David Cassidy in the News
Rat Pack extended
January 12, 2001
By Norm Clarke
The Las Vegas Review-Journal
The Sahara hasn't made it official yet, but you can take it to the bank: "The Rat Pack is Back!" has been extended until April 1. The six-week extension comes with whispers that the show's operators, David Cassidy and Don Reo, are looking at another location.
Another hot bit of news has Steve Wynn is reportedly settling with Frank Sinatra's family over a trademark infringement suit filed against the Desert Inn before Wynn purchased the Strip property in May.
Sheffield Enterprises, a licensing company owned by Sinatra's children, Tina, Nancy and Frank Jr., filed the suit in September 1999 in federal court. The complaint claimed the resort wrongfully used Sinatra's name, identity and persona in its advertising and marketing material. Compensation was sought from the Desert Inn for profits gained as a result of the advertising campaign.
Co-produced by entertainer Cassidy and TV writer Reo, the show opened in July 1999 in the 300-seat Starlight Lounge. The show, which moved to the Sahara early last year, features performers who impersonate Rat Pack members Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Joey Bishop and Sinatra.
