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Cassidy decides 'Rat Pack' is gone
December 15, 2005
Las Vegas Review-Journal
David Cassidy and Don Reo have pulled out of a midtown Manhattan opening of "The Rat Pack Is Back!"
The show, set to open Dec. 19 at The Supper Club, was called off Monday because of issues "on both artistic and managerial levels."
Cassidy and Reo previously co-produced "The Rat Pack Is Back!" at the Desert Inn and Sahara.
Stepping in to fill the void: "Frank, Dean & Sammy Live in Concert," featuring Gary Anthony as Frank Sinatra, Russ Loniello as Dean Martin and Louis Velez as Sammy Davis Jr.
The "Rat Pack" cast learned Saturday that the show, which started previews Nov. 17, was being shelved permanently.
"We were told he could not accommodate the demands being made on him," Michael Civisca, who was playing Sinatra, said of Cassidy in remarks to the New York Post.
The Post's report said the dispute stemmed from Cassidy's decision to sign his cast to Actors Equity contracts.
