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THEATRE
 The
Rat Pack – Live on Long Street
Venue: Newspace Theatre, 44 Long St, Cape Town.
Time: Mon - Fri @ 8:00pm, Sat @ 5:00pm & 8:00pm
Price: R85 - R160
Performances: 3 - 30 Aug 2009
Genre: Cabaret
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The Rat Pack was the epitome of suave,
slick style. Consisting of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Junior
and others, they took the world by storm in the 1960's and now, from 3 to
30 August 2009, glitzy Las Vegas will come to Cape Town when a group of
hip, cool, wisecracking cats swagger onto the NewSpace stage.
The next best thing to the original slick
trio is a South African cast of singers, featuring Patrick Tobin, an
American impersonator from New York City as Ol’ Blue Eyes, and local
talent Matthew Stewardson as Dean and Dantanio Goodman as Sammy.
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Audiences can look forward to an
entertaining evening with these whisky-swigging legends,as they recreate
the era of swing, jazz and rock ’n roll, complete with a white-hot
seven-piece big band. Expect to hear favourites such as Fly me to the
Moon, Mack the Knife, I Only Have Eyes for You and My Way, brought to life
by these dynamic performers who will transport you back to the Vegas of
yesteryear.
The Rat Pack concept originated in the
1950s, anchored around Humphrey Bogart, and by the ’60s the group included
Frank, Dean and Sammy, as well as Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford. They and
their music have become immortal, with the recent remake of the Ocean’s
11,12 and 13 movies as well as artists such as Robbie Williams and Michael
Bublé, helping to repopularise the genre among younger generations.
It’s a gas, it’s swell, it’s The Rat Pack
– Live at the NewSpace for three weeks only. So straighten up and fly
right, and saunter down to Long Street for an evening in the company of
three legends.
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