Exclusive: LES MISERABLES Tour Star Nick Cartell Sings PHANTOM On New Album, 'A Thousand Spotlights'

Broadway star Nick Cartell – currently starring as Jean Valjean on the national tour of Les Misérables – will release his upcoming album A Thousand Spotlights. 

Featuring a diverse mix of Broadway standards and movie classics and boasting a full orchestra, the album will be available on CD and in streaming and digital platforms on Friday, July 26. A Thousand Spotlights is produced by Brian Eads and Wayne Haun, who also provide orchestrations, with Nick Cartell and Christine Cartell serving as executive producers. Pre-order or pre-save the album at c44.lnk.to/AThousandSpotlights

A Thousand Spotlights features beloved Disney classics that range from the 1950s (a lush “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes,” from Cinderella), to the 1980s (the jubilant “Why Should I Worry?” from Oliver & Company), and the 1990s (a tender “You'll Be in My Heart,” from Tarzan, with a special guest appearance by Cartell's young daughter). Other musical highlights include selections from the great American songbook (Irving Berlin's “Blue Skies”) and contemporary Hollywood (Pasek and Paul's “Never Enough,” from The Greatest Showman). Musical theater is represented by a slyly swinging “On the Street Where You Live” from My Fair Lady, “Music of the Night” from The Phantom of the Opera, and the Les Misérables ballad “Bring Him Home,” which Cartell stops the show with every night.

Nick Cartell was seen on Broadway in Paramour, the first musical produced by Cirque du Soleil, where he was a standby for and performed the three male lead roles. He also appeared in the musical Scandalous, written by NBC TV “Today” host Kathie Lee Gifford, and can be heard on the Original Broadway Cast Recording. Nick made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-nominated 2012 revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, understudying and performing the roles of Jesus Christ, Judas Iscariot and the High Priest Annas. He has also toured the U.S. and Canada in The Phantom of the Opera.

Nick has sung with the South Coast Symphony, the Phoenix Symphony and as a member of the critically acclaimed group The Broadway Boys. In March 2019, he performed his first solo show, Bringing It Home, to a sold-out room at 54 Below. A graduate of Arizona State University with a BFA in Theatre, Nick enjoyed a brief stint in Japan performing with a certain famous Mouse. While there he met his incredible wife, actress/singer Christine Cartell. Together, they produce Broadway Fights Ovarian Cancer, a benefit concert raising funds and awareness for Ovarian Cancer research. Nick and Christine's best collaboration to date is their little girl. Follow Nick on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for more updates and adventures.

CLUB44 RECORDS – based in the Music City of Nashville, Tennessee – is an independent label which aims to highlight the Broadway, cabaret and jazz genres, preserve the American Songbook and provide a home for artists who represent this timeless music. Following their premiere studio release, Christmas at Birdland, the label has presented Love Notes, the latest album from Tony Award and Golden Globe winner Linda Lavin; Billy's Place from Grammy Award winner Billy Stritch; Act One from rising vocal star Nicolas King; Jane Monheit's Come What May, which celebrates the international Billboard #1 pop/jazz vocalist's 20th anniversary as a recording artist; Carol Sloane's Live at Birdland, an intimate set captured at the legendary venue; rising Broadway star Julie Benko and husband Jason Yeager's Hand in Hand, an assortment of beloved songs; Christine Ebersole's After the Ball, a collection of songs reflecting on life, love and family; and Merry Christmas, Darling, the debut holiday collection from Tony Award winner Stephanie J. Block. Club44 Records also serves as the creative home of many other singers, instrumentalists and writers. All releases are distributed to digital and retail outlets worldwide via The Orchard/Sony Music. For more information, visit www.Club44Records.com

Nick Cartell “A Thousand Spotlights” – Track List

1. Blue Skies (Irving Berlin)

2. A Dream Is a Dream Your Heart Makes (Mack David, All Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston, from Cinderella)

3. It All Fades Away (Jason Robert Brown, from The Bridges of Madison County)

4. On the Street Where You Live (Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner, from My Fair Lady)

5. Why Should I Worry? (Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight, from Oliver & Company)

6. Never Enough (Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, from The Greatest Showman)

7. You'll Be in My Heart (Phil Collins, from Tarzan)

8. Music of the Night (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe, from The Phantom of the Opera)

9. Bring Him Home (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, from Les Misérables)