FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 29, 2014 CONTACT: Paul Bilyeu, 813.222.1050 ─ [email protected] Straz Center for the Performing Arts presents My Sinatra Starring Cary Hoffman Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. Ferguson Hall at the Straz Center Regularly priced tickets are $35.50-$55.50. *** TAMPA, Fla. — The Straz Center for the Performing Arts presents My Sinatra starring Cary Hoffman on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. in Ferguson Hall. Cary Hoffman turns his celebrated PBS special into a biographical, often hilarious and poignant one-man musical play about his love and idolization for this hero Frank Sinatra and the perils of wanting to become somebody else. Hoffman captivates the audience with his intimate journey of what it was like growing up fatherless with three musician uncles, who played on some of Sinatra’s greatest recordings, turning Sinatra into a fantasy father. Hoffman authentically sings Sinatra “Dead On!” (New York Times), as he weaves in more than 20 classic Sinatra songs, creating a musical score about his lifelong obsession. Hoffman has performed the music of Frank Sinatra for the past eight years in more than 55 performing arts centers around the world, including a performance for the President of Singapore. His compelling blend of vocal performance and stories led to the PBS television special, produced by Albert Tapper, which has aired in more than70 cities around the country and has been viewed by more than 2 million people. Before returning to the stage to sing the great songs of Frank Sinatra, Hoffman was a very successful songwriter/producer, co-writing a hit Off-Broadway musical What’s A Nice Country Like You, Doing in a State Like This with Ira Gasman. Additionally, he co-wrote two Top 20 country hits and some of the country’s most well-known jingles. As a personal manager, Hoffman discovered the R&B crooner Luther Vandross and actor Zach Galifianakis. He also manages stand-up comedians such as Lynne Koplitz and television writers such as Tom Hertz, creator of CBS’s Rules of Engagement and Mike Royce, creator and executive producer of TNT’s Men of a Certain Age. Regularly priced tickets for the Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, 7:30 p.m., performance of My Sinatra are $35.50$55.50, and may be purchased by calling 813.229.STAR (7827) or 800.955.1045 outside Tampa Bay, in person at the Straz Center Ticket Sales Office or online at www.strazcenter.org. Handling fees will apply. For more information about the Straz Center for the Performing Arts and its upcoming events, please visit the Straz Center’s website at www.strazcenter.org. Events, days, dates, times, performers and prices are subject to change without notice. PAC2015-079 The David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts and its programs are funded in part by the City of Tampa; the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners; the Tourist Development Council/Hillsborough County; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts
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