Hanging over the stage is a banner emblazoned Sands: A Place in the Sun, memorialising the Las Vegas hotel whose stage became the Rat Pack’s home from home. Even so, Freeman’s mullet isn’t quite right for the show, causing Frank to comment “still no haircut, I see”. Musical director Matthew Freeman leads a band that's tight but also loosely swinging – especially drummer Matt Skelton. Everyone on stage is relaxed, at ease with what they have to do. What was taking place on stage hypnotically induced a suspension of disbeliefĬool is key. Dean/Mark’s “Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime” and Sammy/Giles’s “Once in a Lifetime” are hot, too, in a cool way. What are the musical highlights? Tons, but the pinnacle is Frank/Stephen’s “Fly Me to the Moon”. Mistletoe is magiced up, so the men can try it on with singing and dancing trio The Burelli Sisters. There's a couple of red noses, along with some holly. The standard Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas show has been refitted with a bunch of seasonal tunes that are hardly surprises: “Jingle Bells”, “Baby it's Cold Outside”, “White Christmas”, all delivered with genuine warmth. Their personalities are writ big, but it's the songs that kill. Watch the other Dean Martin in part of a 1965 Rat Pack live show Sammy is “one of Santa’s little elves” and Dean has to be repeatedly roasted for his drinking. Sure, some of their dialogue is lame-o to the nth degree of corn, but most of it is pretty funny. Sammy joshes Frank, Frank ribs Dean, and Dean makes wig jokes at Frank’s expense. The trio interact with an easy familiarity, even improvising when a mini-me Sammy is spotted in the audience. The Sinatra jolt is followed by another – the realisation that this show has class. Mark Adams’s Dean Martin might look a little bit like Sex and the City’s Big and Giles Terera’s Sammy Davis Jr isn’t quite as svelte and hoofy as the real deal, but it doesn’t matter. The trio improvised when a mini-me Sammy was spotted in the audienceĭuly softened up, the show glides seamlessly onwards, song after song pricking memories, reminding us just how extraordinary this trio was. He doesn’t look exactly like Sinatra, doesn’t sound exactly like Sinatra, but he inhabits the Sinatra persona so comfortably it’s impossible to avoid quickly slipping into thoughts that this is the real thing. He’s been at it for over 10 years and ought to be good, but if you’re a first-timer little prepares you for quite how uncanny this is. * PLEASE NOTE: Masks must be worn by all audience members who have not received the Covid vaccinations. Masks are required for all on the bus.Strolling on to open the show with “Come Fly With Me”, Stephen Triffitt is Frank Sinatra. This tribute to Sammy, Frank, and Dean is sheer entertainment. Lunch is roast turkey with gravy, roadside potatoes, vegetable du jour, caesar salad, dinner roll, and coffee/tea/milk at the Masonic Heritage Center.ĬOVID PROTOCOL at the Ives Auditorium and the Masonic Heritage Center:
Christmas with the rat pack plus#
Bring the whole family to enjoy classic tunes from the past such as “Luck be a Lady,” “Fly Me to the Moon” and “New York, New York,” as well as Christmas favorites like “Winter Wonderland” and “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” plus hilarious improv comedy. Relive the days of the Rat Pack with Las Vegas’ most famous entertainers and their live band as they appeared live in the Sands Hotel Copa Room. The Rat Pack is back just in time for the holidays! Step back in time to see Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin perform together once again.
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