Antonio Banderasis showing off his vocal skills.
On Friday, Craft Recordings and Concord Theatricals released the cast album of Banderas, Teatro del Soho CaixaBank and John Breglio’s production ofA Chorus Line, the first-ever Spanish-language recording of the iconic musical.
In a video shared exclusively with PEOPLE, theUnchartedactor and Tony winner Laura Benanti sing “What I Did For Love” in Spanish, a bonus track on the album. (Previously, Benanti, 42, co-starred with Banderas in the 2003 Broadway revival ofNine.)
“For our Spanish production,” he continues, “I decided the song would be performed in the language in which it had been penned, so that the public could savor it as it had originally been composed and the whole theater would be transformed into a tunnel to transport us elsewhere, to a mythical place called Broadway.”
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Banderas played Zach in his version ofA Chorus Line,which was first performed at Teatro del Soho CaixaBank in Malaga, Spain, back in 2019 and is now touring Madrid and Barcelona.
“The past two years have given all of us a deeper appreciation for the performing arts.A Chorus Linecelebrates the perseverance of artists and the singular joys of this cherished art form,” Banderas said in a press release. “I’m thrilled we now get to share the music of this production with the world. Being able to release the first-ever Spanish-language recording ofA Chorus Lineis momentous, and I hope everyone will cherish this recording.”
source: people.com
