David Cassidy in the News
The Rat Pack is Back
July 28, 2000
The Las Vegas Sun
The folks at the Sahara entertainment department may have pledged their loyalties to yet-to-appear magician Steve Wyrick, but they've saved some room to allow "The Rat Pack is Back" back into the family.
The David Cassidy/Don Reo-produced tribute show has regained its red-headed stepchild status and will close on Oct. 29 instead of Aug. 13, which was the done-date proposed a couple of weeks ago. Some Strip watchers were surprised to learn about the extension, citing the not-so-kind remarks made by Cassidy, directed at the Sahara, after his show was initially dumped.
Although the "Rat Pack" producers knew that the show would get its walking papers once Wyrick (finally) got his production together, Cassidy still managed to sock the Sahara with a punch or two after the "Rat Pack" dismissal. He publicly complained that the Sahara entertainment execs were directionless in their decision-making and talked about the hotel's "less sophisticated" clientele.
Most of those remarks, however, were littered between praise for the success of the show and the amicable separation from the Sahara. Whatever, that's all bygones now, at least through October. And whether Cassidy pleaded for an extension, as some are speculating, or brought the show back after the hotel got an earful from the public, he's now at least got some time to get his ducks in a row. There are three venues vying for "The Rat Pack is Back" and negotiations are ongoing -- with a little more breathing room this time.
