The new CD, according to the actor's official website, will be titled "Sky Above Manhattan" and will feature tunes by Michael John LaChiusa; Ricky Ian Gordon; Richard Nelson and Michael Korie; Todd Almond and Gus Kaikkonen; Maury Loeb and Maria Irene Fornes; and Mike Reid and Sarah Schlesinger. A release date has yet to be announced for the disc of musical theatre tunes. Bogart's "Simple Song" and "More Simple Songs" are both available on the Jay Records label.
Matt Bogart was seen as Paul in the Kennedy Center mounting of Stephen Sondheim's Company, and his Broadway credits include Aida, The Civil War, Miss Saigon and Smokey Joe's Cafe. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music, Bogart has appeared in regional productions of Camelot, Carousel and Side Show. He was also part of the premiere cast of Frank Wildhorn's Camille Claudel at Goodspeed, and his recent theatrical credits include Himself and Nora (Old Globe), Phantom (Music Theatre of Wichita), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Kennedy Theatre) and Romance/Romance (Paper Mill Playhouse).
For more information visit www.mattbogart.com.