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First Nighter: Feinstein, Maye Swing the Night Away Brilliantly

David Finkle | Posted 11.06.2012 | New York
Read More: Nick Ziobro, Tom Hubbard, Tony Martin, Ken Peplowski, Marvin Hamlisch, Jerry Herman, New York City, Ralph Blane, Feinstein Initiative, Michael Buble, Feinstein's at Loews Regency, Louis Armstrong, Tedd Firth, Hugh Martin, Glenn Drews, Albie Berk, Marilyn Maye, Michael Feinstein, New York News
David Finkle

If hot music means more to you than heated politics, the place to be this past Tuesday wasn't Charlotte, North Carolina but New York City where Michael Feinstein and Marilyn Maye were -- as the title of their tandem show has it -- "Swingin' the Night Away."

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Kay Thompson: The Singer Has Ended But the Great Arrangements Linger On

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Tiger Martina, Think Pink!, Liza Minnelli, Jim Caruso, Judy Garland, Leonard Gershe, Sam Irvin, Ann Miller, Fred Astaire, Michael Feinstein, Bing Crosby, Eloise, Danny Kaye, Johnny Rodgers, The Plaza Hotel, Roger Edens, June Allyson, Tony Martin, Just One of Those Things, Ginger Rogers, Harry Warren, Andy), In the Valley (Where the Evening Sun Goes Down), Funny Face, Kay Thompson, Audrey Hepburn, Ralph Blane, Liza's at the Palace, Cole Porter, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Ziegfeld Follies, The Williams Brothers (Dick, The Harvey Girls, These Are the Things I Love, Bob, The Trolley Song, Cortes Alexander, Johnny Mercer, Peter Lorre, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Don, Entertainment News
David Finkle

Think Pink, the recordings of Kay Thompson, former head of MGM's vocal department, is a must-have for anyone interested in first-rate singing, songs and arrangements.

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Hot New Night Club Duo: Michael Feinstein and David Hyde Pierce

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Anthony Newley, Dolly!, Christine Ebersole, Noel Coward, Cheyenne Jackson, Spamalot, Curtains, Leslie Bricusse, Hello, Jerry Herman, David Hyde Pierce, Ralph Blane, Cole Porter, Feinstein's at Loews Regency, Tyne Daly, Hugh Martin, Mary Martin, Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, Marilyn Maye, Betty Buckley, Michael Feinstein, New York News
David Finkle

Pierce has a resonant baritone-bass that doesn't come as a total surprise after his stints in the one-word-titled musicals Spamalot and Curtains.

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