Take
25 vintage songs sung by Frank Sinatra, stripped of their original
musical arrangements, add a 14 piece band, a nightclub setting of the
50s, throw in 7 hunky guys who take their shirts off and 7 sexy women
with skirts slit up to here and get them dancing with choreography by
Twyla Tharp and you have "Come Fly Away".

Twyla
Tharp conceived, directed, wrote the book and choreographed the show
and though the book is given short shrift it doesn't make a difference
when 8 shirtless male dancers are out there strutting their stuff or the
women are doing twists and turns that you just know aren't possible!

Each
of the dancers, whether in solos, duets or group numbers get to shine,
and each one does. When you have 7 couples on stage, each pair doing a
different set of steps, you almost forget that Sinatra is singing his
mantra "My Way".  The lead dancers; Mallauri Esquibel, Ron Todorowski,
Stephen Hanna, Ashley Blair Fitzgerald, Amy Ruggiero, Anthony Burrell,
Matthew Stockwell Dibble and Meredith Miles along with the ensemle of
Nathan Madded, Marceea Moreno, Candy Olsen, Julius Anthony Rubio,
Tanairi Sade Vazquez and Michael Wilaims are all strong dancers and the
leads are double cast so each show can have a different line up but all
deliver.

Twyla
Tharp's choreography put the dancers through constantly busy, ever
changing, movements that had audience members yelling a bravo here,
applauding there or gasping at the twists, turns, tumbles, constant
lifts and all standing when the entire cast comes out to dance while
Sinatra sings "New York, New York". The audience, though being
recognized by the dancers, feel as if 14 masters of their art are
dancing for the joy of dancing and light up the theatre with their
smiles and triumph!

The
show’s score takes classic and newly discovered vocal performances from
the Sinatra archives such as "Luck Be A Lady", "Let's Face The Music
And Dance" mixed with "Fly Me To The Moon", "Pick Yourself Up",
"Witchcraft, along with stand out arrangements from the past (Gordon
Jenkins, Nelson Riddle, Neal Hefti, Billy May, Don Costa,  Quincy Jones)
and brand new charts for the 14 piece band by Dave Pierce, who also
adds a surprising "Take Five" to the mix. Along the way four band
members do solos that bring back the joy of the 'big band' era.

THE
BAND  Conductor/Piano : Rob Cookman Reeds: P. J. Perry, Tom Colclough,
Julian Tanaka, Adam Schroeder  Trumpts: Mike Herriott, Jim Keen, Sam
Oatts  Trombones: James Nelson, Mark J. Miller, Neil Nicholson Bass: 
Clifton Kellem  Guitar: Buddy Fambro Drums: Paul Ringenbach.

"Come
Fly Away" runs for 80 minutes, without an intermission, and will be
appearing in Tampa, Naples and Tallahassee, Florida, before continuing
its tour across the States.

Next Show at the Arsht Performing Arts Center is "The Lion King" May 15-June 10