Billy Porter

BILLY PORTER - AT THE CORNER OF BROADWAY + SOUL (2005)

1) Introduction (George C. Wolfe)
2) Heaven
3) Why We Sing
4) Let It Sing
5) “They Wrote It For Me”
6) Awaiting You
7) King of the World
8) And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going
9) “A Sondheim Holliday”
10) Last Midnight
11) Feel It To Heal It
12) Use Me
13) Tomorrow’s Another Day
14) Hell or High Water
15) “I Know the Song...”
16) World’s Gon’ Hav 2 Wait
17) World’s Gon’ Hav 2 Wait (Reprise)
18) Time
19) Love Is On The Way
20) I Need You Now
21) Sunday

Recorded live at Joe’s Pub

At the Corner of Broadway and Soul features Porter's interpretations of songs by musical theatre composers (Stephen Sondheim's "Last Midnight" and "Sunday," Adam Guettel's "Awaiting You," Jeanine Tesori's "Let It Sing," Jason Robert Brown's "King of the World") as well as his own musical compositions and collaborations.

Porter's Broadway credits include the original casts of Miss Saigon, Five Guys Named Moe and Grease (the 1994 revival), as well as Smokey Joes Café and Dreamgirls (20th Anniversary Broadway Concert and Los Angeles production). Off-Broadway and regionally, he has appeared in Birdie Blue, Romance In Hard Times, The Merchant of Venice, House of Lear, Radiant Baby (all at The Public), Jason Robert Brown's Songs for a New World, Angels in America (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Going Native (Long Wharf), Topdog/Underdog (City Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar, Antigone, A Chorus Line, and Chicago. In addition to his first album, Billy Porter: Untitled (A&M Records), Porter has contributed tracks to Home for the Holidays and Jim Brickman's Destiny (Top-ten AC hit).