For Immediate Release: June 12, 2008 Media: Dana McGuinness, 480.965.1884 Public: ASU Gammage, 480.965.3434
M&I Bank Broadway Across America – Arizona THE RAT PACK LIE AT THE SANDS October 14-18, 2008 Tickets at Ticketmaster, 480.784.4444 asugammage.com Groups:480.965.6678 RING-A DING-DING! THE INTERNATIONAL SMASH HIT COMES TO ARIZONA Tempe, Arizona –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. Tempe’s ASU Gammage will re-live the excitement of those nights with the Rat Pack, back on stage, October 14-18 for eight performances only. Tickets go on sale July 21.
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. On 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.
Director and Choreographer Mitch Sebastian re-creates the magic that was the Rat Pack on stage. Performers Stephen Triffitt (Frank), David Hayes (Sammy) and Nigel Casey (Dean) evoke all the glamour of that notorious nightclub gig when the audience was glittered with the likes of Marilyn Monroe, Gregory Peck, Judy Garland, Tony Curtis, Sam Giancana and Jack Kennedy. It’s an evening of wisecracking, hip-cat nostalgia: a cool mix of sharpies and broads singing some of the finest music ever written.
This sensational production celebrates the incredible talents of these three larger than life entertainers -- legends in their own time. There’s a fifteen-piece on-stage big band, and of course, it wouldn’t be The Rat Pack without some fabulous broads: Meet Anna Carmichael, Lucie Florentine and Andrea Winglelaar as the beautiful 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’...
Tickets are on sale now at ASU Gammage and Ticketmaster. 480.784.4444 or asugammage.com. THE RAT PACK LIVE AT THE SANDS is a season ticket offering of M&I Bank Broadway Across America – Arizona series and is presented by ASU Gammage and Broadway Across America.
About ASU Gammage
Located on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University, ASU Gammage is among the largest university-based presenters of performing arts in the world. ASU Gammage is the home theater of M&I Bank Broadway Across America – Arizona and Beyond series. Its mission is connecting communities by providing artistic excellence and educational outreach to the public. ASU Gammage is an historic hall designed by internationally renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. asugammage.com
About Broadway Across America Broadway Across America presents first-rate touring Broadway shows, family productions and other live theatrical events throughout a network of 42 North American cities. A leader in subscription series programs and group ticketing, Broadway Across America is dedicated to creating memorable and accessible experiences for all guests, selling more than 5 million tickets to more than 3,000 performances each year. As a producer, current and recent Broadway productions include: Hairspray, Chicago, Monty Python's Spamalot and The Producers. It also manages, operates or consults in the operation of eight theaters across North America. For more information or to purchase tickets through an authorized agent, go to BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com.
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