Aaron Lazar Will Duet With Late Rebecca Luker on ALS Benefit Album Impossible Dream

Broadway star Aaron Lazar is turning his 2022 ALS diagnosis into a call to action with a new album Impossible Dream, proceeds from which will benefit the ALS Network.

The release, due to drop August 23, will feature Lazar joined by an all-star roster of duet partners, including Josh Groban, Neil Patrick Harris, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Baldwin, Loren Allred, Kelli O'Hara, and Norm Lewis. Perhaps most notably, the album will feature Lazar duetting on Cole Porter's "I Am Loved" with Broadway favorite Rebecca Luker, who passed away from ALS in 2020.

The album will also include a finale performance of "The Impossible Dream," with a chorus of Broadway notables, with all duet partners returning alongside Sting, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kristin Chenoweth, Liz Callaway, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Shoshana Bean, Joanna Gleason, Brian d'Arcy James, Adrienne Warren, Christy Altomare, Christiane Noll, Adam Jacobs, Mike Love, Betsy Wolfe, Marc Kudisch, Max von Essen, Tony Yazbeck, Jessica Phillips, Jill Paice, Michael Minarik, Anthony Fedorov, Aaron Gleason, Ali Louis 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 National Children's Chorus, Broadway Inspirational Voices, and Lazar's family and friends.

Kitt Wakeley, Jonathan Estabrooks, and Lazar are producing the album in association with Studio Seven Media and Emitha Studios. The producing team also includes David Das, Christina Giacona, and Patrick Conlon.

Lazar revealed his ALS diagnosis earlier this year, and was soon thereafter honored with the ALS Network's Essey Spotlight Award for his work to raise ALS awareness worldwide. His Broadway credits include Oklahoma!, The Light in the Piazza, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, A Tale of Two Cities, Impressionism, A Little Night Music, Mamma Mia!, and The Last Ship.