Burlesque superstar Dita Von Teese has revived the stage at the Jubilee Theater at Horseshoe Las Vegas in Nevada by paying homage to the long-running, classic Las Vegas showgirl revue, “Jubilee!,” while adding her own brand of sophisticated humor, glamour and the seductive art of the strip tease.
“Dita Las Vegas: A Jubilant Revue” includes lively music, two dozen dancers, costumes and accessories adorned with thousands of Swarovski crystals and thousands of pounds of vintage orange and pink feathers, custom Christian Louboutin shoes, a bejeweled mechanical bull, a glittering birdcage with a water feature and martini glasses large enough for a grown woman to sexily splash around in.
The Los Angeles resident’s first Las Vegas residency, which launched in late October 2023, has been a hit and recently expanded to four evenings a week (Wednesdays-Saturdays), with added dates currently stretching into mid-June.
“I’m excited because I’m up against these massive conglomerate shows here and I’m just a little show,” Von Teese said during a recent phone interview. “OK, it’s really a big show, but compared to everything else here. I’m proud of what we’ve created and word is getting out. It is difficult to compete sometimes with the Cirque du Soleils of the world. It’s also not easy to make a showgirl revue and burlesque revue in this day and age and have people understand what it is until they see it. Once they see it, it’s like ‘Oh, this is totally relevant.’ It’s not just a ‘girlie show.’”
Von Teese is quick to point out, too, that there’s an equal number of men and women included in the program. It features a variety of acts that tip the hat to classic Las Vegas-style stage shows with showgirl dancing and a circus performance, paired with the myriad of original StripScapes with props created by Von Teese and her longtime creative partner Catherine D’Lish over the past 23 years.
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