Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com are proud to
announce the Official CD Release Party for composer and lyricist Scott Alan's debut album, Dreaming Wide Awake: The Music of Scott Alan,
on Monday, January 7, 2008 at 7:30PM, as part of the long-running,
critically-heralded and popular concert series Broadway at Birdland.
Dreaming Wide Awake
features some of today's hottest vocal talents, alongside live strings, a brass
section and a full band. To celebrate the album's release, many of Broadway's
biggest stars will join
Scott Alan to
perform, including:
Shoshana Bean (
Wicked),
Stephanie J. Block (
Wicked),
Liz Callaway (
Miss Saigon),
Danny Calvert (
Altar Boyz), Eden
Espinosa (
Wicked),
Jonathan Groff (
Spring Awakening), Cheyenne
Jackson (
Xanadu),
Carly Jibson (
Hairspray), and
Adriane Lenox (
Doubt)
– with more to be announced in coming weeks!
Jesse Vargas, who arranged and
orchestrated
Dreaming Wide Awake, will serve as the evening's Musical
Director.
Following the concert,
Scott Alan,
Jesse Vargas and the many guest performers will greet the crowd and sign copies
of
Dreaming Wide Awake.
Born on Long Island, NY and educated at UMass Boston, Emerson
College and Berklee College of Music, Soctt Alan staged the first production
of his own material at Boston's
Fireplace Theater. Soon after, he moved to Los Angeles,
where he wrote the book, music and lyrics for the musical Detour, which played
to packed crowds at Los Angeles's
Complex Theater. He also began
working and recording music with music industry veterans Ricky Minor and Diane
Louie, who introduced him to Toni Braxton, Luther Vandross and Boyz II Men.
Called back to New York City
in 2003 by his boundless love of theater, he premiered a new musical called
Piece, which was presented at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre Festival
and the Seattle Village Theatre Festival. In January 2005, he launched
Monday Nights, New
Voices, a new concert series at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre featuring the
best up-and-coming talent, which immediately became a smash hit and is now in
its third successful year.
Scott Alan
also produced and directed the 2006 Neo2 Benefit Concert.
The
Dreaming Wide Awake CD release
concert is Monday, January 7, 2008 at 7:30PM at Birdland (315 West 44th Street, between 8th &
9th Aves).
Tickets: $25.00 + $10.00 Food/Drink Minimum (Per Person). VIP
tickets available for $40.00 + $10.00 Food/Drink Minimum (Per Person) Tickets
can be purchased Online: www.BirdlandJazz.com;
or by Telephone: 212.581.3080.
