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COME FLY WITH ME: Twyla Tharp Meets Frank Sinatra

BroadwayWorld has news about a new "musical" from Twyla Tharp, which uses songs made famous by Frank Sinatra and incorporates 'original masters of Sinatra's voice':

Rialto Chatter wrote:
Casting notices for Come Fly With Me reveal that the Alliance Theatre cast is expected to make the "swing" to Broadway in Spring 2010. There is no official word of a Rialto production at this time, but the musical is expected to indeed hit the Broadway stage next year. Come Fly With Me is a dance-musical that, according to Alliance, "follows four couples over the course of one night falling in and out of love." Songs included are "Let's Fall In Love," "Witchcraft," "Summer Wind," "Body & Soul," "It's All Right with Me," "Take Five," "That's Life," "Nice ‘n' Easy" and "My Way."


How do you think this will fare against the other new musicals this season? And with a number of potentially strong revivals running too, will the Sinatra songs be a good enough drawcard for what essentially looks like a dance show? Will it be competitive around Tony time? Or is Spring too late for that?

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David
Monsieur D'Arque

It's another dance-ical like Contact or Movin' Out, but with pre-recorded tracks instead of the live band- presumably because Sinatra is "The Voice," and there's gonna be another Broadway show with a Sinatra impersonater in it at that time anyway.

Will it fly? Who knows.
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