Grammy-winning soprano Renee Fleming announces her new album Broadway which celebrates musical theatre and features a diverse array of great songs for the stage by composers including Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Pasek & Paul, and Rogers & Hammerstein, as well as a special guest duet with the Hamilton, television and film star, Leslie Odom, Jr. Fleming made her Broadway musical debut as Nettie Fowler in the hit new production of Rodgers & Hammersteins beloved Carousel, and she received glowing reviews and a Tony nomination.
Tony Bennett’s enormous range and impact on popular singing styles are honored on his joyous 90th birthday tribute. This collection features songs by vocalists like Michael Bublé, who channels the master by merging a smooth tone with bluesy feeling on "The Good Life," and Diana Krall, whose swinging but easygoing vibe on "I've Got the World on a String" rings old-school Bennett. Tony himself takes the stage, turning in an emphatic performance with Billy Joel before steering toward more familiar tunes on a closing mini-set.
"Hamilton" - which transferred to Broadway following a sold-out run at The Public Theater in NYC - is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut too short, he served as George Washington's chief aide, was the first Treasury Secretary of the United States, a loving husband and father, despised by his fellow Founding Fathers, and shot to death by Aaron Burr in a legendary duel.
Rita Wilson soars to extraordinary new heights on her highly anticipated new album, Rita Wilson Now & Forever: Duets. A set of true modern standards, Rita Wilson Now & Forever: Duets sees Rita singing alongside giants including Willie Nelson, Smokey Robinson, Jackson Browne, Tim McGraw, Elvis Costello, Keith Urban, Leslie Odom Jr, Josh Groban, Vince Gill And Jimmie Allen, illustrating the high regard in which she is held by her peers.