Michael Feinstein Channels 'Old Blue Eyes' as He Brings THE SINATRA PROJECT to the McCallum, 3/1-2

Cabaret Icon Michael Feinstein returns to the McCallum Theatre with "The Sinatra Project," for two performances - Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2 -- dedicated to the great Frank Sinatra. Michael reflects Sinatra's sensibility by interpreting the songs in conceptually different styles from Sinatra's own renditions. The results are fascinatingly unique and memorably beautiful. Billed "The Sinatra Project", the concert is presented in two parts on these consecutive evenings. In the second concert, Michael reinterprets songs by such greats as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peggy Lee, and more. "The second volume is really about Sinatra and his friends," says Michael. "It's about the people he influenced and who influenced him."

Michael Feinstein, the multi-Platinum, two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy nominated entertainer dubbed "The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook," is one of the premier interpreters of American standards. His 200-plus shows a year have included performances at Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, the Hollywood Bowl, the White House and Buckingham Palace.

More than a performer, Michael has received national recognition for his commitment to America's popular song and preserving its legacy. 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 public availability of America's sound recording heritage.

Michael earned his fifth Grammy nomination in 2009 for The Sinatra Project, 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," was taped live at the Palladium in Carmel, Indiana. His PBS series "Michael Feinstein's American Songbook" was the recipient of the ASCAP Deems-Taylor Television Broadcast Award; the third season will air in 2013. On his public radio program "Song Travels," Michael interviews and performs with music luminaries, including Bette Midler, Neil Sedaka, Liza Minnelli, Moby, Rickie Lee Jones and David Hyde Pierce.

His 2012 book The Gershwins and Me is combined with a new CD of Gershwin standards performed with Cyrus Chestnut at the piano. Other recent CDs include The Power Of Two with "Glee" and "30 Rock" star Cheyenne Jackson and Cheek To Cheek with Broadway legend Barbara Cook. His newest recording is We Dreamed These Days, featuring the Carmel Symphony Orchestra; he co-wrote the title song with Dr. Maya Angelou. In 2005, Michael recorded Hopeless Romantics, a songbook of Harry Warren classics recorded with George Shearing. The previous year, he completed a tour with songwriter Jimmy Webb based on their album Only One Life - The Songs of Jimmy Webb. In 2003, Michael received his fourth Grammy nomination for his release Michael Feinstein with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, his first recording with a symphony orchestra. The year before, he released The Michael Feinstein Anthology, a two-disc compilation spanning 1987 to 1996 and featuring favorites and previously unreleased tracks. Michael's own record label, Feinery, released The Livingston & Evans Songbook, featuring Michael and Melissa Manchester.

David Green is the Executive Director of The Carol Channing-Harry Kullijian Foundation for the Arts -- working to restore the Arts to our nation’s public schools and provide an arts education to every child in America. He is the founder and President of the nationally acclaimed Conservatory Musical Theatre University, a training ground for talented young people with aspirations for careers in theatre, most specifically musical theatre. Mr. Green's Broadway alumni include Tony -nominee Matthew Morrison, Stephanie Block, Lindsay Mendez, Scott Barnhardt, Anneliese VanDerPol and Krysta Rodriguez, to name a few. As a producer and director, he has staged over 150 theatrical productions for both educational and professional theatre and with such stars as Carol Channing, Cathy Rigby, Jonelle Allen, Eric Kunze, Davis Gaines, Stephanie Zimbalist, John Raitt, Betty Garrett and more. Mr. Green is honored to serve the Inland Empire of Southern California as a contributor to BroadwayWorld.

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