Many songs are unexpected. In the cities medley, we get "New York, New York" and "Chicago," of course, but also the deservedly unfamiliar "L.A. Is My Lady." But most of the non-standards are welcome, such as the cute "Can I Steal a Little Love?" under love and marriage, and the ironic "Something Stupid" between the expected "You Go To My Head" and "Nice 'n' Easy," in a group of flirtatious ditties.
The pace of this production is comfortable. Patter intersperses the songs — Sinatra was "the one guy in America who could wear a tuxedo the way John Wayne wore chaps" — and information accumulates into an interesting mini-biography. The four women he wedded and 14 movie stars he bedded — from Sophia Loren to Lauren Bacall — are listed with guiltless Photoplay glee. Did you know that at one point Sinatra swam 100 laps a week to build his lung power?
My Way is the kind of revue that should set the standard. It's not just a string of songs, it's also a coherent musical collage, a portrait of a personality as well as of the millions of listeners who appreciated it.
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