Laura Heywood Interviews Marty Thomas ("Slow Dancing with a Boy"

Published: Dec. 11, 2019, 5 a.m.

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Marty Thomas has basically been a star since he was a child. His first Broadway credit was when he was only eleven years old, in The Secret Garden; since then he has appeared in Xanadu and Wicked, and has created and performed hundreds if not thousands of shows on New York stages as a stalwart of the NYC nightlife scene.

His new album \\u201cSlow Dancing with a Boy\\u201d is out as of December 6 \\u2014 for those of you listening live on DNR Studios, you\\u2019ve got to wait a couple of days (but you can preorder the album now!). If you\\u2019re listening a week later on the free podcast version of Laura Heywood Interviews, you can find \\u201cSlow Dancing with a Boy\\u201d EVERYWHERE.

The album features soaring vocals in genres that range from pop to gospel to country, with some showtunes too \\u2014 re-arranged and orchestrated so they have a different feel than ever before.\\xa0

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