Frank's debut CD, I Thought About You, has received critical praise from critics across the country. The CD features 13 songs by such songwriters as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Leslie Bricusse, Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields and Oscar Hammerstein II. In addition to the title track, the CD includes The Way You Look Tonight, Night and Day, You Go To My Head and All The Things You Are/The Nearness of You as well as Rick Jensen's haunting, In Passing Years. Frank has been interviewed on a number of radio stations and his CD receives extensive airplay across the country. Bill Miller of All Music Guide said, "Frank knows how to use his vocal equipment to full advantage" and Stephen Peithman of Capital Public Radio said, "Frank Dain has a warm intensity to his voice that suits the romantic nature of the songs. I haven't had this one off my CD player for a week. Show Music declared this "is a thoroughly romantic affair, in no small part because of Dain's warmly expressive baritone" and Cabaret Scenes' Jeff Rossen enthused "a beautiful voice infused with lyrical interpretations that tear at the very core of a song's heart." As an actor, Frank has performed in regional theaters across the country with roles in such musicals as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Hysterium), Cabaret (The Emcee), The Fantasticks (The Mute), Godspell (Herb), Gypsy (Tulsa) and Jesus Christ Superstar (King Herod). He has also had roles in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon), Much Ado About Nothing (Claudio) and has appeared in A Streetcar Named Desire, Can-Can and Pippin. In New York, he played Lucky in an Off-Broadway production of Dames At Sea. He has taken part in various readings and recordings of new musicals and songs by new composers. Since the fall of 2003, Frank has been the Editor-in-Chief of Cabaret Scenes, a magazine dedicated to the art of cabaret, now in it’s 12th year of publication. He was recently named "Best Editor-in-Chief" of a Cabaret Publication by the Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists in their just published Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment. Frank is a graphic designer, designing CD packages, postcards, ads, posters, stationery, brochures and web sites. For more information and to view samples of his designs, please visit www.BartArtDesign.com. |
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