RIALTO CHATTER: Cahn Widow Determined to Bring ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS to Broadway

Michael Riedel reports in the New York Post this morning that make no mistake about it - Robin and the 7 Hoods, which opened at San Deigo's Old Globe Theatre last Friday, July 30, is coming to town, at least if the widow of the show's lyricist has anything to do with it.  Robin and the 7 Hoods, which garnered lukewarm reviews out west, features the music of Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, including the songs "My Kind of Town," "Call Me Irresponsible," "Ain't That a Kick in the Head," "All the Way" and more. Cahn was Frank Sinatra's preferred lyricist and member of the famed "Rat Pack."

Once Cahn passed away in 1993, the catelog fell into the hands of his strong-willed and protective widow Tina, who famously prevented Twyla Tharp from using Sinatra's hit "Come Fly With Me," written by Sammy Cahn, in Broadway's current Come Fly Away.

Despite the underwhelming repsonse to the show thus far, Tina Cahn is determined to bring the show to the Great White Way, telling Riedel: "We don't have a theater yet. But we are coming. You can put that in your column."

To read Riedel's full report in the New York Post, click here.

Robin and the 7 Hoods features a book by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes and songs by four-time Academy Award winners Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen. Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, with musical supervision and vocal and incidental music arrangements by John McDaniel, the Broadway-bound musical comedy runs at the Old Globe Theatre through August 29. The cast of Robin and the 7 Hoods features Will Chase (Little John), Adam Heller (Lieutenant Nottingham), Rick Holmes (P.J. Sullivan), Jeffrey Schecter (Willie Scarlatti), Eric Schneider (Robbo), Amy Spanger (Alana O'Dell) and Kelly Sullivan (Marian Archer) with Timothy J. Alex, Clyde Alves, Graham Bowen, Andrew Cao, Cara Cooper, Paige Faure, Lisa Gajda, Stephanie Gibson, Carissa Lopez, Vasthy Mompoint, Beth Johnson Nicely, Aleks Pevec, Sam Prince, Tally Sessions, Brian Shepard and Anthony Wayne (Ensemble).

For tickets and more information, visit www.theoldglobe.org.