TV: Adam Jacobs Goes the Distance in the Recording Studio for His Debut Album!

As BroadwayWorld reported earlier today, Adam Jacobs, currently starring as Aladdin in Disney's Aladdin on Broadway, is releasing his debut solo album entitled "Right Where I Belong," a compilation of songs by Tony Award® and eight-time Oscar® winner Alan Menken(Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, Aladdin). Featured on the album will be well known tunes such as "Proud of Your Boy" (Aladdin), "Go The Distance" (Hercules), "Santa Fe" (Newsies), and "Suddenly Seymour" (Little Shop of Horrors, in duet with Jacobs' sister Arielle Jacobs), as well as other melodies from Menken's earlier works.

Below, watch as Adam records the album and catch a sneak peek of the song that the title comes from, HERCULES' "Go the Distance."

The album will be released December 13th and will be available digitally on iTunes, Google Music, Amazon, and Spotify. CDs can be purchased at the merchandise stand in New York City's New Amsterdam Theatre, where Aladdin plays. Music direction and arrangements for the album were provided by James Abbott. Allan Detsky and Adam Jacobs are the executive producers.

ADAM JACOBS is a Grammy Award and Drama Desk nominated artist for his work on Aladdin. His previous Broadway credits include Les Miserables (Marius) and The Lion King (Simba). He's starred in four Broadway national tours, including Mamma Mia! (Sky) and Cinderella (Prince), and has sung in numerous concert events at Lincoln Center, Town Hall, Carnegie Hall and more. He is also a Suzi Bass Award nominee for his work as "Zorro" in Zorro The Musical at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, and a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts. For more information about him please visit www.adamjacobs.net. You can also follow him on Twitter and Instragram @AdamJacobsNYC.