15 Facts About Michael Feinstein

Michael Jay Feinstein was born on September 7,1956 and is an American singer, pianist, and music revivalist.

Michael Feinstein is an archivist and interpreter for the repertoire known as the Great American Songbook.

Michael Feinstein is the founder of the Great American Songbook Foundation and the artistic director for Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana.

Michael Feinstein served as musical consultant for the 1983 Broadway show My One and Only, a musical pastiche of Gershwin tunes.

That was followed by Live at the Algonquin ; Remember: Michael Feinstein Sings Irving Berlin ; Isn't It Romantic, a collection of standards and his first album backed by an orchestra; and Over There, featuring the music of America and Europe during World War I Feinstein recorded Pure Imagination, his only children's album, in 1992.

Michael Feinstein returned to Broadway in 2010, in a concert special duo with Dame Edna titled All About Me.

In 2009, Michael Feinstein became the artistic director of Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts.

Michael Feinstein teamed with Cheyenne Jackson in 2009 to create a nightclub act titled "The Power of Two".

Michael Feinstein has written the score for two stage musicals, The Night They Saved Macy's Parade and The Gold Room.

Michael Feinstein opened the nightclub Michael Feinstein's at the Nikko at the Nikko Hotel in San Francisco in May 2013.

From 2012 to 2015, Feinstein was the host of the weekly, one-hour radio program Song Travels with Michael Feinstein, produced by South Carolina ETV Radio and distributed by NPR.

Michael Feinstein was named Principal Pops Conductor for the Pasadena POPS in 2012 and made his conducting debut in June 2013.

Michael Feinstein has appeared numerous times as a presenter on Turner Classic Movies.

Michael Feinstein has been a guest mentor of the Songbook Academy since its inception in 2009.

In October 2008, Michael Feinstein married his longtime partner Terrence Flannery.