Michael Feinstein and Christine Ebersole Celebrate New Years and More at Feinsteins

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                                        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 close its Fall 2012 season with the return of the club's founder Michael Feinstein and two-time Tony Award winning Broadway and TV star Christine Ebersole, from December 23 through New Year's Eve.

Their duet show will feature classic standards and Broadway hits, in addition to rarities from the Great American Songbook. Feinstein will perform selections from The Gershwins and Me, his new CD and book from Simon & Schuster, currently on the Los Angeles Times Best-seller list. Feinstein's longtime Musical Director, John Oddo, will lead the all-star band. All shows take place at the 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.

His book The Gershwins and Me, which is combined with a new CD of Gershwin standards performed with Cyrus Chestnut at the piano, was published by Simon & Schuster in October 2012. Feinstein 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 interview and performs alongside of music luminaries such as Bette Midler, Neil Sedaka, Liza Minnelli, Moby, Rickie Lee Jones, David Hyde Pierce and more.

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 theatre 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.

Christine Ebersole, currently starring on TBS's comedy hit, "Sullivan and Sons," has performed her solo concerts at The Kennedy Center, yearly engagements at The Carlyle, Feinstein's at Loews Regency and many concert halls and theatres across the country, including The Boston Pops (having returned in September 2012), The New York Pops, the televised Kennedy Center Honors and The San Francisco Symphony at Carnegie Hall (2008 PBS Special). A native of Winnetka, Illinois, Christine Ebersole won the 2007 Tony Award for Outstanding Actress in the "role of a lifetime" as Edie Beale in the acclaimed Tony nominated Broadway musical Grey Gardens. Lauded with virtually every Off-Broadway theatre award when it premiered at Playwrights Horizon, Grey Gardens went on to pack its Broadway theatre for over a year, with every theatre critic praising Christine's bravura performance. Christine followed Grey with the Broadway production of Blithe Spirit opposite Angela Lansbury and Rupert Everett.

In past theatre seasons, Christine has won critical acclaim as well as the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, for her portrayal of Dorothy Brock in the 2000 revival of 42nd Street. The following season, she starred in Broadway's Dinner at Eight, garnering a Tony Award nomination. In 2005, Christine starred as M'Lynn on Broadway in Steel Magnolias. Christine has been a regular on the TV Land comedy hit, "Retired at 35," USA's hit TV series, "Royal Pains," appeared as Denny Crane's love interest in "Boston Legal," as an attorney on "Law & Order: SVU," guest starred on "Lipstick Jungle" and "Cashmere Mafia" and played Samantha's aunt in ABC's "Samantha Who." Other TV appearances include a "Not Ready for Prime Time" player on "Saturday Night Live," Bette Midler's "Gypsy," "Mary & Rhoda," "Platinum" with Diana Ross, "Will & Grace," "Murphy Brown and a recurring role on the WB series "Related," in addition to appearances on "The Today Show," "The View" and "The Colbert Report."

Film work includes the upcoming film The Big Wedding opposite Robert DeNiro, Diane Keaton, Robin Williams and Susan Sarandon, her role as a TV talk show host interviewing the shopper in the hit movie, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Tootsie, Amadeus, Black Sheep, Dead Again, My Favorite Martian, My Girl II, Folks! and Richie Rich. In addition to her television, film, Broadway and concert work, Christine has released 4 CDs, including her CD celebrating Noel Coward and the new CD Strings Attached featuring Aaron Weinstein and his trio. For more information, please visit her website at www.ChristineEbersole.com.

Feinstein's at Loews Regency will present Michael and Christine Ebersole from Sunday, December 23 through New Year's Eve on Monday, December 31. There are shows at 8pm on Sunday, December 23 through Sunday, December 30 with additional 10:30pm shows on Friday, December 28 and Saturday, December 29. On New Year's Eve, Christine Ebersole will perform solo at 7pm and then with Feinstein at 10:45pm. For the shows December 23 to 30, there is a $60 cover charge per person with a $40 food and beverage minimum. For New Year's Eve, Christine Ebersole's 7pm show has a $175 cover charge and an additional $40 food and beverage minimum. For Feinstein and Ebersole's 10:45pm show, there is a $350 cover charge, which includes a three course dinner and champagne. 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.