Tony and
Grammy Award-Winner Billy Porter's new studio album, Billy Porter Presents The
Soul of Richard Rodgers, will be released April 14, 2017 and is available for
pre-order now, it was announced today by Bee & El and Sony Masterworks
Broadway. The album, which features new,
soulful takes on classic Richard Rodgers songs, includes solos and duets from
the following artists (in addition to
Porter himself): Tony and Grammy Award
winners Cynthia Erivo (The Color Purple), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton) and
Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton), Tony Award-winner Patina Miller (Pippin), Grammy
Award winners Pentatonix and India.Arie, Tony Award nominees Brandon Victor
Dixon (Shuffle Along), Joshua Henry (Violet), and Christopher Jackson
(Hamilton), alongside YouTube sensation and Kinky Boots star Todrick Hall and
multiple Grammy Award nominees Deborah Cox and Ledisi.
The complete track listing for Billy Porter Presents
The Soul of Richard Rodgers is as follows:
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning (Pentatonix & Billy
Porter)
My Romance (Leslie Odom Jr.)
If I Loved You (Renée Elise Goldsberry &
Christopher Jackson)
With a Song in My Heart (Brandon Victor Dixon &
Joshua Henry)
I Have Dreamed (Patina Miller)
My Funny Valentine (Cynthia Erivo)
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair (Todrick
Hall & Billy Porter)
This Nearly was Mine (Deborah Cox)
Bewitched (Ledisi featuring Zaire Park)
Carefully Taught (India.Arie & Billy Porter)
Lady is a Tramp (Billy Porter featuring Zaire
Park)
Edelweiss (Billy Porter)
"I like to think of this as the Richard Rodgers
version of the Hamilton Mixtapes," Porter said. "These are classic songs that everybody
knows and loves, and I'm so excited for people to hear them in a brand new
way."
Billy Porter Presents The Soul of Richard Rodgers
marks Porter's fourth studio album, and his first as producer and content
curator, with collaborators James Sampliner and Michael "Lofey"
Sandlofer.
In March, Porter launches a national tour that kicks
off in Bayside, NY on March 19. Full tour schedule below.
March 19 – Queensborough PAC – Bayside, NY
March 29 – Embassy Theater – Fort Wayne, Indiana
March 31 – Ocean Reef Cultural Center – Key Largo, FL
April 2 – Aventura Arts – Aventura, FL
April 3 & 4 – Crest Theater – Delray Beach, FL
April 6 – Nugent-Custer Performance Hall – Columbus,
IN
April 7 & 8 – The Columbia Club – Indianapolis,
IN
April 21 – Adelphi – Garden City, NY
April 22 – Kean University – Union, NJ
May 5 – Emelin Theater – Westchester, NY
May 14 – Venetian Room – San Francisco, CA
May 20 – Goodman Theatre Gala, Fairmont Hotel –
Chicago, IL
June 17 – Playhouse Square Gala – Cleveland, Ohio
July 15 – Willow Valley Communities Cultural Center
Theater – Lancaster, PA
August 14 – Bay Street Playhouse – Sag Harbor, NY
August 19 & 20 – Paramount Theater –
Provincetown, MA
BILLY PORTER is a Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning
singer, composer, actor, playwright and director from Pittsburgh, PA. As a
recording artist, Porter's solo albums include his first CD, Untitled, on
A&M records, At the Corner of Broadway + Soul – LIVE on Sh-K-Boom Records,
and Billy's Back on Broadway, on Concord Records. He originated the role of
'Lola' in the Broadway hit Kinky Boots, which won him 2013 Tony, Grammy, Drama
Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Other theatre: Shuffle Along, Miss
Saigon, Five Guys..., Grease, Smokey Joe's..., Dreamgirls, Angels in America,
The Merchant of Venice, Radiant Baby, Birdie Blue, Songs for a New World,
Ghetto Superstar (one-man show), Topdog/Underdog, King Lear. His play, While I
Yet Live, premiered in 2015 at Primary Stages. As a director, his credits
include Topdog/Underdog and The Colored Museum (both for Huntington Theatre
Company); Film/TV: "Law & Order: SVU," "So You Think You Can
Dance" (as a guest judge), "The Broken Hearts Club," "Shake
Rattle & Roll," "The Big C," The Humbling, starring Al
Pacino, Baz Luhrmann's The Get Down. Porter's concerts credits include opening
act for Rosie O'Donnell and Aretha Franklin, Carnegie Hall, John McDaniel and
the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, as well as The Buffalo Philharmonic, Peter
Nero and The Philly Pops, soloist for President Bill Clinton and various
benefits throughout the United States.
BILLY PORTER
Website: https://billyporter.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theebillyporter
Instagram: http://instagram.com/theebillyporter
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