The year: 1940. The place: Nazi Germany. The world is holding its breath, and Death is busier than ever. By her brother’s graveside, 12-year-old Liesel steals a book abandoned in the snow - her first act of book thievery. Soon she is stealing from libraries, churches, and book burnings. But these are dangerous times for a girl with a curious mind. When her foster family hides a Jewish boxer in their cellar, Liesel learns that words are so much more than letters on a page - they hold power. As the Nazi regime wields words as weapons, Liesel, determined to fight back, picks up her pen and starts to write…
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The cast featured on the album are Obioma Ugoala (Frozen the Musical, Hamilton) as Narrator, Mina Anwar (The Worst Witch, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) as Rosa Hubermann, Jack Lord (West Side Story, War Horse) as Hans Hubermann and Daniel Krikler (Fiddler On The Roof, Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812) as Max Vandenburg. Joining them are Storytellers Matthew Caputo (Hamilton) as Referee, Katy Clayton (The Band) as Liesel’s Mother, Oonagh Cox (Matilda) as Nurse, Mark Dugdale (Les Miserables) as Alex Steiner, Michał Horowicz (The Band’s Visit) as Max’s Mother, Thomas-Lee Kidd (Beauty and the Beast) as Mayor Hermann, Anu Ogunmefun (Tina - The Tina Turner Musical) as Swing, Simon Oskarsson (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as Swing, Corinna Powlesland (Grease) as Social Worker, Purvi Parmar (The Jungle Book) as Barbara Steiner, Wendy Somerville (Billy Elliot) as Ilsa Hermann, Edwin Ray (Chicago) as Walter Kugler, Lee V G (Only Fools & Horses: The Musical) as Gravedigger and Russell Wilcox (The Producers) as Wolfgang Edel. Liesel Meminger was played by Tilly-Raye Bayer (Frozen The Musical) and Eirini Louskou (Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) and Rudy Steiner was played by Thommy Bailey Vine (Matilda), Preston Cropp (Professional Debut) and Oliver Gordon (Newsies).

Digital Release Date: March 21, 2025

A Center Stage Records Release

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