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| Yes I Can! - The Sammy Davis Jr. Songbook-Will Friedwald's New York Nite Life Lyrics & Lyricists: "Yes I Can! - The Sammy Davis Jr. Songbook" 92nd Street Y (92Y) 1395 Lexington Avenue, (212) 415-5500 Saturday through Monday (February 23-25) Just in time to dovetail with the new American Masters documentary, Sammy Davis, Jr.: I Gotta Be Me (check your local PBS listing), comes what promises to be a superlative celebration of one of the all-time most iconic American entertainers, the diminutive dynamo, that "sun-tanned superman, " Sammy Davis, Jr., the world's most remarkable dancer, singer, comedian, actor, Ratpacker, impressionist, civil rights crusader, Nixon-hugger, and persistent autobiographer. Written and curated by Laurence Maslon, who served the same role in the PBS show, this new L&L lineup costars the exuberant dancer Jared Grimes along with a versatile cast of singer-actors in Harriett D. Foy, Max Kumangai, Betsy Wolfe, and the highly-redoubtable, always-welcome Matthew Saldivar. If it's anything like the late Sammy himself, this show should be fast paced and highly exciting, but also full of emotion and extremely moving. write your comments about the article :: © 2019 Jazz News :: home page |