarez, Polly Baird, Janinah Burnett, Xiaoxiao Cao, Kanisha Marie Feliciano, David Michael Garry, Chris Georgetti, Kelly Jeanne Grant, Satomi Hofmann, Ayaka Kamei, Ted Keegan, Kfir, Kelly Loughran, Scott Mikita, Greg Mills, Trista Moldovan, Justin Peck, Richard Poole, Lindsay Roberts, Janet Saia, Paul Adam Schaefer, Carly Blake Sebouhian, Jeremy Stolle, Carrington Vilmont, Jim Weitzer, Elizabeth Welch, and Erica Wong.
