Pal Joey
Frank at 100
July 24 - 26, 2015
Sinatra is at his swaggering best as Joey Evans, a nonchalant singer and womanizer who meets his match in his patroness (Rita Hayworth) in this breezy adaptation of Rodgers & Hart’s top-flight musical.
Sinatra is at his swaggering best as Joey Evans, a nonchalant singer and womanizer about to meet his match in wealthy Vera (Rita Hayworth), whose financing of his club “Chez Joey” comes with strings attached. A chorus girl (Kim Novak) rounds out the love triangle. Freely adapted from the Broadway show in turn derived from John O’Hara’s epistolary novel, Pal Joey boasts a Rodgers & Hart score packed with standards, including “Bewitched,” “My Funny Valentine,” and the immortal “The Lady Is a Tramp.” Despite some of Joey’s rather unsavory opinions, Sinatra’s Golden Globe–winning turn is so infused with his signature insouciant charm, it’s impossible to dislike.
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