Tom Wopat Celebrates New Album at Upper East Side Barnes & Noble, 8/9

Currently playing the role of Frank Abagnale in Broadway's Tony-nominated musical Catch Me If You Can, the Tony-nominated actor Tom Wopat is set to release his next solo album on August 9, 2011. The jazz album will be entitled "Consider It Swung," and features covers, original music, and even a song that was cut from Catch Me If You Can. It is produced by the LML Music Label with piano accompaniment by Tedd Firth, Peter Grant on the drums, David Finck on bass and Bob Malach on saxophone.

Wopat plans to launch the new album with a special appearance at Barnes & Noble at 86th Street and Lexington Ave on August 9, 2011. He will also appear at the Balboa Theatre in San Diego, CA, on October 29, and the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge, CA, on October 30.

More information at www.tomwopat.com.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is the sparkling new musical comedy based on the hit DreamWorks film and the incredible true story that inspired it! Behind the magic is a Tony Award®-winning "dream team" - CATCH ME features a book by Terrence McNally (The Full Monty), a score by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (Hairspray), direction by Jack O'Brien (Hairspray, The Full Monty) and choreography by Jerry Mitchell (Hairspray, Legally Blonde).

Aaron Tveit (Next to Normal) stars as Frank W. Abagnale, Jr., an American teenager who runs away from home in search of a glamorous new life. Using nothing but his boyish charm and some phony checks, Frank successfully poses as a globe-trotting pilot, an ER doctor, and a hotshot lawyer - and gets a true taste of the high life! Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) is Agent Carl Hanratty, the determined FBI agent who's hot on Frank's trail. Don't miss this dazzling and hilarious new musical about being young, in love... and in deep trouble!

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