
Jeffrey and Gregory Sherman, sons of the notable songwriting brothers Robert and Richard Sherman, will be live in person for the San Diego premiere of their documentary “The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story” at La Jolla’s David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre on Oct. 2. The screening is a one-time special event put on by the people behind the Jewish Film Festival, which has its main event in February. “When you have the ability to get the children of two of the most famous songwriters of all time who happen to be Jewish, then you have to take advantage of that,” said Dan Shapiro, director of marketing for the festival. The Academy Award-winning Shermans are best known for their songs “It’s a Small World,” “A Spoonful of Sugar” and The Jungle Book’s “I Want To Be Like You.” Sons of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Robert and Richard Sherman began writing songs together in 1951 on a challenge from their father, “Tin Pan Alley” songwriter Al Sherman. In 1965, the Sherman Brothers won two Academy Awards for “Mary Poppins,” including the Oscar-winning “Chim Chim Cher-ee,” and they went on to write more motion-picture musical song scores than any other songwriting team in film history. Now, the Sherman brothers’ own sons, Jeffrey and Gregory, are working together to tell the story of their fathers, and the two will be available for a question and answer session after the screening. The David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre is located at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center at 4126 Executive Drive. For tickets or information, call (858) 362-1348 or visit www.lfjcc.org/sdjff.








