Theater Review: “The Ratpack Undead”

They all came to life and boy can they still sing and entertain!

Those were my feelings as “The Ratpack Undead,” now playing at “Times Scare” (669 8th Avenue) in Times Square with talented “Frank” “Dean” “Sammy” and “Marilyn,” let me go back in time and enjoy them once again.

The performance knocked away some winter blues as the stars now “undead,” performed the old songs with some new words.

The premise that Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.and Marilyn Monroe come back to life among the somewhat ghoulish room artifacts (skeleton and crypts) at Times Scare in Manhattan, led to the new words. Those words and premise are good.

What is great is hearing the “updated” (“What kind of Ghoul I am” an example) music and seeing truly fine incarnations of the stars, imitation being the sincerest form of flattery.

The music is timeless and The Ratpack Undead in some way defies death to prove that again.

Kudos to the cast: Bradley Lassiter (Frank Sinatra), Johnny Blaze Leavitt (Dean Martin), Erick Carter (Sammy Davis Jr.) and Julia Register (Marilyn Monroe).

The show was created by and is produced by Cooper Jordan. I strongly suggest seeing it.

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