Thanks for your review. The four of us saw it last month, we have been season ticket holders to the Smith Center Broadway Series since inception. We have also seen every show and every Broadway show to hit Vegas since the 70s. We thought it was too short and could use a few numbers that are more current tho we are in our 60s you might be a bit older ? I told our local friends if you can get two for 100 $$ its ok value until they upgrade the experience. The sound system is perfect !!
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Great singers, fantastic dancers, wonderful show tunes = a great show in
Vegas. This show was conceived and written by the Wynn Casino's own Stephen
Wynn, stringing together a number of great hit musical numbers from
Broadway shows. I expected to see exact recreations of the numbers, but that
isn't what you get. Instead the show takes many of the famous and wonderful
numbers and does them with new (but often reminiscent or somewhat similar)
choreography and costumes, which makes the show a bit more "Vegasy" but no
less wonderful.
The show is greatly enhanced by the excellent 30 or more piece on-stage
orchestra. Live music of this quality is found all too rarely nowadays in
shows, even on Broadway. Also several of the singers are outstanding.
Randal Keith has a wonderful baritone and full range. You might have seen him
on Broadway staring as Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables" or in Vegas in the
Phantom, or as King Arthur at the Wynn in Spamalot, or elsewhere. Kerry
O'Malley is a wonderful soprano, and has had many leading roles on Broadway.
When the two of them sang "Anything you can do" from "Annie Get Your Gun"
it was truly a showstopper. O'Malley is terrific in every song she sings,
and her work in the "Cabaret" section of SHOWSTOPPERS was outstanding.
One of the highlights of the evening for me was "The Game" from "Damn
Yankees" -- this is where the whole baseball team sings about "thinking about
the game" instead of thinking about women. It was very well sung by the
male chorus, and very funny, with singer David Burnham taking the lead and
doing an especially good job of making this outstanding number.
I'm a big fan of Damn Yankees, so I also enjoyed "A Little Brains, A Little
Talent" sung by Nicole Kaplan, though I thought she didn't quite do the
number justice. "Chicago" is another of my all-time favorite musicals (I saw
it on Broadway with Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon -- unbelievably great
show). Lindsay Roginski sings in "Cell Block Tango" in this show, and she
starred as Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway and in the national tour.
SHOWSTOPPERS also includes a terrific "Razzle Dazzle" number that echoes the
Broadway version but with even more Vegas touches. Showstopers also included
"All That Jazz/Hot Honey Rag" from "Chicago."
Other numbers in the show include a wonderfully danced "Put On Your Sunday
Clothes" from Hello Dolly that didn't remind me of the original show at
all, but was great, and "There's No Business Like Show Business", as well as a
surprising and fun "No Name City (Ol' Las Vegas) from "Paint Your Wagon."
Another showstopper was Kerry O'Malley's perfect rendition of "Everything's
Coming Up Roses" from Gypsy. And the end of the show was a terrific "One"
from "A Chorus Line" with the dancers in perfect sync -- it was a perfect
ending to the show.
I don't think you have to be a Broadway/musical buff, as I am, to enjoy the
show. It is tune-filled and so well danced and sung that even if you've
never seen a Broadway show you will enjoy it. But if you do love Broadway
shows, this is really a must. It definitely is totally Broadway in quality,
and not just any Broadway show, the quality here is the best.
Of course the one problem with a show like this is linking all the various
songs together, because they are so diverse. Stephen Wynn tries to solve
the problem with some voiceover introductions to link the pieces, but his
voiceovers are just the only thing I would have cut.
The costumes are also outstanding -- full of life and glitter and glitz and
beauty. The women dancers are also beautiful, and men will enjoy seeing
them gyrate in a couple of numbers (most noticeably in Cabaret). The male
dancers are no slouches either, and looked great to my eyes. There is no
nudity in the show, and I think it is okay for most children (but don't
bring babies!).
I noticed the list of musical numbers in the show was included in the
program on a separate sheet of paper, so I wonder if Steve Wynn plans to change
them around and bring in different numbers over the years. That would be
great. Of course this is the kind of show that is so good I would be happy
to see it again tomorrow just as it is, but seeing more outstanding numbers
in the future would also be fun.
Right now the Wynn is offering a special $75 price for locals. I did that
and had a great seat in the 5th row.
One note of caution for anyone with mobility difficulties -- the theater
has a lot of steps down to the front of the orchestra. If you have
difficulty with steps or need a wheelchair, be sure to mention this when booking
tickets. The view should be good from any seat in the house, so if you have
a problem with stairs, stay towards the back.
-----------a note on the buffet----
Before the show I played a little and scored a comp to the buffet. New
signups apparently get a free one at about 750 points. Since I already had
an account they wouldn't tell me how much I needed to get a buffet, but it
seemed to be about 2000 points. The buffet was still quite good, I hadn't
eaten it for a couple of years. Cost is around $40 if you have to (horror)
pay for it. And the deserts are really yummy.
I don't know how easy it is to get Showstoppers comped, but if you want
to try, I would go midweek, when there are bound to be more empty seats and
last minute comps.
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