Obituaries
Keely Smith, a pop and jazz singer known for her solo recordings of jazz standards as well as her musical partnership with Louis Prima, has died of apparent heart failure in Palm Springs.
Dec. 18, 2017
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Feb. 7, 2011
Entertainment & Arts
Vintage nightclub artistry ignites palpable frissons around the Geffen Playhouse, where “Louis & Keely: ‘Live’ at the Sahara” has sailed back in triumph.
Jan. 7, 2016
Capturing the volatile chemistry of Prima and Smith was no easy task. Nor was getting it produced.
July 13, 2008
“Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara” is back on its feet after a six-year interruption and is headed for the Geffen Playhouse and Laguna Playhouse this winter in what’s billed as a new production that includes Taylor Hackford as director and Vanessa Claire Stewart as pop singer Keely Smith.
July 21, 2015
Nov. 6, 2009
“Louis & Keely ‘Live’ at the Sahara,” a musical homage to the 1950s Vegas act and stormy marriage of Louis Prima and Keely Smith, opens Wednesday at the Geffen Playhouse.
Jan. 2, 2016
Aug. 25, 2009
Jake Broder and Vanessa Claire Smith nail the Vegas act in the suitably intimate Sacred Fools space.
June 27, 2008