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Michael-Demby Cain sings 'Love Me or Leave Me' by Sammy Davis, Jr.'s Whoopee! The performance was part of “Once in a Lifetime: A Sammy Davis, Jr. Centennial Celebration' at 54 Below. Watch the video!
Watch Norm Lewis sing 'I've Gotta Be Me' from Golden Rainbow at 54 Below. The performance took place as Broadway’s brightest stars came together to celebrate Sammy Davis Jr's 100th birthday at the NYC cabaret venue. Watch the video!
54 Below will present a special encore presentation of “Once in a Lifetime: A Sammy Davis, Jr. Centennial Celebration” for Black History Month on Saturday, February 28 at 7:00 PM.
54 Below will present ONCE IN A LIFETIME: A SAMMY DAVIS, JR. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION this Sunday evening. The program will feature an all-star cast performing selections associated with Davis’s career, with music direction by Michael Lavine. The event will be presented live at 54 Below and streamed online.
Leslie Odom Jr., who recently wrapped up his encore run as Aaron Burr in Hamilton, is set to adapt and star in a new film about singer Sammy Davis Jr. and his friendship with Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey.
A swingin’ New Jersey event, Celebrate Sammy & Frank, was presented by independent producer Karen Morris of Sand Castle Communications and The Rack Pack Music Alliance, to honor legendary musical icons, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr.
For over a decade, award-winning performer Aaron Reeder has captivated audiences with Beyond the Lights: Discovering Sammy Davis Jr., a soulful, stylish, and deeply personal homage to one of America's most iconic entertainers. Now, in honor of Sammy Davis Jr.'s centennial, Reeder launches a multinational tour with a special hometown preview on Thursday, May 15 at 8 PM at Sid Gold's Request Room in Washington, D.C.
Monday night at Birdland, singer Natalie Douglas performed a tribute to Sammy Davis, Jr., channeling his charisma, heart, and show-stopping brilliance with every note. See photos here!
A memorable musical event, Sammy By The Sea, presented by producer Karen Morris of Sand Castle Communications, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the multitalented, sensational performer known as Mr. Entertainment, the incomparable Sammy Davis, Jr.!
Sammy Davis Jr. epitomized cool, character, and talent with a legacy that will live throughout the generations. Honoring this iconic legend, Eric Jordan Young presents Once in a Lifetime celebrating Sammy Davis Jr. at the Italian American Club of Southern Nevada on May 27.
A Sammy Davis Jr. biopic is in the works at MGM, based on the memoir 'Sammy Davis Jr.: My Father' by Tracey Davis and Dolores A. Barclay.
Jared Grimes has released the music video for his new song 'Goin Sammy Davis Jr.'! Grimes' credits include: A Soldier's Play[Broadway]; The Wiz[St. Louis, MO (Regional)]; New York Spring Spectacular[Off-Broadway]; After Midnight[Broadway]; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes[New York]; Babes in Arms[Regional (US)].
Jeremy Pope and Janet Mock have teamed up for the upcoming film Scandalous!
Giles Terera will lead the upcoming Sammy Davis, Jr. musical, titled Sammy!
A workshop of Leslie Bricusse's musical SAMMY will be presented by Anthology Theatre Productions and Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment on Thursday 31 October to an invited audience of producers, theatre owners and investors. Olivier Award-winning actor, singer, writer, and director, Clarke Peters will direct recent Olivier Award-winner Giles Terera in the title role in this rousing musical written by Oscar and Grammy Award winning composer, lyricist and playwright Leslie Bricusse.
Lee Daniels Entertainment has teamed up with Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's Playtone to develop miniseries about the life of Sammy Davis Jr., according to Deadline.
Known as "Mr. Entertainment," Sammy Davis, Jr., had the kind of career that was indisputably legendary, vast in scope and scale: song-and-dance man, Rat Pack member alongside Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, Tony-nominated actor…. And yet, his life was complex, complicated and contradictory, as he strove to achieve the American Dream in a time of racial prejudice and shifting political territory.
This February, for Black History Month, American Masters profiles two iconic performers who broke new ground in entertainment as the Civil Rights movement gathered momentum in America: Sammy Davis, Jr., and Charley Pride. American Masters – Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me, the first major film documentary to examine the performer's vast career and journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress during 20th-century America, premieres nationwide Tuesday, February 19 at 9:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings) and is available on DVD the same day through PBS Distribution. The PBS broadcast also features 20 minutes of exclusive bonus performance footage spanning Davis' 50-year career after the documentary. American Masters – Charley Pride: I'm Just Me premieres nationwide Friday, February 22 at 9:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). Both films will be available to stream the day after their respective broadcast premieres viapbs.org/americanmasters and PBS apps.
According to Deadline, the biopic about Sammy Davis, Jr. now has been set up at Paramount Pictures, where producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has his overall deal. The project is on the development fast track, soon to be hiring a writer and a director to make the feature film about the dancer-singer-actor-musician to becoming a reality.
Black Lounge Film Series Kicks Off Black History Month With Screening Of Sammy Davis Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me At The Overtown Performing Arts Center On February 16th, 2018
