Sinatra wants dad to tell it HIS WAY, seeks advice from Presleys

According to a recent Reuters press release, Nancy Sinatra is promoting a new 5-million dollar Virtual musical about the legendary career of her father, Frank.

With modern-day technology and a mixture of family home movies, Sinatra's career presented on multiple giant screens at the London Palladium theater where he first appeared in 1950.

A 24-piece live orchestra and troupe of dancers accompanying the giant on-screen Sinatra.

According to the article:

The Sinatra family, keen to avoid the tacky imitators that followed Elvis Presley after his death, took advice from Presley's ex-wife Priscilla on the best way to handle his futuristic retrospective.


"Elvis has been gone for so long. They have had a head start on how to do this, this keeping of the flame and the legacy," Nancy said.


"Poor Elvis. The real Elvis has been virtually abused in a way over the years. We don't want Frank to become a caricature," said Sinatra who starred alongside Presley in the 1968 racing car movie "Speedway."


"We would rather have Frank speak for himself which is what is happening with this show. People will get to know him through his music."


Nancy, 65, believes that her father's London show, which has already taken two million pounds ($3.5 million) in advance bookings, could be copied by others on stage.


Biopics like the Johnny Cash drama "Walk The Line" and the Ray Charles story "Ray" have won Oscars and have also enjoyed box office success.


"I would imagine there will be others who want to do the same thing," she said of the London production, a fully honed version of a commemorative celebration show first unveiled in 2003 at New York's Radio City Music Hall.


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