Dame Edna and Michael Feinstein Set To Team For Broadway Run

The New York Post's Michael Riedel is reporting that Dame Edna and Michael Feinstein are teaming up for a new Broadway show in the spring. The Australian "giga-star" Edna and Feinstein are putting together a lighthearted evening of jokes and songs, which is as yet untitled according to Riedel.

The two talents will be in New York City next week shopping the show around to producers and theater owners. Production sources say that, as part of their act, Edna and Michael will sing the classic standards by Porter, the Gershwins, Berlin, Rodgers and Hart and Stephen Sondheim. To read the full scoop in the Post click here.

The widely loved, international homemaker, talk show host, gigastar, fashion icon, swami and most-sought-after friend of the rich, famous and royal - the incomparable Dame Edna - is making a welcomed return to the Ahmanson Theatre. For more than four decades Dame Edna has dazzled audiences the world over with her one-of-a-kind banter, infinite wisdom and fabulous beauty tips. She won a 2000 Special Tony Award for a Live Theatrical Event for her Broadway debut in "Dame Edna: The Royal Tour." She subsequently received a 2005 Tony Award nomination for "Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance!" (which played at the Ahmanson in the 2005-2006 season).

Ben Brantley of The New York Times called Dame Edna, "Genius. Hasten to the theatre and sit at the feet of a star. What bliss." Created by Australian actor, author, painter, composer and racing car driver Barry Humphries, Dame Edna is a national icon in her native Australia.

Michael Feinstein, one of the premiere interpreters of American popular song, has been a household name since the success of his 1988 one-man Broadway show, Isn't It Romantic. He enjoys an active performance calendar, including major concert halls, symphony orchestras, intimate jazz clubs and college campuses. More than a mere performer, he is nationally recognized for his commitment to the American popular song, both celebrating its art and preserving its legacy for the next generation.

His latest CD, The Sinatra Project - a collection of the great romantic songs performed by "Ol' Blue Eyes" - garnered him a fifth Grammy Award nomination. He served as host and consultant on the new PBS documentary film "Soundies: A Musical History" and has written the score for a new stage musical The Gold Room, opening soon in London's West End. His previous CD from Concord Records is Hopeless Romantics, a songbook of Harry Warren classics recorded with legendary jazz pianist George Shearing. In 2004, Michael completed a national tour with songwriting icon Jimmy Webb based on their CD, Only One Life - The Songs of Jimmy Webb. The disc was named one of "10 Best CDs of the Year" by USA Today. Recently he hosted and produced The Great American Songbook, a PBS Special and DVD set from Warner Brothers that traces the history of popular music in our country and debuted at the Palm Springs Film Festival.