About the Album: Brian Stokes Mitchell “brings an unprecedented fusion of theatrical heroism, pop-jazz sizzle and emotional vulnerability … Emotional risks abound … (his) performances sustain a mood of vaulting exhilaration.” - The New York Times
Broadway’s leading baritone Brian Stokes Mitchell returns home with his new album, Plays With Music.
Featuring a wide variety of show tunes ranging from Irving Berlin to an unrecorded Stephen Sondheim song, Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell approaches each song as its own mini-play, leaving his indelible mark on such classics as “I Won’t Send Roses,” “If Ever I Would Leave You,” “Getting Married Today“ and the world premiere of a terrific new song called “A Wizard Every Day”. Produced by Stokes, and featuring a lush orchestra that include his own arrangements and orchestrations, Plays With Music transports the listener to the imaginative world of Brian Stokes Mitchell.
Label: Broadway Records
Photo Coverage: Brian Stokes Mitchell Brings PLAYS WITH MUSIC to Feinstein's/54 Below
by Stephen Sorokoff
- November 14, 2019
The preview of the magnificent things to come happens when Brian Stokes Mitchell sings the first song of his current show at Feinstein's/54 Below. It's the Irving Berlin classic “There's No Business Like Show Business”. I'm sure if Berlin ever heard the Stokes version he would bow down in tribute to the thrilling performance and unique revisit that the Tony Award Winner and consummate artist has brought to his 1954 tune written for Ethel Merman in Annie Get Your Gun. Stokes navigates the innovative Tedd Firth arrangement and makes you feel excited, awestruck, and comfortable as his rich baritone voice effortlessly glides through the constant time signature and key changes. This current show at 54 is titled Brian Stokes Mitchell Plays With Music-Holiday and Stokes brings his acting, musicianship, and charismatic personality to make every tune on his song list a moving experience. The New York Times has dubbed Brian Stokes Mitchell as Broadway's “Last Leading Man” but Stokes is even much more than that. He's Chairman of the Board of The Actors Fund. He has a unique ability to bring people together and that theme is constant throughout his show. His encore at this performance was “What A Wonderful World” and the SRO audience left feeling that way mainly because Brian Stokes Mitchell is in it.
VIDEO: Brian Stokes Mitchell Performs 'There's No Business Like Show Business' At Feinstein's/54 Below
by Linnae Medeiros
- November 13, 2019
This holiday season, Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell has returned to Feinstein's/54 Below with his all-new show, 'Plays With Music - Holiday,' celebrating both the holidays and the release of his new album, 'Plays with Music.' We're getting a peek inside the show with a look at Mitchell singing 'There's No Business Like Show Business' at the most recent performance. Check it out with this video!
VIDEO: Watch Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ryan McCartan & More Preview Upcoming Shows at Feinstein's/54 Below
by Nicole Rosky
- November 06, 2019
Earlier today, Feinstein's/54 Below welcomed multi-platinum-selling recording artist, composer, lyricist, pianist, actress and Tony Award©-nominee Ann Hampton Callaway (Swing!) and Tony Award-nominee Liz Callaway (Baby, Miss Saigon, Cats), Melissa Errico (Tony-nominated star of On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Passion, Finian's Rainbow, Amour), Ryan McCartan (Scotland, PA; Wicked; Heathers; Disney Channel's 'Liv And Maddie'), and Brian Stokes Mitchell (Tony Award-winning star of Kiss Me, Kate, Ragtime, Man of La Mancha) to preview their upcoming engagements.
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