Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show Hosts New Years Eve Performances 12/31

Take a trip back to the golden era of Las Vegas this New Year’s Eve with Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show, with two performances only, Saturday, Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora.

Celebrating more than 50 years of the Rat Pack, Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show has been hailed as the next best thing to seeing the Rat Pack themselves. Who can forget the days of highballs, hi-jinks and happy hour with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop and Dean Martin? They were style, substance, swing, swagger and a non-stop party that everyone wanted to be a part of.

Now you too can relive an unforgettable evening of their classic songs, lounge banter and unexpected surprises this New Year’s Eve at the beautiful Paramount Theatre. Tickets to Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show are only $45, and include a champagne toast and party favors. Of course, the 10 p.m. show will include a traditional midnight countdown. For tickets and information, go to ParamountAurora.com, call the Paramount box office, (630) 896-6666, or visit the box office Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and two hours prior to evening performances.

Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show is sponsored by WRMN News-Talk Radio AM 1410.

More about Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show

Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show is a critically acclaimed, hugely entertaining theatrical production which includes exciting new arrangements of the classic songs everyone knows and loves. In addition, audiences will hear original, never-before-heard songs written by the late, legendary, Chicago-born songwriter, Ron Miller (“For Once In My Life”), plus recorded voiceovers made exclusively for this show by Sandy Hackett’s father, the late, legendary comedian, Buddy Hackett.

Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show is currently performing nightly at the Las Vegas Hilton. Receiving standing ovations nightly in Las Vegas and on tour, it is the longest running show of its kind with dozens of national and international appearances, multiple touring casts and has been seen by more than one million people. The show brings back Frank, Sammy, Joey and Dean (in their prime) to modern day along with “Frank's One Love.” The show features a comedic thread throughout, creating moments that will send audiences home with a smile on their face and memories in their hearts. The comedy is fresh and new, allowing audiences to experience the Rat Pack as if they showed up in today’s world. The ad-libbing and improvisation take members of the audience from tears to belly laughs.

Boasting a stellar cast, Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show features performances by Sandy Hackett (Joey Bishop), a powerhouse veteran writer, producer and film and TV actor; his wife, singer/songwriter/ producer and daughter of Ron Miller, Lisa Dawn Miller (Frank’s One Love); David DeCosta (Frank Sinatra, formerly of Chicago, where he had a long-standing gig as Frank at the famed Jilly’s Piano Bar on Rush Street); Dezmond Meeks (Sammy Davis, Jr., appeared on America’s Got Talent); and Tony Basile (Dean Martin). The musical team is led by Maestro Ryan Rose and Conductor/Pianist, Joey Singer.

According to the San Francisco Examiner, “The interpretations by the actors capture the stage essences of the Rat Pack members in a way that is eerily supernatural.” Robin Leach of Luxe Life raved “You’ll swear that the sounds of Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show have conjured up the golden era of Las Vegas.” The Las Vegas Tribune added “People will remember Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show and want to see it again and again!”