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Nov. 6, 2009
Entertainment & Arts
Capturing the volatile chemistry of Prima and Smith was no easy task. Nor was getting it produced.
July 13, 2008
‘Louis & Keely’ is ‘almost 100% falsehoods’ and a ‘hatchet job,’ says
Nov. 7, 2009
Oct. 26, 2009
Aug. 25, 2009
July 8, 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
“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
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