Connick, Jr. Chats About Being 'NEW IN TOWN' with Chicago Tribune

Grammy Award and Emmy Award winner and two-time Tony Award nominee Harry Connick, Jr. stars with Renée Zellweger in the comedy "New In Town", he spoke to the Chicago Tribune about the film, his music career and his love of the stage, to read the interview, click here.

Press notes describe "New In Town" as, a high-powered consultant in love with her upscale Miami lifestyle is sent to a middle of nowhere town in Minnesota to oversee the restructuring of a blue collar manufacturing plant. After enduring a frosty reception from the locals, icy roads and freezing weather, she warms up to the small town's charm, and eventually finds herself being accepted by the community. When she's ordered to close down the plant and put the entire community out of work, she's forced to reconsider her goals and priorities, and finds a way to save the town.

Harry Connick, Jr. Following a sold-out concert series at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in 1990 and a Tony nomination for his music and lyrics in Thou Shalt Not, Harry Connick, Jr. triumphantly returned to Broadway in 2006 in The Pajama Game, and received a Tony Award nomination for his theatrical stage debut. Raised in New Orleans, Connick first performed publicly at age five, appeared on his first jazz recording at age ten and released his self-titled major-label debut on Columbia Records at 19. Film credits include P.S. I Love You, Bug, Memphis Belle, Little Man Tate, Copycat, Independence Day, Hope Floats, My Dog Skip and the upcoming Chilled in Miami opposite Renee Zellweger. Connick has contributed music to several films including When Harry Met Sally (leading to his first multiplatinum album), The Godfather III and Sleepless in Seattle. Television credits include "When My Heart Finds Christmas" (CBS) and "Harry for the Holidays" (NBC); two Great Performances (PBS) specials: "Swingin' Out Live" and "Harry Connick, Jr.: Only You in Concert" (2004 Emmy Award); "The Happy Elf" (NBC); "South Pacific" (ABC); and "Will & Grace" (NBC, recurring role of Dr. Leo Markus). Connick has more than 25 million in album sales (When Harry Met Sally, We are In Love, To See You, Come By Me, Only You), three Grammy Awards and an Emmy Award.

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