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Regarding a revival of CAROUSEL, Laura Osnes was a stunning Julie Jordan opposite Steven Pasquale's Billy Bigelow in the 2015 Lyric Opera of Chicago production. I imagine she would be a leading contender if it returns to Broadway.

This is a great thread. It's wonderful to see people discussing the classic tunes of the Great American Songbook!I work at the Great American Songbook Foundation, which is based in Carmel, Indiana. Our organization was founded by performer and preservationist Michael Feinstein in 2007. We define the "Great American Songbook" as the music of Broadway and movie musicals, standards, and jazz that were written prior to the mid-1960s. This is the focus of our education and preservation efforts, an...

Maddie Baillio is indeed young, but she is not an inexperienced performer or actress. She was the 2014 winner of the Songbook Academy, a national program for high school vocalists that was founded by Michael Feinstein. Over the past two years Maddie has performed around the country with symphonies and big bands at venues including Carnegie Hall, Birdland, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center. Next month, she'll be singing with the Pasadena Pops under Michael's direction. In addition...

Hello! We're proud to announce the forty young musicians from around the nation who have been accepted for the 2016 Songbook Academy. To view a list, click here.We're also excited to share the good news that, in addition to Michael Feinstein, Janis Siegel, Sylvia McNair, Marc Cherry, and more, Tony nominee

Thanks to everyone who applied for the 2016 Songbook Academy. We were thrilled to receive over 150 applications from 25 of the 48 contiguous states. Our panel of screeners will now begin the task of assessing the applications in order to determine the 40 candidates that will be invited to Carmel, Indiana in July for a week of intensive training and education with Michael Feinstein, Janis Siegel, Sylvia McNair, and other nationally recognized experts. We'll announce the names of these finalist...

Good afternoon!We've just announced that Janis Siegel of The Manhattan Transfer will serve as a mentor for the Songbook Academy this summer. Janis is a nine-time Grammy Award winner and a seventeen-time nominee. She is also a member of Bobby McFerrin's "Voicestra".BroadwayWorld.com: Grammy Winner Janis Siegel to Mentor Young Singers

I saw this production last night in Indianapolis. I tend to avoid non-Equity tours but I loved the NYC production of ONCE, so I invited a friend to join me. We both really enjoyed it. It was quite solid, perhaps the best non-Equity tour I've seen. The actors playing Guy and Girl were certainly not Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti, but they were good enough that it was not distracting. He was a strong actor and she sang quite well. The ensemble was excellent throughout. I would recommend this o...

Good afternoon! We are excited to share the good news that recent Songbook Academy winners Nick Ziobro, Julia Goodwin, Madelyn Baillio, and Lucas DeBard will perform alongside Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Hall one week from today for the latest installment of his "Standard Time with Michael Feinstein" series.

The Great American Songbook Foundation, founded by Grammy-nominated vocalist, Michael Feinstein, announces the opening of the 2016 application process for The Songbook Academy™, a music and performance intensive for high school students! The application is available online until March 25, 2016 at TheSongbook.org.