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‘SANDY HACKETT’S RAT PACK SHOW’ Moves Into the Riviera Hotel & Casino October 25

‘SANDY HACKETT’S RAT PACK SHOW’
LAUNCHES ITS SHOW AT THE RIVIERA HOTEL & CASINO
ON OCTOBER 25 AT 7 P.M.

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Celebrating Its One Year Anniversary,
The Critically-Acclaimed Production Also Unveils A Brand New Website 

 
Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Showhas inked a new three year deal with the famed Riviera Hotel & Casino at 7 p.m. which debuts Monday, October 25.

As the production gears up for a national tour next year, The Riviera is the perfect spot to catch this award winning original show on its first birthday. The Riviera is rich with Rat Pack history as all its members headlined there over the years. In fact, the hotel was one of the big casinos the Rat Pack “HIT” in the 1960 film “Ocean’s Eleven.”

“Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show” will run six nights a week (Sundays are dark) in the prime 7 p.m. time slot. Ticket prices start at $49.95 (General Admission), $69.95  for Preferred and $89.95  for VIP.

Robert Vannucci, President of the Riviera Hotel & Casino, anticipates the show to be an exciting addition to the Riviera. “Sandy Hackett’s Rack Pack Show transports audiences to a legendary and radiant place in time. The Riviera was a part of that era then, and is thrilled to continue the tradition with this much-anticipated debut.”

Along with the exciting new location and timeslot, the show is launching its new state-of-the-art website, www.SandysRatPack.com, on October 15. The critically-acclaimed production is produced by Sandy Hackett, a powerhouse veteran writer/producer/actor, along with his wife, producer/singer/songwriter Lisa Dawn Miller, daughter of the late legendary Motown songwriter Ron Miller.

“We are very excited to be forming a new alliance with a hotel that believes in and supports our show,” says Lisa Dawn Miller. “We are thrilled to celebrate the show’s first anniversary at The Riviera Hotel & Casino and remain committed to building the foundation of ‘Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show’ in its Vegas home as we prepare to launch a national tour. We look forward to a long run at the Riviera.”

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the original Rat Pack— the production toured for ten weeks at San Francisco’s Marines Memorial Theatre, earning rave reviews and garnered an unbroken string of standing ovations. The show also drew large audiences while performing in Niagara Falls, N.Y., Tucson and Phoenix, AZ and Houston, Texas and will soon perform at Bill Edwards’ Treasure Island Yacht Club in St. Petersburg, Fla.

“Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show” is unsurpassed with the extraordinary talents of Buddy Hackett and Ron Miller weaved throughout the production. This incredibly entertaining production is unparalleled in its originality and the chemistry, relationship and connection of the show’s remarkable cast, David DeCosta (Frank Sinatra), Doug Starks (Sammy Davis, Jr.), Tony Basile (Dean Martin), Lisa Dawn Miller (Frank’s One Love), and Sandy Hackett (Joey Bishop). The show’s stellar creative team is headed up by producers Sandy Hackett and Lisa Dawn Miller, Director, Billy Karl, Technical Director (Sound & Film) Mark Matson and Art Director, Jeanne Quinn. The show’s musical team is incomparable with all new arrangements by Maestro Christopher Hardin, and the extraordinary talents of Music Director/Conductor, Joey Singer.

Tickets can be purchased at the Riviera Box Office by calling (877) 892-7469 or online at www.RivieraHotel.com  or www.SandysRatPack.com.