Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 480

BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
Jennifer Nettles
Illuminates Broadway With Her Album
Always Like New
“Every night, half an hour before
curtain up, the bells of St.
Malachy’s, the Actors’ Chapel
on New York’s 49th Street, peal
the tune of ‘There’s No Business
Like Show Business.’ If you walk
the streets of the theater district
before a show and see the vast,
enthusiastic lines, it sounds like a
calling: There is certainly no place
like Broadway”--Dan Stevens
Multi-Grammy Award winning
global phenomena Jennifer
Nettles illuminates Broadway
with her album Always Like New
set to release on June 25 via
Concord Records. Jennifer has
joined forces with Grammy and
Tony winner Alex Lacamoire
(recognized for his work on
Broadway including Hamilton,
Dear Evan Hansen and In The
Heights) to celebrate the reenvisioning
of some of the
best loved Broadway tunes,
embracing modern day epics and
familiar echoes of the past.
Always Like New is brimming
with heart, adorned with vibrant
color and marinated with soulful
texture. Nettles has welcomed
Broadway back by taking songs
from a variety of great musicals
and elevating them to a dazzling
climax that will delight musical
theater aficionados and novices
alike. Jennifer and Alex have
crushed this record with their
talent and dedication, breathing
fresh life into standards in a way
that makes you want the show to
go on and on.
The album will be unveiled at a
most appropriate time. The world
is opening up and people are no
longer howling at the moon. The
release will come in time for New
York Gay Pride Week, in time to
honor the 20th anniversary of
9/11, as well as the reopening of
Broadway.
The word “superstar” only
touches the surface when
celebrating Jennifer Nettles.
She has appeared on TBS’ hit
competition series Go-Big Show
as a judge, portrayed Aimee-
Leigh Gemstone on HBO’s
The Righteous Gemstones,
and delivered a powerful
performance in Focus Features’
Harriet Tubman biopic, Harriet.