Drew Anthony

Las Vegas headliner Drew Anthony is widely regarded as the world’s finest Dean Martin interpreter. His uncanny, “clone-like” physical resemblance and vocal similarity to Dean Martin has left critics and audiences stunned for over a decade.

A natural born entertainer, Drew’s love of music was sparked by his grandmother, Marie Antoinette Rossetti Carrano — “Mema Jean” — who loved to sing and play piano and guitar. Those early days listening to Nat King Cole records and having Italian coffee shaped the artist he would become.

After years of local musical theater, wedding bands, and private shows, Drew moved to New York City and enrolled in New School University, Mannes College of Music Jazz Division. He received his B.F.A. in Jazz Voice Performance and the title: “Manhattan’s Smoothest Crooner.”

Drew studied voice with internationally known jazz recording artist Jackie Paris, Count Basie vocalist Anne Marie Moss, and Munich’s Bavarian State Opera tenor John Kuhn. He performed at iconic venues from the Blue Note to Foxwoods, and sang with the Charles Tolliver Orchestra and celebrated artists including Sheila Jordan and Junior Mance.

After putting together his own band, “The Drew Anthony Orchestra,” and enjoying success in casino lounges from Atlantic City to Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, Drew rolled the dice and moved to Las Vegas in 2006.

Soon after, Drew landed a starring role as Dean Martin in the hit show “The Rat Pack Is Back” — one of Las Vegas’s longest-running and most beloved productions. Over 10 years, he perfected every nuance of Dean’s charm: the effortless cool, the juggling of a cigarette and drink while singing, the playful wit, and that unmistakable voice.

Now, Drew has channeled that decade of experience and his authentic Italian-American heritage into something entirely his own: DEAN LIVES — The Dean Martin Story. He wrote, created, and directs the production, celebrating the joy that only Dean Martin could bring to the masses.

“It is an honor to play Dean Martin. I have great respect for what he was able to do with his life. When you have left this earth and still are making people happy with what you did while you were here, I can’t think of any higher achievement one can accomplish with their life.”