Jubilee!
Jubilee! is a long-running Las Vegas Strip-based burlesque show. It opened in August 1981 and was originally produced by Donn Arden.[1] As of 2006, this resident show at Bally's Las Vegas is the longest-running production show in Las Vegas. The Jubilee! showgirls are an icon of old Vegas. The show uses costumes designed by Bob Mackie and Pete Menefee. UNLV Special Collections houses many of the original costume design drawings which can be accessed online through the Showgirls collection from UNLV Digital Collections.[2] Many of the show's sets date back to the original production and include the sinking of the Titanic. Jubilee!'s longest serving principal dancer from the opening night (there are 5 principal girls in total) until her departure 23 years later was Linda Green.
Creators
- Donn Arden - Producer
- Fluff LeCoque - Associate Producer
- Michael Pratt - Assistant Company Manager
- Winston Hemsley - Choreographer
- Rich Rizzo - Choreographer
- Pete Menefee - Designer
- Bob Mackie - Designer
Current Staff
- Damien Costa - Entertainment Director
- Diane Palm - Company Manager
- Suzanne Swanson - Assistant Company Manager
- Open - Technical Director
- Open position - Stage Manager
- Donna London - Wardrobe Manager
- Joel Mann - Music Director
- Carol Beeman - Production Assistant
Technical Information
- Jubilee! features a cast of 85 showgirls and showboys.
- There are 75 stagehands working on the show.
- The feathered headdresses worn by the showgirls can weigh up to 35 pounds.
- This is a topless show for 18 and over but since January 2009, the 7:30 Saturday performance is non topless and those 13-17 can attend when accompanied.
Acts
- Act 1 Showtime! Putting It into the Right Vernacular
- Act 2 Hand Balancing Specialty Act
- Act 3 Samson and Delilah Tonight, a Lesson from Ancient History
- Act 4 Gaucho Specialty Act
- Act 5 Titanic Away We Go on the Mighty "Unsinkable" Ocean Liner
- Act 6 Aerial Specialty Act
- Act 7 The Finale A Tribute to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Notable dancers
- Tiffany Coyne, model[3]
References
- ↑ UNLV Libraries. "Jubilee!". Showgirls. UNLV Libraries Digital Collections. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ↑ UNLV Libraries. "Jubilee!". Showgirls. UNLV Libraries Digital Collections. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ↑ Wright, Becky. "Tiffany Coyne the real deal". Hers. Standard-Examiner. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- Caroline Fontein (2010). "Viva Vegas showgirls". LasVegas. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- Kristine McKenzie (2010). "Girls, Girls Girls". VEGAS. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- Anthony "Hitman" Brown (14 November 2010) (audio/transcript). Moonlighting Vegas Cop Takes It Off Onstage. Interview with Liann Hanson. Weekend Sunday Edition. NPR. http://www.npr.org/2010/11/14/131309162/moonlighting-vegas-cop-takes-it-off-onstage. Retrieved 14 November 2010.