Stephanie J. Block - This Place I Know CD

"This Place I Know" is the debut CD of Stephanie J. Block, currently starring in 9 to 5 the Musical on Broadway.

The album is being released on the PS Classics label, and features Block joined by a bevy of Broadway composers, including Stephen Schwartz, Marvin Hamlisch, Dolly Parton, Stephen Flaherty, Deborah Abramson, Scot Alan, Zina Goldrichand Marcy Heisler, Andrew Lippa, Paul Loesel, Steve Marzullo, and Claude-Michel Schonberg.

Some of the songs on the cd are, "Something Beautiful" with Stephen Flaherty; "Making Good" with Stephen Schwartz; "Smart Women" (cut from Imaginary Friends) with Marvin Hamlisch; "I Will Always Love You" with Dolly Parton.

Stephanie stars in 9 TO 5 after coming straight from playing the role of Elphaba in the Broadway Company of WICKED. Audiences may also recognize her for her portrayal as Grace O'Malley in THE PIRATE QUEEN and Liza Minnelli opposite Hugh Jackman in THE BOY FROM OZ. Stephanie also starred in the First National Touring Company of WICKED as Elphaba for which she won the 2006 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Actress.

Some of her regional credits include FUNNY GIRL , CRAZY FOR YOU (L.A. Ovation Award Nominee), OLIVER (Critics Award-Best Actress), James Joyce's THE DEAD, TRIUMPH OF LOVE , THE GRASS HARP, South Pacific, Will Rogers FOLLIES and the World Premiere of WICKED.

Track Listing: 1. Something Beautiful
2. One Day
3. I Will Always Love You (duet with Dolly Parton)
4. Gotta Start Small
5. Fifteen Pounds (Away From My Love)
6. Never Neverland (Fly Away)
7. The Hardest Part of Love
8. Invention
9. Making Good
10. Because I Am a Wife
11. Smart Women
12. The Human Heart
13. Life Starts Clapping