'The Rat Pack' Comes to Town in December

Broadway/L.A. has announced that The Rat Pack - Live At The Sands will make it's Los Angeles premiere at the Wilshire Theatre Beverly Hills for a limited two-week engagement from December 4 - 16, 2007.  Tickets went on sale to the general public this October 28th.

The Rat Pack - Live At The Sands is the hottest and coolest party in town.  After four unprecedented years on London's West End, this acclaimed production vividly recreates a legendary evening at the Sands Hotel with the most famous performers of our time: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dean Martin.  The Rat Pack - Live At The Sands transports the audience to the early 1960's, when Frank and his pals were filming the original version of the casino robbery caper Ocean's Eleven in Las Vegas.  The Sands Hotel was featured prominently in the film which included solo performances by Frank, Sammy, and Dean.  The Rat Pack legend was born when Frank and Dean spontaneously joined Sammy on stage and, to the surprise and delight of the audience, playfully interrupted his act.  Subsequent nights the three of them were on stage together.  There were hi-jinks and horseplay. They crooned, they quipped and they rolled out the gags right along with their on-stage liquor cart.

The production celebrates the incredible talents of these three larger than life entertainers -- legends in their own time.  Equipped with a fifteen-piece on-stage orchestra, the production completes the evening with appearances from the back up singer/dancers, The Burelli Sisters.  Audiences will swing and swoon to the Rat Pack's signature songs: "My Kinda Town"; "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime"; "Fly Me to the Moon"; "Me and My Shadow"; "What Kind of Fool am I"; "Mack the Knife"; "The Lady is a Tramp"; "I've Got You Under My Skin"; "That Old Black Magic"; "That's Life"; "Mr. Bojangles"; "That's Amore"; "Sway"; "Volare"; "My Way"; "New York, New York"; "One For My Baby".  It's an evening of wisecracking, hip-cat nostalgia: a cool mix of sharpies and broads singing some of the finest music ever written.

Director and Choreographer Mitch Sebastian re-creates the magic that was the Rat Pack on stage with vocal and musical arrangements by Matthew Freeman.  Set Design is by Sean Cavanagh with Lighting Design by Mark Wheatley.  Costume Design is by Christopher Woods.

The Rat Pack - Live At The Sands is produced by Paul Walden and Derek Nicol for Rat Pack Touring, Ltd., in association with Paul Woolf.

Performances of The Rat Pack - Live At The Sands will be Tuesday through Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm, and Sunday at 1pm & 6:30pm.

Single Tickets for The Rat Pack - Live At The Sands, which range in price from $25 - $65 will go on sale to the general public this Sunday October 28th, 2007 at 10am and will be available for purchase online at www.BroadwayLA.org, by phone at 213-365-3500 or 714-740-7878.  Currently, the Wilshire Theatre Beverly Hills box office is scheduled to open on November 26th.  For added convenience, tickets will be available for purchase at the Pantages Theatre Box Office (Daily from 10am-5pm).  Preferred seating is available for American Express® Gold Card Events qualifiying Cardmembers by calling 800-NOW-AMEX or visiting americanexpress.com/gce.  Groups of 10 or more may order by calling toll-free to Nederlander Group Sales L.A. at 866-755-3075 or visit www.nedgroups.com.

Visit the official The Rat Pack - Live At The Sands website at www.theratpackliveatthesands.com.

Photos by Judy Totton.

Need more Los Angeles Theatre News in your life?
Sign up for all the news on the Summer season, discounts & more...