Solomon Kee Visits the Waterbury Arts Magnet School

Actor Solomon Kee, a native of Waterbury, returned to the Waterbury Arts Magnet School (WAMS) today to speak with some of the students who now attend his alma mater. Mr. Kee is a 2007 graduate of WAMS, a member of the very first graduating class of the relatively new downtown magnet school that is located next to the Palace Theater. WAMS students met with the actor in the school’s Apron Stage.

The gifted actor is in Waterbury for a one-man show at Seven Angels Theatre this weekend called Mr. Davis, a Night with Sammy. The students had the chance to ask Mr. Kee questions about his career. They were also treated to a performance. “He sounded just like Sammy Davis, Jr.,” reported Christian “C.J” Janis, an admirer of the Rat Pat. WAMS chorus teacher Marianna Vagnini-Dadamo wrote, “Thrilled to have Solomon Kee back at WAMS, class of 2007. Do not miss his one man show at Seven Angels this weekend and experience the joy and the music of Sammy Davis Jr!”

After he graduated from WAMS, Mr. Kee moved to New York to attend The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Since graduating from this academy, Mr. Kee has traveled nationally working on shows such as HAIRSPRAY, DREAMGIRLS, AIN’T MISBEHAVIN and a number of Rat Pack revues and book musicals. In 2012 Kee developed his own cabaret and stand up routine titled I’M JUST HERE TO MAKE THE WORLD TASTE GOOD. After much success with the show it began to head in a different direction and was revamped into an entire Sammy Davis Jr. Musical Show. Mr. Kee has had the privilege of having Tony Award wining producers see his Sammy in action and they have now taken him under their wing. The show is now in development for a 2015 workshop in New York City.

Seven Angels Theatre is proud to bring this great show featuring the music of Sammy Davis Jr. to Waterbury September 13 &14. Mr. Davis, a Night with Sammy is the new Sammy Davis Jr., Musical Show featuring the talents of Solomon Kee. Audiences will be transported to the Las Vegas Strip and you’re sure to believe you’re sitting at the Sands Hotel singing, swinging and crooning with Sammy. The show highlights classic hits like “Candyman”, “Mr. Bojangles”, “Once in a Lifetime”, and “What Kind of Fool Am I?”

“Solomon Kee is astonishingly like Sammy Davis, Jr. in both song styling and body language”, says Interlakes Theatre producer, Nancy Barry. The show isn’t about imitation. I’m just being Solomon on stage”, says Kee, who plays Sammy. “I sing his songs and add a few Sammy Davisisms here and there. I don’t believe anyone can impersonate him He was one of a kind. I just wanna make the world taste good like he did.”

Show times: Saturday, September 13 at 8 PM and Sunday, September 14 at 2 PM. Tickets are $35 and $30 for season subscribers.

To purchase tickets call 203-757-4676, stop in the box office or their website. Seven Angels Theatre is located on Plank Road in Waterbury, Connecticut. Plenty of free parking. Just off I-84. SevenAngelsTheatre.org.

Pictured: Solomon Kee speaks with students at WAMS Photo by Marianna Vagnini-Dadamo