4 Greg Moo ney e Eyes Is pack By Matthew Lopez Directed by Gary Anderson :;,Eerie and absorbing...at once gorgeous and terrifying.: September 7 us October 2, 2011* The vocals of Frank Sinatra shine in new musical at Fisher Theatre. It is tic first night of PassOVer, Time for Q. Sexier. Where? a half-ciestrOr4 63lcse RittlrhChot, VII. 1Te wine? SUM. 1 c matzo: O. 9M.11. square o f hardtack, t k e tou gh soldier's bread. Uncooked collard greens play the rote of the bitter herbs. and the ttiroe unlikelv, participants? all. 3ewi.4): two newly freed slaves and an Confederate soldierfarnily borne all throe are uncomfortably inhabiting it reordered a. Ctermtl, of the just concluded Civil \Jar. It is Simon, the elder of the two Cornier slaves and Q. man of stroll, unswevin3 faith who leads the ceremony. - Come Fly Away features 14 dancers in all and an onstage big band. Suzanne Chessler Contributing Writer S eon after Fisher Theatre audi- ences watch dance interpreta- tions of Frank Sinatra hits in Come Fly Away, the first production of the 2011-12 season, they can gain insights into the personality delivering the songs with the upcoming paper- back edition of Frank: The Voice. Come Fly Away: A New Musical, being staged Sept. 13-25, follows four couples falling in and out of love at a crowded nightclub. Showcasing Twyla Tharp choreography, the troupe moves to actual Sinatra vocals enhanced by a live big band. Selections include "Fly Me to the Moon,""My Way" and "That's Life." Tharp also choreographed Movin' Out, to the music of Billy Joel. James Kaplan's Frank: The Voice (Anchor Books), the paperback ver- sion of last year's well-reviewed hard- cover edition to be released Nov. 1, cov- James Kaplan ers the first half of the entertainer's life. The author promises insight into the later years with a hardcover sequel set to be completed in time for the 100th anniversary of Sinatra's birth in 2015. "I haven't seen the show, but one song that especially delights me every time I hear it is 'Come Fly With Me:" says Kaplan, whose writing goal was to emphasize what he defines as the genius of Sinatra's musical style. Kaplan points out that the "Come Fly With Me" lyrics were written by Sammy Cahn, one of many Jewish associates influencing Sinatra, who performed in Israel, donated large sums to the American Friends of Hebrew University and served on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's board of trustees. Kaplan's interest in Sinatra as a subject was inspired by performer Jerry Lewis. The two worked on the book Dean and Me, a Lewis biography. Besides learning about Sinatra from Lewis, Kaplan gained more information from musicians performing on the MDA Labor Day Telethon with Lewis who recalled firsthand encounters with Sinatra's impressive talents. "I wanted to find a subject who wouldn't just present a story about one thing but about many things, and in Sinatra, there is the story of America in the 20th century:' says Kaplan, who has written essays, reviews and pro- files for many magazines, including the New Yorker and Vanity Fair. "Sinatra's life touched on so many facets of American life from the 1920s almost until the millennium. It wasn't just about the music; it was about movies, politics and literature:' The range of Sinatra's experiences reach from making the film The House I Live In (with the goal of combating anti-Semitism) to showing fascina- tion with the ways of Jewish mobster Bugsy Siegel. Sinatra, raised Catholic, kept and wore a mezuzah given to him by his Jewish babysitter, according to Kaplan, whose research was helped with the American music archives maintained by singer-pianist Michael Feinstein, recently performing and recording a string of Sinatra hits. Manie Sacks, a Jewish executive with Columbia Records, was another important influence in Sinatra's con- siderable achievements, detailed in the book along with the entertainment icon's down times. "Sinatra was very much the manager of his own career:' Kaplan says. "Manie made sure Sinatra was commercially successful while overseeing an impor- tant part of his recordings." L I Come Fly Away runs Sept.13-25 at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit. Performances are 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. $39-$89. (313) 872-1000; broadwayindetroit.com . 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