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New York Music Examiner Reviews My Sinatra

7/5/2011

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Ray Romano Producer Offers One-man Show

Kevin Johnston, New York Local Music Examiner
July 4, 2011
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What do you do after you've become the Executive Producer of "Men of a Certain Age," starring Ray Romano? Oh, and along the way, you've discovered Luther Vandross, managed Zach Galifinakis, and written hit songs.  What do you do after you've done all that? Why you put on a one-man show about Frank Sinatra, of course.

That is just what Cary Hoffman has done. This accomplished writer, producer, songwriter and manager has mounted a tribute to Frank Sinatra, now playing at the Midtown Theater in New York City, that includes not only Hoffman's remarkable Sinatra-esque vocal stylings, but a running dialogue about his obsession with Sinatra since Hoffman was a boy.

Hoffman talks the audience through his childhood and adolescence, when he spent most of his time longing to be Frank Sinatra.  He practiced incessantly in his room, took some beginning gigs in the Catskills, and ran headlong into rock n' roll music.  Much like the real Frank Sinatra, Hoffman just didn't get it.

As he recalls his ambitions and frustrations, he punctuates the monologue with Sinatra songs, which he sings with near-perfect Sinatra phrasing and vocal tones. He is not a Sinatra impersonator; he's a Sinatra interpreter. The show does not so much recreate his idol.  It's a tribute.

His tribute led to a PBS special, and draws audiences in New York, as well as art centers around the world.

There are times during the show when Hoffman convinces the audience he was more than a little off-center as a child, and his Sinatra obsession begins to seem like a disorder that developed as Hoffman tried to escape the pain of a screaming mother and the deaths of his father and step father.

But slowly Hoffman redeems himself with his account of how he became his own man (leaving out all of his remarkable accomplishments), and his ambitions to be a star seem to come to fruition right there on the stage.  By the end of the show, Hoffman has become fully himself, and he fills the stage not with Sinatra, but with Hoffman.

And the trip through Sinatra's great songs is the icing on the cake.

Continue reading on Examiner.com Ray Romano Producer Offers One-man Show - New York Local Music | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/local-music-in-new-york/ray-romano-producer-offers-one-man-show#ixzz1RFglGzrh

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jsrnyc
6/12/2015 07:43:26 am

We saw My Sinatra at The Cutting Room – and ALL enjoyed Cary's show on Mother's Day Weekend 2015. Cary Hoffman has a tremendous talent -- more than words can express! We went with our mom, who turned 92 that weekend, and, after we got home, just before she went to sleep, she said, "I'll never forget tonight as long as I live! It was such a wonderful show!!! I thank you so much for this!" My nephew, who is 21, and has a high bar for everything, thoroughly enjoyed the show. My sister, who was exhausted beyond all-get-out before we left the house, perked up, LOVED the show, and was so glad we went. Cary Hoffman made us all so very happy!!! We were all floating on air all evening from the high he gave us! As a side note: We thought our table had both the youngest and the oldest people in the audience: 21 and 92. That's pretty broad demographic appeal!!!

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