Brian Stokes Mitchell to Sign CDs at Virgin Records, June 9

Brian Stokes Mitchell will sign CDs of his debut solo album at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square on June 9th, beginning at 6 PM.

The self-titled album was released on the newly-formed Playbill Records on June 6th. The first 500 people to buy the album will be given a wristband that will ensure they are admitted to the signing.

In "Brian Stokes Mitchell," the star sings a host of showtunes and standards, including "Something's Coming," "Pretty Women," "Being Alive," "How Glory Goes," "The Best is Yet to Come" and "How Long Has This Been Going On."

Mitchell made his Broadway debut in the musical Mail in 1988. Ten years later, he skyrocketed to fame (and received a Tony nomination) as the martyred pianist Coalhouse in Ragtime. He won a Tony for his work as Fred/Petruchio in the 1999 Kiss Me Kate revival. He was also nominated for his performance as Don Quixote in his last Broadway outing, the 2002 revival of Man of La Mancha. Other Broadway credits include Oh, Kay!, Kiss of the Spiderwoman and August Wilson's drama King Hedley II; he also appeared in Do Re Mi and Carnival at Encores! He is best-known to TV audiences for having starred on "Trapper John, M.D.," and he has also been seen on "Frasier" and in "Roots." Stokes Mitchell recently appeared at Carnegie Hall in a concert version of South Pacific.