Feinstein's Features Laura Benanti in LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU, 5/1 & 22

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 continue its all-star Spring 2011 season with the return of Tony Award-winning Broadway star, LAURA BENANTI. Her new show "Let Me Entertain You" will feature songs from her Broadway roles in Gypsy ("Let Me Entertain You"), Nine ("Unusual Way"), Into The Woods ("Children Will Listen") and Swing! ("Skylark" and "Hit Me With A Hot Note"), in addition to classics such as "Alright, Okay, You Win," "They All Laughed" and "If I Were A Bell." "It's a relaxed, fun show," says Laura. "The evening should feel like you are in my living room where I am telling my favorite stories and singing my favorite songs." Both performances are at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).

LAURA BENANTI - who has brought her unique abilities to comedies, dramas and musicals since she took Broadway by storm at the age of 18 - recently starred in the Broadway production of Women On The Nerve Of A Nervous Breakdown for Lincoln Center Theater, where she also starred last year in Sarah Ruhl's In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play, for which she garnered her critical acclaim for her heartbreaking and brave performance. Earlier that season Benanti also demonstrated her "breezy comic flair" in the Public Theater's production of Christopher Durang's Why Torture Is Wrong and The People Who Love Them.

Benanti gave what The New York Times called "the performance of her career" and earned the 2008 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her revelatory portrayal of Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy opposite Patti Lupone and directed by Arthur Laurents. Her other Broadway roles include her Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominated performance of Cinderella in Stephen Sondheim's Into The Woods and her sultry Tony nominated turn in Swing! She also starred opposite Antonio Banderas as his muse in the celebrated revival of Nine. Benanti began her multifaceted career as Maria in The Sound of Music opposite Richard Chamberlain.

Other distinguished theater performances include Perdita in A Winter's Tale at the Williamstown Theater Festival opposite Kate Burton, Anne in A Little Night Music at the LA opera opposite Victor Garber, and Eileen in the City Center Encores! Wonderful Town, opposite Donna Murphy. Benanti was most recently tapped to star in the NBC pilot "Playboy." Other television roles include her heralded portrayal of Billie on FX's controversial comedy "Starved," a recurring role on ABC's one hour dramedy "Eli Stone," and her appearance as Michael Imperioli's wife on ABC's "Life on Mars." Benanti made her leap to the silver screen in 2005 in the film Take The Lead opposite her Nine co-star Antonio Banderas as his love interest and can also be seen in the independent films Falling For Grace and Meskada, which debuted at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY will present LAURA BENANTI on Sunday, May 1 and Sunday, May 22 at 8:30 PM. Both shows have a $40.00 cover with $60.00 premium seats and $75.00 up-front seats available, with an additional $25.00 food and beverage minimum. Jackets are suggested but not required. FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY 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.