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COME FLY AWAY is the new Broadway musical that brings together the legendary vocals of FRANK
SINATRA and the creative vision of Tony Award-winner TWYLA THARP (Movin' Out). |
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Creative Team
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Twyla Tharp
Concept, Choreographer and Director
One of the most accomplished and versatile artists working today, Twyla Tharp has created groundbreaking work in ballet, modern dance
and on Broadway, in addition to her successes in film, television and print. Ms. Tharp has choreographed more than 135 dances, five
Hollywood movies and directed and choreographed four Broadway shows. She received one Tony Award, two Emmy Awards, 19 honorary
doctorates, the Vietnam Veterans of America President's Award, the 2004 National Medal of the Arts, the 2008 Jerome Robbins Prize,
and was a 2008 Kennedy Center Honoree. Her many grants include the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship. She is a member
of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In addition to
choreographing for her own company Twyla Tharp Dance, she has created dances for The Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, The
Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance, The Martha Graham Dance Company,
Miami City Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Ms. Tharp's work first appeared on Broadway in 1980 with When We Were Very Young,
followed in 1981 by her collaboration with David Byrne on The Catherine Wheel at the Winter Garden. Her 1985 production of Singin'
in the Rain played at the Gershwin and was followed by an extensive national tour. In 2002, Ms. Tharp's award-winning dance musical
Movin' Out, set to the music and lyrics of Billy Joel, premiered at the Richard Rodgers, where it ran for three years. A national
tour opened in 2004 and also ran for three years. For Movin' Out, Ms. Tharp received the 2003 Tony Award, the 2003 Astaire Award, the
Drama League Award for Sustained Achievement in Musical Theatre and both the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for
Outstanding Choreography. For the London production, Ms. Tharp won the Best Choreography (Musical Theatre) Award of the UK's Critics
Circle National Dance Awards 2006. In 2006, Ms. Tharp worked with Bob Dylan's music and lyrics to create The Times They Are A-Changin',
which played at the Brooks Atkinson. Come Fly Away premiered at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta in 2009 and played at the Marquis
Theatre in 2010. In film, Ms. Tharp has collaborated with director Milos Forman on Hair in 1978, Ragtime in 1980 and
Amadeus in 1984; with Taylor Hackford on White Nights in 1985; and with James Brooks on I'll Do Anything in 1994.
Her television credits include choreographing Sue's Leg for the inaugural episode of PBS' 'Dance in America'; co-producing and directing 'Making Television Dance,'
which won the Chicago International Film Festival Award; and directing 'The Catherine Wheel' for BBC Television. Ms. Tharp co-directed
the television special 'Baryshnikov by Tharp,' which won two Emmy Awards as well as the Directors Guild of America Award
for Outstanding Director Achievement. In 1992, Ms. Tharp wrote her autobiography, Push Comes to Shove. In 2003, she wrote The
Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life and in 2009 The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together,
both published by Simon and Schuster. Today, Ms. Tharp continues to create.
Frank Sinatra
Vocals
is one of the world's most recognizable, admired and influential artists of all time, with a vast catalogue of music that is a
soundtrack for our lives. Long acclaimed as the world's greatest performer of popular music, he is the artist who set the standard
for all others to follow. More than a singer, he was an actor, recording artist, nightclub and concert star, radio and television
personality and, on occasion, producer, director and conductor. A beloved entertainer for six decades, Sinatra earned three Oscars,
three Golden Globes (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award), ten personal Grammys (and a total of 20 for his albums), an Emmy, a
Peabody and the Kennedy Center Honors Award. A generous charitable contributor, he was honored with the prestigious Jean Hersholt
Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In addition, Sinatra was awarded the Presidential
Medal of Honor and the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress' highest civilian award. Besides recording nearly 1,500 songs, he
starred in some 60 motion pictures. Frank Sinatra has been called the most popular entertainer of the 20th century. His
popularity and legions of fans around the world span all ages and demographic groups.
“The sexiest show on Broadway!” "SPECTACULAR and DAZZLING! This is a MAJOR NEW WORK, with a stage full of BRILLIANT performers. TWYLA THARP's ELECTRIFYING celebration of the music of FRANK SINATRA will sweep you up in a complete spell." "An ensemble that EXPLODES with vitality, SEDUCTION coated in FEROCITY, CROWD-PLEASING dances and a PUMPING 18-piece orchestra. TWYLA THARP HAS CREATED A BROADWAY CATEGORY OF HER OWN!" "The dancers are EXTRA-ORDINARILY TALENTED. The dancing is athletic and hard-driving. The orchestra is TERRIFIC. There are moments to really smile about." "EXHILARATING! A DANGEROUSLY GORGEOUS DANCE ADVENTURE!" "SINATRA's voice is accompanied with a WONDERFUL LIVE ORCHESTRA." "ASTONISHING! A lively dance extravaganza! 'Come Fly Away' gives the super-cool song stylings of Frank Sinatra an additional layer of sexiness." "It's hard to imagine a Broadway show delivering a more DAZZLING COMBINATION OF TALENT than 'Come Fly Away!'" "A SWINGIN' AFFAIR with a GORGEOUSLY SEAMLESS NARRATIVE." "FRESH & TRULY DIFFERENT, with resonating TIMELESSNESS and transporting JOY." "100 minutes pleasingly 'Fly Away.' We are duly TICKLED, FASCINATED and STUNNED by what we see." "A DAZZLING, DELICIOUS NEW ADDITION TO BROADWAY. ESCAPSIM AT ITS BEST." – Sarah Kaufman, The Washington Post |
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Photos of Original Atlanta Cast © Greg Mooney.
Photos of Original Broadway Cast © Joan Marcus. |
