The Rat Pack - Live from Las Vegas

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:

Simon Edge - 29 September 2009

The tribute show is a peculiar beast. Unlike even the laziest jukebox musical, there is no invented backstage conflict, no dramatic narrative. Much of it relies on the pretend excitement of punters co-operatively whooping at being told they are in the presence of a megastar – even though they know perfectly well they aren’t.

The Rat Pack - Live From Las Vegas is a facsimile recreation of one of the famously chaotic song-and-horseplay evenings which Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr used to put on at the Sands Hotel in the early Sixties.

A concert of classic numbers like “The Lady Is a Tramp”, “Mr Bojangles”, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”, “That’s Amore” and “Fly Me to the Moon”, with added goofing around and joshing ad-libs, it has already played over 1,000 show...

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Latest User Review

Rosie & Roge - 26 January 2010:

we agree with Elizabeth & Forbes - this show is wonderful and your reviewer is a cynical snob! Like most reviewers he has to get a clever line in such as the easy Ricky Gervais quip! ...

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