James Langton and his New York All-Star Big Band entertained tonight with “75 Years of Sinatramania” at the Levitt Pavilion. Many in the packed crowd danced to music spotlighting the 75th anniversary of Frank Sinatra making his record-breaking appearance at New York’s Paramount Theater. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Many audience members were up and dancing tonight at Westport’s Levitt Pavilion as James Langton and his New York All-Star Big Band entertained with music of Frank Sinatra. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

There was a ful house tonight at the Levitt Pavlion for The Sweet Remains. Its musicians include Westporter Greg Naughton, who told the crowd this was his 10th wedding anniversary and 10th anniversary of the band’s formation. He was later joined onstage by his wife, Tony Award-winner Kelli O’Hara, and his father, actor James Naughton. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

The Sweet Remains entertained at the Levitt Pavilion tonight. Its musicians, each of whom contribute to the writing and three-part harmonies that define the band’s sound, include (l-r) Westporter Greg Naughton, Rich Price, and Brian Chartrand. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

The Levitt Pavilion audience tonight for The Sweet Remains was packed in with not much room to spread out. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

The Old School Revue With Tom Bowes (Tower of Power) and the Saugatuck Horns entertained at the Levitt Pavilion tonight. Their show
featured Old School Revue’s production of “Summer Soul Serenade,“ a unique historical journey through five decades of American popular music. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Westport’s Bob Cooper was on the keyboard tonight as The Old School Revue With Tom Bowes (Tower of Power) and the Saugatuck Horns entertained at the Levitt Pavilion. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

By Susan Granger

With comic book adaptations and animation crowding the multiplexes, “The Big Sick,” a surprisingly witty, sweet-natured romantic comedy is a welcome change.

Based on the real-life courtship between Kumail Nanjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon, it relates how a struggling Pakistani/American comedian (Nanjiani) in Chicago connects with flirtatious grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan), as what they both thought was a one-night stand develops into a real relationship.

Kumail’s devoutly Muslim family expects him to enter into a traditional, arranged marriage with an eligible Pakistani woman. So he avoids telling them about his growing affection for Emily because he knows his parents would disown him if he married a Caucasian.

It’s the classic dilemma of a trying-to-assimilate, second-generation immigrant caught between two worlds, and Kumail’s cross-cultural deception leads to their eventual breakup.