IT WAS 7 MINUTES LATE....
THEY GOT THE TITLE RIGHT...... AND EVERYTHING ELSE TOO...
HERE...... RANDOM THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS TO THE NEW SINATRA IMPERSONATION PRODUCTION AT THE.... THEATRE AT PALAZZO...... LAS VEGAS STRIP......
NOT EASY TO FIND THEATRE.....LOTS DID....
IT GOES FIVE NIGHTS A WEEK....32 PIECE ORCHESTRA .....15 STRINGS...CONDUCTOR VINNIE FALCONE......SINATRA'S CONDUCTOR ! ! ! HELL OF A LINEUP !
ORIGINAL ACCURATE ORCHESTRATIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS.
LONG TIME SINATRA IMPERSONATOR BOB ANDERSON AT THE MICROPHONE....A TAD RASPY ON THIS NIGHT....I WAS THINKING HE COULD BE A TITCH BETTER ON ANOTHER NIGHT....ALTHO THIS CAME OVER ON A HIGH LEVEL !
ANDERSON WELL MADE UP FOR THIS HAS A 65ISH LOOK FOR HIM...HE HAS BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK.....ONLY PERFORMER TO BE ON THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY CARSON TWICE IN ONE WEEK.....I REMEMBER....THIS PICTURE A STRIKING LOOKALIKE TO THE MAN.
NICE CROWD....THEY DID NOT LOVE IT AS MUCH AS ME....I WAS PREDISPOSED TO LOVE THIS SONGBOOK.....ORCHESTRA.....AND ARRANGEMENTS AND I DID....SO PRECIOUS TO GO TO A SHOW AND NOT HERE ANY NEW STUFF AND KNOW EVERY SONG AND EVERY LYRIC AND EVERY ARRANGEMENT AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT COMES OUT ON THIS PRODUCTION.....COULDN'T WAIT TO GET HOME AND GO OVER MY SINATRA RECORD COLLECTION FOR MEMORIES AND SOUND AND I DID !
NICE THEATRE....DECENT SOUND....TERRIBLE OVER AMPLIFIED OPENING AND OVERALL A TAD LOUD.....MOST (ME IN PARTICULAR) CAME FOR THE LYRICS...THE SOUD AND THE STRINGS.....FRANK LIKED LOTS OF HORNS AND SO DOES ANDERSON.....LOTS OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE HORN SECTION....NOT SO MUCH IN THE STRING SECTION......ALL TALENTED AND TEAM PLAYERS.....THE DRUMMER WHICH YOU CAN ALWAYS LEAVE OUT DID NOT RUIN ANY OF THIS.
REATIVELY LONG MEDLEY AT CLOSING.....NOT CRAZY ABOUT MEDLEYS AND OF COURSE THIS ONE LEFT YOU WANTING MORE......."NEW YORK NEW YORK" AND " MY WAY" AT THE END....LOVELY LOVELY LOVELY STUFF....I THINK NO WHERE EVER AGAIN WILL THE WORLD HAVE AND OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR AND SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.....RECOMMENDED TO THE WORLD. LIKE THE PHANTOM ....SO NICE TO GO TO BED EVERY NIGHT AND KNOW THIS IS 4 MILES DOWN THE BLOCK RIGHT THERE FOR ME !
SINATRA RECORDED OVER 1200 SONGS AND ANDERSON COULD HAVE DONE THEM ALL WITH THIS TEAM !
IT RAN 92 MINUTES !
WITH A 32 PIECE ORCHESTRA.....CONDUCTOR ....STAR AND PRODUCTION TEAM, THE PALAZZO IS CERTAINLY COMMITTED.....I HOPE WE HAVE A LONG RUN HERE....HOPE I LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO GIVE THIS ANOTHER GO...
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91 A-....COULD HAVE GOT 7 MORE BY STARTING ON TIME....INCREDIBLE TO ME THAT 1200 PEOPLE COULD BE ON TIME WITH THE ORCHESTRA BUT NOT ANDERSON !
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