The album includes a version of “The Impossible Dream” featuring Sting, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kristin Chenoweth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and more.
Theater, television, and film actor Aaron Lazar (The Light in the Piazza, A Little Night Music, The Last Ship) shared the complete tracklist and lineup of guest artists for his debut album, Impossible Dream.
Lazar continues to face ALS, and a portion of the album’s proceeds will benefit the ALS Network, an organization committed to helping people live longer and better with ALS by providing comprehensive, integrated, multidisciplinary, community-based care at no cost to the ALS community.
The nine-song album will be released on August 23 and is available for pre-order now.
The duets on the album include Lazar performing with Josh Groban (Sweeney Todd) on Sting’s “Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot”; Neil Patrick Harris (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) on “Fight the Dragons” from Big Fish; Leslie Odom Jr. (Purlie Victorious) on “Get Happy/Happy Days,” from The Nine Fifteen Review; Kelli O’Hara (Days of Wine and Roses) on Leonard Bernstein’s “Make Our Garden Grow”; the late Rebecca Luker on Cole Porter’s “I Am Loved”; Norm Lewis (Porgy and Bess) on “When You Believe” from The Prince of Egypt; Kate Baldwin (Hello, Dolly!) on “I’d Give It All For You” from Songs for a New World; and Loren Allred (The Greatest Showman) on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”
The album culminates in a star-studded performance of “The Impossible Dream” from Man of La Mancha featuring all the duet artists along with Sting; Lin-Manuel Miranda; Kristin Chenoweth; Brian Stokes Mitchell; Liz Callaway; Joanna Gleason; Brian d’Arcy James; Adrienne Warren; Shoshana Bean; Christy Altomare; Christiane Noll; Adam Jacobs; Mike Love; Betsy Wolfe; Marc Kudisch; Max Von Essen; Tony Yazbeck; Jessica Phillips; Jill Paice; Mike Minarik; Anthony Fedorov; Aaron Gleason; Ali Bourzgui; Chris Sarandon; Corey Cott; Elena Shaddow; Erin Davie; Graham Rowat; Jon Armour; Mia Moravis; Michael Berresse; Phillip James Griffith; Kris Angelis; Nicole Zuraitis; Emily Drennan; Vivian Fang Liu; Radhika Vekaria; Dele Olasiji; Sangeeta Kaur; Matt B; Anita Lerche; Zak Resnick; Reese Levine; Sarah Duvall; Dan Cooney; Travis Leland; David Coolidge; Matty Miller; Gianee Martinez; Fiona O’brien; the Grammy-winning National Children’s Chorus; and the Broadway Inspirational Voices; along with Lazar’s family and his non-professional-singer friends.
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