COME FLY WITH ME Set for Don't Tell Mama in November

Acclaimed entertainment destination Don't Tell Mama presents two performances of Come Fly with Me - Brian De Lorenzo Celebrates Sinatra at 100 tribute concert with The Scott Nicholas Trio on Sunday, November 1, 5pm and Saturday, November 7, 7 pm at 343 W. 46th Street, New York. The show's tour launches in Boston, and continues with two performances in Puerto Vallarta in December following the New York performances.

Boston performing and cabaret artist Brian De Lorenzo, Talent America's 2001 "Performer of the Year", offers Come Fly With Me, an original tribute show hailing one of the greatest singers of the American Songbook, Frank Sinatra, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Sinatra's birth. De Lorenzo whisks the audience through Sinatra's Songbook with stops in Rome, Paris, and Bombay. Accompanied by the Scott Nicholas Trio, with Nicholas on piano, Steve Rose on drums and Jered Egan on bass, expect to hear a sly mix of swing and romance featuring fresh arrangements of "Old Blue Eyes'" best tunes including "Fools Rush In," "The Best Is Yet to Come," Luck Be a Lady," and of course "Come Fly with Me". De Lorenzo delivers anecdotes about Sinatra, interwoven with commentary on how the Great American Songbook and Sinatra's contributions inspired and touched his own life and musical career.

De Lorenzo makes his long-awaited return to Don't Tell Mama, following previous appearances as Frank Gumm in Made in America: Vaudeville Songs, a tribute to the Gumm family, honoring the family of Judy Garland; and his solo cabaret show, More Found Treasures.

Chet Williamson of Worcester Magazine appreciates his gift, "When a singer has a voice like Brian De Lorenzo, musicians like to say, 'He is a songwriter's best friend.' He has one of those rare voices that make first-time listeners stop and say, 'Who is that?'"

Garnering admirable critical acclaim, De Lorenzo has been nominated three times for the "Best Cabaret Show" Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Award. He is frequently recognized for bringing to light wonderful but obscure songs and for his interpretations of standards from the Great American Songbook and musical theatre. Beverly Creasey of Cabaret Scenes: "...once in a blue moon you're at a cabaret and you know something extraordinary is going on. De Lorenzo is at the top of his game."

De Lorenzo is equally at home in cabaret rooms, concert halls, and theatres including venues in Boston (Scullers Jazz Club, Club Café), New York (The Metropolitan Room, The Iridium, 54 Below, Birdland, Eighty-Eight's, Don't Tell Mama), Provincetown (the Crown & Anchor), Chicago, San Francisco, and cruise ships in Alaska, the Mediterranean, and crossing the Atlantic. His most recent New York appearances include Sinatra, Tony, & Me with the Bill Zeffiro Trio and Brian De Lorenzo Sings the Nat King Cole Songbook with the Bill Duffy Trio, both at the Metropolitan Room. Brian has performed at the prestigious Mabel Mercer Cabaret Conventions in New York and Chicago and at three Boston Cabaret Festivals. He has appeared in IRNE and Elliot Norton Award-winning theatre productions in the Boston area including The Wild Party and On the Twentieth Century. Other theatre credits include leading roles in Next to Normal; A Christmas Carol at North Shore Music Theatre; Lend Me a Tenor; Assassins at Lyric Stage; Forever Plaid; and a tour of Esther in Europe. His CD "Found Treasures" was nominated for the 2000 "Recording of the Year" Award by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC).

Scott Nicholas is an accomplished pianist known as much for exceptional sensitivity to the performers he accompanies as for his technique. With a repertoire spanning the great American Songbook, musical theater, and classical, Scott has appeared throughout the U.S. and internationally. An experienced music director, he has served Central Square Theater, Emerson College, Franklin Performing Arts Company, Suffolk University, and the New England Conservatory Opera Workshop. He is on the faculty at Emerson College and is a senior lecturer at Suffolk University, where he teaches piano and coaches musical theater and opera. He is also a faculty member at Encore Music Academy, offering instruction in piano, theory, and vocal coaching.

Tickets for Come Fly with Me are $15, two-drink minimum, cash only and can be reserved at http://www.donttellmamanyc.com. For more information or to hear recordings by Brian De Lorenzo, visit his website at briandelorenzo.com. For more information or directions to Don't Tell Mama, visit http://www.donttellmamanyc.com.

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