Barbara Cook, Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway and More Join Feinstein's at the Nikko Lineup

Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Michael Feinstein have announced the spring lineup - featuring legendary stars of stage and cinema - for the all-new Feinstein's at the Nikko. Located within Hotel Nikko (222 Mason Street, San Francisco), Feinstein's at the Nikko will present a wide range of local, regional and national entertainers in an intimate 140-seat cabaret setting. Tickets for all performances are on-sale now and available by calling 866.663.1063 or visiting www.ticketweb.com.

All ticket prices include a $30 food and beverage credit that can be used at Kanpai Lounge, Restaurant Anzu or table service during the performance. Guests of Feinstein's at the Nikko can enjoy a variety of food and beverage options before and during performances. Kanpai Lounge, located in Hotel Nikko's lobby, offers light cuisine, a full bar and specialty cocktails. Restaurant Anzu, Hotel Nikko's intimate restaurant located on the second floor, serves sustainable California cuisine enhanced with Asian flavors. During performances, guests have the option of ordering a variety of small plates crafted exclusively for Feinstein's at the Nikko by Executive Chef Philippe Striffeler, through Restaurant Anzu. Cheese and dessert platters- in addition to a full bar - will also be available in the showroom. Restaurant Anzu will also offer Feinstein's at the Nikko guests a special three-course prix-fixe dinner ($39 per person) prior to all performances. Guests who purchase the prix-fixe dinner will receive preferred seating at the performance. Reservations can be made by calling (415) 394-1100.

Sutton Foster · "AN EVENING WITH Sutton Foster"

Wednesday, May 8 at 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 9 at 8 p.m.
Friday, May 10 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 11 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 11 at 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 12 at 7 p.m.

Tickets: $75-$95

Sutton Foster is an award-winning actor, singer and dancer who has performed in ten Broadway shows and originated roles in the Broadway productions of The Drowsy Chaperone, Little Women, Young Frankenstein, Shrek The Musical, and her Tony Award-winning performances in Anything Goes and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Currently, Foster is starring in ABC Family's new series "Bunheads," created by Amy Sherman Palladino. Foster was first seen on television on "Star Search" at age 15, and has more recently appeared in "Johnny and the Sprites," "Flight of the Conchords," "Sesame Street," "Law and Order SVU" and "Royal Pains." As a solo artist, Foster has performed all over the country as well as internationally with her musical director Michael Rafter, featuring songs from her debut solo CD "Wish" as well as her follow up CD, "An Evening With Sutton Foster: Live at the Cafe Carlyle." She has graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, Feinstein's, Lincoln Center's American Songbook series, Joe's Pub and many others. In 2011 Foster received an Honorary Doctorate degree from Ball State University where she also is on faculty as a teacher and advisor to the Department of Theatre and Dance.

Michael Rafter (Musical Director) collaborated with Sutton Foster on her first solo CD, Wish, which was released in February 2009 and performed it live at the Lincoln Center American Songbook series. Their second CD Sutton Foster, Live at the Carlyle, was released in March 2011. He also co-produced Norm Lewis's solo CD, This is the Life, and the recording of Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori's Broadway show, Caroline, Or Change. Michael conducted Gypsy both on Broadway starring Tyne Daly, as well as the TV movie starring Bette Midler, and won an Emmy award for his music direction of the movie. He has supervised the Broadway and/or national touring companies of Thoroughly Modern Millie, Sunset Boulevard, The Sound of Music, and The Buddy Holly Story. On Broadway, Michael has served as music director/conductor of Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Sound of Music, The King & I and Gypsy. Michael also did the arrangements for the Broadway productions of Swing and Sweet Charity. He was one of the two piano duos that played the Broadway revival of The Most Happy Fella. Off-Broadway credits include: Merrily We Roll Along and Violet.

Mitzi Gaynor · "RAZZLE DAZZLE! MY LIFE BEHIND THE SEQUINS"

Wednesday, May 15 at 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 16 at 8 p.m.
Friday, May 17 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 18 at 7 p.m.

Tickets: $65-$95

Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe nominee, Mitzi Gaynor, lights up the stage with her acclaimed multimedia musical-comedy memoir "Razzle Dazzle! My Life Behind the Sequins" - an intimate evening of laughs, love and music which critics have called "sensational," "hysterically funny," "enormously entertaining" and "a total star-spangled package of energy and joy." In this glittering one woman tour-de-force, the star of such blockbuster Hollywood musicals as Les Girls, Anything Goes, There's No Business Like Show Business and Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific presents a personal peek into her star-studded life and career through side-splitting stories and intimate reflections interwoven with classic songs, remarkable video montages and breathtaking Bob Mackie costume creations. This unforgettable love letter to a great era of show business features Mitzi's captivating brand of storytelling, including her hilarious anecdotes regarding some of her famous friends and costars - from Gene Kelly, Ethel Merman, Rossano Brazzi and Marilyn Monroe, to readying herself to meet The Duke of Windsor, her whirlwind romance with Howard Hughes, and the joyous 52 year marriage to the love of her life, Hollywood producer Jack Bean. Use of stunning video footage (culled from Mitzi's television, concert and film work) and a cavalcade of familiar Hollywood, Broadway and Pop hits further explain and illuminate Mitzi's story and express her adoration for her audiences. Razzle Dazzle! My Life Behind the Sequins is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be "up close and personal" with the electrifying magic and incredible spirit of a true entertainment icon.

Ann Hampton Callaway AND Liz Callaway · "BOOM"

Wednesday, May 29 at 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 30 at 8 p.m.
Friday, May 31 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 1 at 7 & 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 2 at 7 p.m.

Tickets: $70-$95

When Liz Callaway and Ann Hampton Callaway combine musical forces in their new show "BOOM," memories come alive through the music of such greats as Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Carly Simon, The Beatles, Paul Simon, Jimmy Webb and Stevie Wonder, to name a few. The two Tony Award nominated stars share heartwarming and humorous stories of their years growing up in Chicago and New York. One of today's most celebrated sister acts put their unmistakable stamp on solos and duets of songs such as "Both Sides Now", "Up, Up and Away", "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be", "Bridge Over Troubled Waters", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" and "Downtown" among other classics.

As a champion of the great American Songbook, Ann Hampton Callaway has made her mark as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, actress, educator, TV host and producer. Her unique singing style blends jazz and traditional pop, making her a mainstay in concert halls, theaters and jazz clubs as well as in the recording studio, on television, and in film. Ms. Callaway is best known for her Tony-nominated performance in the hit Broadway musical Swing! and for writing and singing the theme song to the hit TV series The Nanny. Callaway is a Platinum Award winning writer whose songs are featured on five of Barbra Streisand's recent CD's. Ms. Callaway has been a special guest performer with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall and Tanglewood and is featured at many of the Carnegie Hall tributes. She has sung with more than twenty-five of the world's top orchestras and big bands, and has performed for President Clinton in Washington, D.C. and at President Gorbachev's Youth Peace Summit in Moscow. A versatile performer, she has also begun work on a new PBS-TV variety show "Singers Spotlight with Ann Hampton Callaway" that recently aired in Chicago with special guests Liza Minnelli and 2007 Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole.

Liz Callaway, the award-winning actress, singer and recording artist, made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along. She received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in Baby, and for five years, sang "Memory" as Grizabella in Cats. She has also starred in the original casts of Miss Saigon, The Three Musketeers, and The Look of Love. Off-Broadway, she received a Drama Desk nomination for her performance in The Spitfire Grill, and also appeared in No Way To Treat A Lady, Marry Me a Little, Godspell, and Brownstone. Other New York appearances include Hair in Concert, the legendary Follies in Concert at Lincoln Center, A Stephen Sondheim Evening, and Fiorello! at Encores! She also starred as Venus in the Chicago Ovations! production of One Touch of Venus, and in Elegies at Reprise! in Los Angeles.

Andrea Marcovicci · "MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL"

Friday, June 7 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 8 at 7 p.m.

Tickets: $65-$95

Andrea Marcovicci makes her Feinstein's at Hotel Nikko debut with the world premiere of her latest creation! "Moonlight Cocktail" celebrates that bygone era of sophisticated nightlife of dining and dancing. From coast to coast, from large clubs to intimate boîtes, (The Mocambo, Hungry i, San Francisco; Palmer House, MR. Kelly's, Chicago; Stork Club, The Blue Angel, New York) the singers that enthralled you became household names like Mabel Mercer, Bobby Short, Julie Wilson, Hildegarde, Portia Nelson, and Billie Holiday. Andrea's nostalgic spin through the forties and fifties, when an evening began at one club before winding down with fine champagne at another, is filled with her unique insight, charm and wit. Highlights include: You Fascinate Me So, Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup, All in Fun, Talk of the Town, Some Other Time, as well as the delicious title song Moonlight Cocktail.

Clint Holmes · "THIS THING CALLED LOVE"

Wednesday, June 12 at 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 13 at 8 p.m.
Friday, June 14 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 15 at 7 & 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 16 at 7 p.m.

Tickets: $70-$95

Clint Holmes is more than just a great singer. He is a consummate entertainer, performer, recording artist, and one of the country's finest vocalists. Whether he is singing selections from the Great American Songbook, standards by Sinatra with a full orchestra, contemporary classics, or stirring original pieces, every performance is a one-of-a-kind mesmerizing and unforgettable experience. Whether headlining New York's finest cabarets or Las Vegas' greatest showrooms, Clint Holmes is establishing a new standard for vocalists and entertainers.

Barbara Cook · "LET'S FALL IN LOVE AGAIN"

Wednesday, June 19 at 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 20 at 8 p.m.
Friday, June 21 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 22 at 7 & 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 23 at 7 p.m.

Tickets: $90 - $115

Barbara Cook's silvery soprano, purity of tone, and warm presence has delighted audiences around the world for more than 50 years. Considered "Broadway's favorite ingénue" during the heyday of the Broadway musical, Miss Cook then launched a second career as a concert and recording artist soaring from one professional peak to another.

Whether on the stages of major international venues throughout the world or in the intimate setting of New York's Café Carlyle or Feinstein's at the Regency, Barbara Cook's popularity continues to thrive - as evidenced by her 1997 birthday concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Albert Hall in London, a succession of 6 triumphant returns to Carnegie Hall where she made a legendary solo concert debut in 1975, and an ever-growing mantle of honors including the Tony, Grammy, Drama Desk and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, her citation as a Living New York Landmark and her induction into the Theatre Hall of Fame.

A newly named 2011 Kennedy Center Honoree, Miss Cook recently returned to the Broadway stage after a 23-year absence, and was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance, in the musical Sondheim on Sondheim, directed by James Lapine, for the Roundabout Theater Company.

Steve Tyrell · "IT'S MAGIC: THE SONGS OF Sammy Cahn"

Tuesday, June 25 at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, June 26 at 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 27 at 8 p.m.
Friday, June 28 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 29 at 7 & 10:30 p.m.

Tickets: $70 - $95

Grammy Award-winning vocalist Steve Tyrell is truly a renaissance man. In over four decades in the music business, he has achieved great success as an artist, producer, songwriter, music supervisor, and performer.
With his breakthrough performances in "Father of the Bride" and "Father of the Bride II," Steve Tyrell reinvented and re-popularized classic pop standards for a modern-day audience. With the grit and soul of a lifetime of experiences, producing hits for Grammy-winning Artists ranging from Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville, to Rod Stewart and Diana Ross, Steve himself has sold hundreds of thousands of albums and gained a passionate following all over the world. His hits "The Way You Look Tonight," "The Simple Life," "Crush On You" and "The Sunny Side of The Street," have launched thousands of weddings and millions of romances. He's held top positions at Standards, Swing, and Big Band outlets with a devoted following at key Adult Contemporary Radio.

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