The show puts an interesting twist on the cliche of a past-his-prime singer becoming a nightclub nostalgia act – typically a sad, pitiable fate for a pop star instead presented as a victory, a return ...

An early death is tragic, but it has been mordantly—or morbidly—observed that it can spur enduring interest in a show-business career. Bobby Darin has been remembered as much for his early demise as ...