Michael Feinstein and Marilyn Maye Open the Season at Feinstein's, Now thru 9/22

Feinstein's at Loews Regency presents the New York debut duet engagement of two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy-nominated entertainer Michael Feinstein, and acclaimed Grammy-nominated vocalist Marilyn Maye, today, September 4 - 22.

Feinstein's at Loews Regency, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post will open its Fall 2012 season with the first joint engagement of the club's founder, two time Emmy and five-time Grammy nominated entertainer Michael Feinstein and acclaimed Grammy Award nominated singer, Marilyn Maye. The two powerhouse entertainers share the nightclub stage for the first time in an evening of dynamic entertainment including pop standards, boogie woogie classics and audience favorites. For this special engagement, tickets will be $60 with no minimum. The show will run Tuesday through Saturday from September 4 to 22 at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).

Michael Feinstein, the multi-platinum-selling, two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy Award-nominated entertainer dubbed "The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook," is considered one of the premier interpreters of American standards. His 200-plus shows a year have included performances at Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House and the Hollywood Bowl as well as the White House and Buckingham Palace. In 2007, he founded the Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative, dedicated to celebrating the art form and preserving it through educational programs, Master Classes, and the annual High School Vocal Academy and Competition, which awards scholarships and prizes to students across the country. Michael serves on the Library of Congress' National Recording Preservation Board, an organization dedicated to ensuring the survival, conservation and increased public availability of America's sound recording heritage.

Feinstein's earned his fifth Grammy Award nomination for The Sinatra Project, his Concord Records CD celebrating the music of "Ol' Blue Eyes." The Sinatra Project, Volume II: The Good Life was released last year. His Emmy nominated TV special, Michael Feinstein - The Sinatra Legacy, which was taped live at the Palladium in Carmel, IN, is currently airing across the country. His PBS series "Michael Feinstein's American Songbook" was the recipient of the ASCAP Deems-Taylor Television Broadcast Award. The first two seasons are now available on DVD and the third season will air in 2013. For his nationally syndicated public radio program "Song Travels," Michael interviews and performs alongside of music luminaries such as Bette Midler, Neil Sedaka, Liza Minnelli, Moby, Rickie Lee Jones, David Hyde Pierce and more.

His new book, The Gershwins and Me, which is combined with a new CD of Gershwin standards performed with Cyrus Chestnut at the piano, will be published by Simon & Schuster on October 16, 2012. Feinstein serves as Artistic Director of the Palladium Center for the Performing Arts, a $170 million, three-theatre venue in Carmel, Indiana, which opened in January 2011. The theater is home to an annual international Great American Arts festival, diverse live programming and a museum for his rare memorabilia and manuscripts. Starting in 2010, he became the director of the Jazz and Popular Song Series at New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center. In 2013, he will replace the late Marvin Hamlisch as the lead conductor of the Pasadena Pops. More information is at www.MichaelFeinstein.com.

Marilyn Maye - dubbed "Super Singer" by the late Johnny Carson - has been heralded for her amazing vocal dexterity, the sheer excitement, boundless energy and authenticity of her performances, as well as the unique party atmosphere she creates wherever she appears. Stephen Holden, in another recent New York Times review, declared "As Marilyn Maye threaded her way from the stage through a packed house of cheering admirers; I overheard comparisons to Judy Garland's 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall. You can sense a similar electric connection between singer and audience." In a 2010 Wall Street Journal profile, Will Friedwald raved "Marilyn Maye is pretty much every singer you ever wanted to hear: She has the rhythm and the musicianship of a great jazz singer, the projection and personality of a heavyweight Broadway diva and creates the intimate bond with her audiences that we demand from a cabaret artist."

Marilyn was originally discovered by Steve Allen, who invited her to appear on his primetime television show. Soon after, Marilyn signed a recording contract with RCA which resulted in seven albums and 34 singles. In 1966, after Ed McMahon heard her at the Living Room in New York, she began appearing on "The Tonight Show," starring Johnny Carson. Her recording of the song "Too Late Now" - from her RCA album The Lamp Is Low - was chosen by the Smithsonian Institute and included in its 20th Century Permanent Collection. Add her 76 appearances on "The Tonight Show," multiple appearances on national prime-time television shows, such as Ed Sullivan, Hollywood Palace, Jackie Gleason, Dick Cavett and more, a Grammy Award nomination as "Best New Artist," a bevy of awards reflecting her showmanship, and you have an illustrious singing career that is still going strong after a lifetime spent entertaining audiences.

After a fourteen-year absence from New York, though she never stopped working in other parts of the country, Ms. Maye returned to appear as a special guest of the annual Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention at Lincoln Center. A series of glowingly-reviewed New York performances was followed by more concerts. As a result of this resurgence in New York, Maye has never been busier. She has performed twice with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, with Michael Feinstein at Zankel Hall, with Doc Severinsen and the Phoenix Symphony, the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Catalina's Jazz Club in Hollywood, the Rrazz Room in San Francisco, Dakota's in Minneapolis, as well as other major symphonies, clubs and theater concerts around the country. Marilyn is the winner of the coveted Jazz Heritage Award, the 2008 and 2009 Nightlife Critics Award as "Outstanding Vocalist", the Back Stage Bistro "Lifetime Achievement Award" and the MAC "Celebrity of the Year" award for four consecutive years from 2009 to 2012. In November 2010 at Carnegie Hall, Marilyn sang with the New York Pops for the celebration of Stephen Sondheim's 80th Birthday. Her performance of "I'm Still Here" received a show-stopping standing ovation. More information is available at www.MarilynMaye.com.

Feinstein's at Loews Regency will present Michael Feinstein and Marilyn Maye from September 4 to 22 with the following schedule: Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00 PM with additional 10:30 PM shows on Friday and Saturday. PLEASE NOTE: Michael Feinstein will perform solo on Tuesday, September 18. All performances have a $60.00 cover with no minimum. Jackets are suggested but not required. The club is located at 540 Park Avenue at 61st Street in New York City. For ticket reservations and club information, please call (212)
339-4095 or visit us online at Feinsteinsatloewsregency.com and TicketWeb.com.

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UPDATED 2012 SCHEDULE

"LOVE SONGS"
Scenes from a Musical by STEVEN CAGAN
Featuring Ashley Kate Adams, Ken Clark, Debbie Gravitte,
Fleur Phillips, Bryce Ryness & Kevin Spirtas
August 26 - 30

BLUE SKY RIDERS

featuring Kenny Loggins, GEORGIA MIDDLEMAN & GARY BURR
September 25 - September 29

Linda Purl
with special guest star Desi Arnaz, JR.
"Midnight Caravan - Travels Through The Great New York Nightclubs"
Sunday, September 30 and Monday, October 1

Betty Buckley
"The Other Woman - The Vixens of Broadway"
October 2 - October 27

Tamara Tunie
"Yes, I Sing!"
October 30 - November 3

Sue Raney
with ALAN BROADBENT
First New York nightclub engagement in 25 years
November 6 - November 10

Jarrod Spector
Mondays, November 12, December 3, 10 and 17

Peter Gallagher
November 13 - November 17

BILL CHARLAP with Sandy Stewart
November 19 - November 24

Tommy Tune
"Taps, Tunes and Tall Tales"
Six shows - November 18, 25 and 26

Michael Feinstein
"A Gershwin Holiday"
November 27 - December 22

Michael Feinstein & Christine Ebersole
December 23 - December 31

ARBORS RECORDS presents
Harry Allen'S MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ
Mondays, September 10, October 8, November 5 and Sunday, December 2

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