Terry Fator says he’s still in talks to return a version of his show to an MGM Resorts International venue. Whither Fator?Īs Vegas productions plow forward to reopening, a veteran headliner is still sorting out his future. The Vegas native and rocking singer/songwriter is developing a documentary about this project, in which he rumbles across the country playing health-care facilities, shut-down music venues, or event the occasional gas station/mini-mart. But we are all in it.” Perez’s rideįranky Perez is on his second “Crossing The Great Divide” motorcycle and music tour of the U.S. British actor Peter Woodward and “Sopranos” cast member Al Sapienza are also cast.Īmong the Newton family, Kat Newton is proud to note, “Lauren was actually the first one cast, then Wayne, and I was the last. Real-life brothers Simon and Doug Phillips play British con men Cal and Terry. The refashioned story has shifted to Las Vegas, with a pair of British con men conjuring a plan to unearth Chaplin’s body. The Chaplin body theft is an adaptation of the 1977 attempt by a couple of, I don’t know, exhumation entrepreneurs, who stole and held Chaplin’s body for ransom in Switzerland. The story is based on entertainment culture lore. It’s opens to the public Friday, running across 18 states. Thursday at Century 16 Suncoast Theaters. The movie’s Las Vegas premieres is 7 p.m. Wayne plays a Vegas superstar named Wayne Newton, and some scenes were filmed last year at Newton’s Las Vegas estate.
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Kathleen is a TV reporter and Lauren is the gum-chomping waitress Janice, best friend of the lead female character. That’s left to a pair of British con men.īut Wayne’s wife, Kathleen and daughter Lauren are both cast in the film. No, the family does not steal Chaplin’s body. “Stealing Chaplin,” a based-in-Las Vegas story of the theft of Charlie Chaplin’s body, is something of a family project for Wayne Newton. “People were wondering what we were doing, putting the producer in the show.
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Somehow Feeney has been reminded of his 10-day run in “Evening At La Cage,” where he played Disco Dolly, in full drag, spending $6 on a dress at Goodwill for the role. Hanging with Bronson and Feeney is itself a history lesson. “We were trying to rebuild the stage, and sifting through the debris came up with a lot of Riviera history.” “I have one, I think of Pat Cooper,” Bronson says, referring to the legendary stand-up. Old video cassettes of “Splash,” and an audio cassette for show introductions. Instead, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority stepped in, buying and later imploding the property for its convention-center expansion.īut during the Versailles renovations, Bronson and producer Dick Feeney unearthed some old-Vegas artifacts. Over the past 21 years, the show has bounced from Desert Inn, Sahara, Greek Isles, Plaza, Rio and finally Tuscany, where it opened in 2015.īetween Rio and Tuscany, “Rat Pack” was bound for Riviera in 2014, investing more than $100,000 in the old Versailles Showroom. The production stands alone as the only ongoing tribute to the Rat Pack. Lon Bronson is back as music director, presiding over a seven-piece band. The production returns with its cast of Chris Jason (Frank Sinatra), Drew Anthony (Dean Martin), Kyle Diamond (Sammy Davis Jr.) and Joelle Righetti (the comic showgirl). Our crowd isn’t traveling to Las Vegas right now, so we’ll see.” “It’s as good as we can hope for,” producer Dick Feeney says. The venue has a real “corporate gig” vibe, in a room modified with black drapes and silver lighting scaffolds for a live stage show “Rat Pack is Back” will now play to between 160-250 in the new room, with groups of up to four at each table. The tribute show has been elevated from the Copa Room on the casino floor to a second-level ballroom at Tuscany, where it can spread out and spread the love in its return Thursday night. But lighting consultant Matt Dillingham with the “quarantine,” quip, which refers to the new and temporary venue for “Rat Pack is Back.” The Kats! Bureau at this writing is the Quarantine Ballroom at Tuscany Suites. From left: Kyle Diamond, Chris Jason and Drew Anthony. From left: Kyle Diamond, Chris Jas …“The Rat Pack Is Back” cast is shown in a promotional photo. “The Rat Pack Is Back” cast is shown in a promotional photo. Vegas staple ‘Rat Pack Is Back’ checks into ballroom at Tuscany