More than 50 years later, it’s still electric to listen to recordings of the Rat Pack performances at The Sands in Las Vegas. It’s hard to imagine we will ever top the energy of that period in our storied history, but The Rat Pack is Back comes darned close. This is a tribute show to set the whole city singing and laughing, a note-perfect replication of a simpler (and much, much less politically correct) time. As Chris Jason (as Frank Sinatra) tells the audience, “This is 1960. We can say whatever we want.” And the audience (at least the one I was in) responded with wild applause and cheers.
Joined by Dean Martin (Drew Anthony), Sammy Davis Jr. (Kyle Diamond) and an on-point band that includes a piano, saxophone, trumpets, drums and bass, Sinatra warms up the crowd with “Fly Me to the Moon,” quickly joined by Martin for an audience singalong of “That’s Amore.” (Warning: This is a small venue, and the performers get up close and personal. Sitting stone-faced and crossing your arms here is not recommended, lest you want to draw the rebuke of Martin, who might suggest you need a drink.)
Meanwhile, as you listen to standards like “That’s Life,” “My Way,” “(Theme From) New York, New York” and “The Lady Is a Tramp,” you’ll swear you’re hearing (and seeing) the genuine article in front of you.
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