What a spectacular show! This hit musical extravaganza featuring Frank, Sammy and Dean takes you back to the glitz and glam of the Las Vegas Sands Hotel, where you can swing the night away. Classics such as ‘The Lady is a Tramp’ and ‘I’ve got you Under my Skin’ are accompanied by a chorus from the wonderful Burrelli sisters. Christmas hits including ‘Baby it’s Cold Outside’ are dotted throughout with a warm sprinkling of audience interaction, making this a spirit soaring festive feast.
Of course its not the real Frank, Sammy and Dean, we should be so lucky; those roles are taken by the utterly convincing Garrett Phillips (Frank Sinatra), Nigel Casey (Dean Martin) and David Hayes (Sammy Davis Jr). Jazzy costumes (look out for the Burrelli sisters), delightful Christmas decorations and Vegas worthy glittering lights set the scene for a glamorous night of fun, swing and jazz. Speaking of which, you don’t need to be a jazz buff to enjoy this show. With the well known hits and Christmas songs you will be toe-tapping all the way home.
The talented musicians were the stronghold of this show. Providing us with bouncy jazz numbers to sing along too, they were truly the highlight of the show. A great show for the young and old, this is a vibrant glitzy treat for all. With the extra Christmas songs it has brought a festive feel to London’s West End.
Reviewed by Lucy March
Photography by Betty Zapata
Christmas with The Rat Pack – Live from Las Vegas
is at the Theatre Royal Haymarket until 6th January 2018
At the start of the 60s, The Rat Pack led by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. were the toast of Las Vegas. With the world’s rich and famous jetting in to see them joke around and sing some of the finest songs ever written, the guys also starred together in a series of glamorous Hollywood films, set fashion trends, rubbed shoulders with the US President, politicians and mobsters… and partied hard as the coolest cats on the planet.
The Rat Pack – Live from Las Vegas recreates that special time.
Prepare to drift back in time to an era of glitzy nights spent on the Vegas strip in the company of three of the world’s most popular entertainers as the Olivier Award-nominated The Rat Pack – Live from Las Vegas returns in triumph to the Theatre Royal, Haymarket – home to its first West End run in 2003 – for a strictly limited season from Wednesday 13 December – Saturday 3 February.
This spectacular production – with a very special Christmas theme until 6 January – celebrates the incredible singing talent of three world-famous entertainers and performers and some of the finest music and song that has ever been recorded. Frank, Sammy and Dean are once again performing in the world-renowned Copa Room at the famous Sands Hotel, supported by the fabulous Burrelli Sisters and The Rat Pack Big Band in a critically acclaimed show that clocked up over 1,000 West End performances on its West End premiere.
Frequently imitated but never bettered, The Rat Pack – Live from Las Vegas features hit after hit, including Pack favourites The Lady is a Tramp, Mr Bojangles, That’s Amore, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, What Kind of Fool Am I?, Volare, My Way, Candyman, Everybody Loves Somebody and many, many more.
Prior to the West End, The Rat Pack – Live from as Vegas will play:
Tuesday 28 November Hull New Theatre Wednesday 29 November Gateshead The Sage Thursday 30 November Halifax Victoria Theatre Saturday 2 December Basingstoke The Anvil Sunday 3 December Brighton Theatre Royal Tuesday 5 December Cambridge Corn Exchange Thursday 7 December Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Friday 8 December Poole The Lighthouse Saturday 9 December Sheffield City Hall
Following the West End season, The Rat Pack – Live from Las Vegas will play:
Monday 5 – Saturday 10 February Glasgow King’s Theatre Monday 12 – Saturday 17 February Liverpool Empire Theatre Monday 19 – Saturday 24 February Manchester Opera House Monday 26 February – Saturday 3 March Edinburgh Playhouse Monday 5 – Saturday 10 March Eastbourne Devonshire Park Theatre Tuesday 13 – Saturday 17 March Sunderland Empire Theatre Monday 19 – Saturday 24 March Cardiff New Theatre Monday 26 – Saturday 31 March Birmingham Alexandra Theatre Monday 23 – Saturday 28 April Blackpool Grand Theatre Monday 30 April – Saturday 5 May Sheffield Lyceum Theatre Monday 7 – Saturday 12 May Darlington Civic Theatre
More dates will be added later
The Rat Pack – Live from Las Vegas the show celebrating more than 15 years of standing ovations, The Rat Pack – Live from Las Vegas, directed and choreographed by Mitch Sebastian, first played the West End in 2003, and it was nominated for an Oliver Award as Best Entertainment in 2004. It has since toured the world and returned several times for further West End seasons.
Cast to be announced.
Produced by Paul Walden & Derek Nicol for Flying Entertainment & TRH Productions.
