Sandy hacketts rat pack review

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  • Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show was a fun evening with lots of belly laughs and honored many of the great names in the world of music.

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    As Sammy Davis Jr. (played by Doug Starks) tells you from the edge of the stage in "Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show," "Being in this business we call show calls for a lot of choices to be made."

    Indeed, being a Las Vegas consumer calls for even a choice between two Rat Pack tributes.

    Staggered show times do make it possible to see both of them back to back (Hackett's Joey Bishop tries to joke off his show's rough 5 p.m. slot at the Sahara). But only a stunt reviewer seeking a direct, head-on comparison would do such a cuckoo thing.

    The main findings of this double-feature? A remarkable amount of repetition. So much that it's perhaps historic, as if two productions of "Jersey Boys" decided to go head to head.

    These two aren't quite that identical. But they are the same by more than half, beyond the basic formula for saluting Frank Sinatra and pallies in their Sands-era prime: short solo segments for each character (with frequent interruptions), buildin

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    About the Show

    They were style with substans, swing with swagger and a non-stop party that everyone wanted a del av helhet of. Experience the timeless charm of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Joey Bishop in Sandy Hackett&#;s Rat Pack Show, the entertaining theatrical production celebrating 50 years of The Rat Pack. Hear exciting new arrangements of classic songs, a few never-before-heard songs written bygd the late, legendary songwriter, Ron Miller, as well as recorded voice-overs made exclusively for the show by legendary comedian, vän Hackett.

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    BWW Reviews: Sandy Hackett's RAT PACK - Vintage Vegas Lives & It's Lots of Fun

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    Even if you never got to see them, it's a good bet that you know the Rat Pack - Sinatra, Davis, Martin and Bishop - well. This is because, in a world where we lionize the mundane and everyone is a star, these guys were truly iconic, emblematic of Las Vegas. Their spirit lives on today in Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show at the Riviera Hotel on the Strip.

    In the show, (from left in photo) David DeCosta is Sinatra, Johnny Edwards plays Dean Martin, Doug Starks is Sammy Davis, Jr., and Sandy Hackett - son of Buddy - is Joey Bishop. It is a warm, loving tribute to these icons and audiences seem to just love it. Also appearing is a woman of mystery, a character called "Frank's One Love," played by Lisa Dawn Miller. She sings a song called Wasn't I A Good Time, written by her father, Ron Miller, a p

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