Details

Musical love story based on the lives of Danny Kaye and his wife Sylvia Fine. Danny Kaye was an undisciplined comic from Brooklyn with wild talent and Sylvia Fine was an audition pianist with boundless ambition. Their love story forged a partnership of respect and mutual brilliance that was to be the backbone of both their careers as Danny Kaye, an international star and Sylvia Fine, a globally successful songwriter. Danny and Sylvia is the story of how they met and follows their relationship through their courtship, marriage and the strains of success. There are twenty musical numbers plus songs associated with Danny Kaye, like Minnie the Moocher Tchaikovsky and his signature tune Anatole of Pariswritten by Sylvia Fine.

Cast/Performers

Richard Brighttiff (Danny Kaye), Jessica Martin (Sylvia Fine)

Creatives/Company

Book by: Robert McElwaine
Lyrics: Robert McElwaine
Music: Bob Bain
Producer: Gerald Armin (for Fairbank Productions)
Director(s): Kenn Oldfield, Karl Pendlebury (music)
Choreographer: Ken Oldfield