The Old Globe Theatre (San Diego, CA)
With sixteen of Broadway's best singers and dancers, this world premiere musical, written by two-time Academy Award and Grammy Award-winner Leslie Bricusse, starts with Sammy Davis Jr.'s days as a child working in vaudeville through his time with Dean and Frank as a member of the Rat Pack. Including both original and hit songs, including "The Candy Man" and "What Kind of Fool Am I", Sammy celebrates one of the greatest entertainers of all time.
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GREAT!!
The young actor/singer/dancer playing Sammy Davis, Jr. was top notch. He was an amazing talent. Unfortunately the Frank Sinatra character paled terribly in comparision.
Very energetic and moving. Loved Sammy and his grandmother.
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The Tony Award-winning Old Globe is one of the country’s leading professional regional theaters and has stood as San Diego’s flagship arts institution for 74 years. Under the direction of Executive Producer Louis G. Spisto, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 15 productions of classic, contemporary and new works on its three Balboa Park stages: the 580-seat Old Globe Theatre, the 227
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Book, Music & Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
Additional Songs by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Directed by Keith Glover
One of the greatest entertainers of all time, Sammy Davis Jr. defined an era. The ultimate triple-threat – singer, actor and dancer, Sammy could do it all. With a cast of sixteen of Broadway’s best singers and dancers, this world premiere musical, written by two-time Academy Award® and Grammy Award®-winner Leslie Bricusse, takes us from Sammy’s days as a child working in vaudeville through his time with Dean and Frank as a member of the Rat Pack. Featuring the unmistakable classics that helped to make Sammy an icon — from hits like “The Candy Man” and “What Kind of Fool Am I” to new songs written just for this musical — Sammy shows us the struggles and triumphs of the man who was adored by millions. SAMMY is a recipient of an “Edgerton Foundation New American Plays” award.
The Tony Award-winning Old Globe is one of the country's leading professional regional theaters and has stood as San Diego's flagship arts institution for 74 years. Under the direction of Executive Producer Louis G. Spisto, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 15 productions of classic, contemporary and new works on its three Balboa Park stages: the 580-seat Old Globe Theatre, the 227-seat Arena Stage at the San Diego Museum of Art's James S. Copley Auditorium (an interim second stage during construction of the new 250-seat Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre) and the 612-seat outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, home of its internationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. More than 250,000 people attend Globe productions annually and participate in the theater's education programs and outreach services. Numerous Broadway-bound premieres and revivals, such as The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, A Catered Affair, and the annual holiday musical, Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!, have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to enjoy highly successful runs in New York and at regional theaters across the country.
The Old Globe
at Copley Auditorium at the San Diego Museum of Art (San Diego, CA)
on November 21 and 22nd