The Rat Pack - Live from Las Vegas
From: Monday, 30th January 2012
To: Saturday, 4 February 2012
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Synopsis
The action is set in the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas where, in 1960 during the filming of Ocean's Eleven, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford first performed together on stage for the first time. From then on, they were known as the Rat Pack and Las Vegas was their domain - everywhere else, in Rat Pack vocabulary, was "Dullsville, Ohio".
Our Review:
2 February 2012
They've all been dead since the last century but their legacy lives on. And in the hands of this seemingly endless tour, it looks assured for some time to come.
This tribute to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr started life in 2000 and has been pretty much permanently on the go since then, including several record-breaking runs at West End theatres.
The present incumbents of the roles – Stephen Triffitt, Mark Adams and George Long respectively – first stepped into the shiny shoes together back in 2003, and their longevity gives them a comfortable, relaxed camaraderie on stage.
Adams and Long are perhaps less convincing as facsimiles, but the interplay of the three as they recreate one of those legendary nights at the Sands Hotel in the late 50s or early 60s is palpably warm and funny.
Triffitt, as always, is extraordinary as Sinatra. Not only does he have the voice down, but the look, the mannerisms and the sheer charisma of the man are honed to perfectio...
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