Gambler (Eric Woolfson album)
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| Soundtrack album (Cast recording) by Eric Woolfson | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
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Gambler is a musical written by Eric Woolfson. It features several of his most popular songs from his earlier writing with The Alan Parsons Project.
The plot, inspired by Dostoyevsky's novel The Gambler, involves a young man entering the Peking Palace Casino and becoming a serious gambler in order to win the affection of a showgirl there, both of whom are being manipulated by the casino boss.
Gambler the musical had world premier and was created in October 1996 at stadttheater in Monchengladbach, Germany, and it ran October 1996 till June 1998 ; it was staged in 1999 in Seoul, South Korea.
The recording of the German cast was released as a CD in 1997 (with the subtitle "Das Geheimnis Der Karten", lit. "the secret of the cards"). It is currently out of print, but is available as a digital download from Woolfson's official website.
All songs written and composed by Eric Woolfson.
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