Santonio Fontana Records Single of Stephen Sondheim's 'Another Hundred People' For THIS Great Reason!
Santonio Fontana released a version of Stephen Sondheim's classic song "Another Hundred People," and all of the proceeds are going to charity.
It has been a week filled with exciting musical released. Beyonce announced her first upcoming album in six years with the world marking their calendars for July 29th for the release of Renaissance. Drake released a surprise Dance/Electronic album last night titled Honestly, Nevermind which immediately skyrocketed to the number one spot on Apple Music. Broadway is now making its way into the exciting new-releases mix. Tony Award winner Santonio Fontana released a version of Stephen Sondheim's song "Another Hundred People" today.
"Another Hundred People" is one of the most famous songs from the late composer's excellent show Company. The Broadway revival of the show just took home the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. Today, Fontana released his recording of the song in light of World Refugee Day. All sales of the single will help charity's June Match Program. Emma's Torch is a charity organization that helps to train refugees in culinary arts, giving people to tools to have a basis and build meaningful careers wherein they would not have other support.
In this unique recording of "Another Hundred People" includes sounds from the kitchen of Emma's Torch. It is a uniquely personal rendition of the song, and buying it goes to help an incredibly worthy cause. The song was produced by Kevin Laskey who shared:
"'Another Hundred People' is one of my favorite songs about New York City...It miraculously captures all of the conflicting emotions one can have when moving here. This rendition is in tribute to all who have come through Emma's Torch, who despite the immense challenges, help make New York a better version of itself."
We are so happy to see people using their talents for a great cause. The recording can be purchased here.
