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Yes, Virginia There Is A Tom Lowe (But Where Is He?)

Who needs a white beard and red suit when this is the line for your lap?

While we had already given the VegasChatter stamp of approval to Vegas! The Show, stalked tracked down its star Tom Lowe for his take on the city, and even made sure the show appealed to the boys, this dude of VC finally sat in on the show himself for the first time over the weekend.

The good news is that this piece of VC also really liked the show. To us, however, the star of the show appeared to be Eric Jordan Young for whom the VTS lights shone brightly on from the opening monologue inside the Neon Boneyard through his Sammy Davis, Jr. tribute. Actually let’s call him "the lead" since the stars of the show are still far and away tap dancing twins Sean and John Scott.

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"Like A Naughty Show But With a Veil of Decency": The Male Response To Vegas! The Show

Tom Lowe: possibly our favorite Vegas discovery of the year

As you may have gathered, we had some (male) friends come to visit from the Motherland last night, and we’re spending the next few days trying to de-Vegas virginize them. Before they came, they asked us which show they should see that would be quintessentially Vegas but fun. Obviously our immediate answer was Vegas! The Show. And so, we found ourselves in the front row for the 9pm performance last night. More on those seats later.

It’s been a little while since we saw it on opening night, but there haven’t been as many changes as we thought there might have been. On the downside, the weird Liberace skit and the crappy creepy magician are still there. On the upside, everything’s tighter and quicker and there’s a new singer – Tezz Yancey – who’s taken over from Eric Jordan Young as one of the lead singers. Which is a great move, because we weren’t the biggest fans of EJY, and the new guy can not only belt out the songs, but he’s also spectacularly easy on the eye.

The star of the show, though, is still the (figurative) giant Tom Lowe who, along with the tap-dancing twins, really makes the show. In fact, his Elvis and Tom Jones segments were the only things that managed to distract our friends’ roving eyes from roving over the showgirls’ derrieres.

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Short of Accosting The Mayor, This Is The Closest You'll Get To The Showgirl Life

Time for another VegasChatter Question! Got a question about Vegas? Send it to us and if we deem it clean enough, we'll post it here on VegasChatter. Now, we'll spit out our own suggestions but we want you to help your fellow Vegas visitors too. So drop your answers in comments below!

Question:*
Hey VegasChatter

Where can I buy my girl a "be a showgirl for the day" package? [*abridged from Twitter]

Answer

You want your ladyfriend to shake it? Good work! Although, we're not actually sure how she'll do it, short of buying a costume at a fancy dress store and throwing herself at Oscar Goodman.

What she can do, though, is immerse herself in the showgirl vibe with a backstage tour of Jubilee!, the last remaining proper showgirl show at Bally's. While you can't just walk off the street and be a guest performer in the show, you can get a backstage tour for the same price as one of those half yard frozen drinks!

Jubilee! has been on the Las Vegas strip for 28 years, it is the last know show of its kind with "Les Folies Bergere" closing at Tropicana last year. The show still runs nightly but is dark on Friday. Tickets run from $52.50 to $112.50, add $10 to that price to take the backstage walking tour.

What's this tour all about you ask? Well, you'll get to see all of the great glitzy costumes that are used throughout the show, some even weigh as much as 35 pounds! You will be able to see all of the props used during the show which includes an exact replica of the Titanic. Along with the costumes and props you will see the makeup stations where the girls get ready and the stage crew in action.

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He Hates XS But Loves Excess: Here's Tom Lowe's Vegas

Another Wednesday, another My Vegas. It’s hard trying to keep tabs on all the happenin’ stuff in Sin City, so we’re calling in expert advice. From now on, every time we bump into a Vegas celeb, we’ll grill them on where they rate and what they like to do (yes, handily, this can also double as a stalker’s guide to Vegas).

You already know we heart Vegas! the Show and you probably have an inkling that we heart its star Tom Lowe just a little bit more. We still think he has the best back story in Vegas, so we took the opportunity to squeeze some more tidbits out of him about his favorite haunts. This is where you’ll find him (although you may need to break the law to do so. And in this case, VegasChatter totally condones lawlessness).

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Cheap Trick Is Gone: Where to Get Your Rocks On (And Off)

As of last Friday, Cheap Trick has sung out their last Sgt Pepper tune at Paris (for now at least). A show that pumped the crowd into a roar each fun filled lyrical night. With that curtain closed we sought out five other shows that provide an infectious atmosphere sure to get your fist heart pumping:

Santa Fe & the Fat City Horns
Where: Lounge at The Palms
When: Every Monday 10:30-Midnight. $7 tickets (VIP $15).
What: Santa Fe is a 30 year Vegas institution (and perhaps too much of a well kept secret) made up of a six-piece horn section, six-piece rhythm section and five lead singers that bring a mix of Funk, Groove, Salsa, Jazz, and originals. Guest performers drop in frequently, most recently Kenny Loggins, and 2010 America's Got Talent winner Michael Grimm sang on their "Let The Healing Begin" CD. Follow their blog for all sightings and news.

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Five Hot Vegas Girls You Should See

Hot girls. Las Vegas is full of them. You spot them at clubs, at pools, walking the Strip with their high heels in hand. Some come in for weekend visits while others star in their very own Strip show. Some are a tee winsy bit surgically enhanced while others are natural (we think?).

We already asked the burning question whether boobies are out of fashion in Vegas. Now we ask who are the hottest unsung Vegas girls? Vegas girls that you can see, meet, greet and admire for yourself. Vegas girls that aren’t huge celebrities but toil for your admiration and respect. The candidate list seems infinite so we unfortunately were not able to screen each and every eligible candidate.

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Tap Dancing Twins, Vegas Ghosts and A British Elvis: Why We're Fans Of Vegas! The Show

Tom Jones/Lowe and some of his harem

We love our readers here at VegasChatter. We love you for reading, for commenting and for suggesting what we should write about. And today we’re loving @metaljohnradio who tweeted us yesterday saying how much he loved Vegas! The Show. Not just because he shares our taste, but also because it reminded us that we never got around to processing our thoughts once we saw the show on one of its many “opening nights” last month.

Thankfully, it had changed a lot since we sat in on the rehearsal in June. It didn’t take three hours, for a start – it’s down to 90 minutes. And some of the dodgy costume choices for the dancers had gone. They now look pretty-sexy, rather than cheap-sexy.

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From Boy Band Stardom to Vegas! The Show: The D-Low(e) on Sin City's Newest Star

Tom Lowe. Only In Vegas.

Here at VegasChatter we are very excited about Thursday. Because it’s nearly the weekend? No. Because ladies drink free at Rock House? Not even. Thursday, ladies and gents, is the official opening of Vegas! The Show. And that means the official unveiling of our new favorite Vegas performer, Tom Lowe.

We first noticed the Lowe when we attended the dress rehearsal for VTS and couldn’t help noticing that as well as being English, he was rather well endowed with the whole singing skillz + charisma package. The proof: six weeks on, we still remember which Vegas characters he took off (Elvis, Frank, Elton and Tom Jones FYI) but the others are something of a blur. When even our friend who hearts Buble but (inexplicably) doesn’t dig Matt Goss (yes we’re still friends – we are nothing if not indulgent) gave him her seal of approval, we knew the Saxe Theater is in possession of something special.

So we decided to stalk investigate him. And having finally got some time with him on Saturday, as well as noting that he possesses the Best Laugh in Vegas and curiously un-English nice white teeth (more on those another time), we realized that with a back story like this, he could only ever end up in Vegas.

It’s a long story, which we shall separate into four acts. If you have ADD, you can follow his life through the marvel that is YouTube.

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Vegas! The Show May Not Be There Yet, But At Least It's Self Aware

Here’s an idea. Why not make Tom Lowe sing all the songs? Reva Rice can join in too - that would fix it

You may remember our surprise a couple of weeks back at the fact that we were pleasantly surprised by Vegas! The Show when we snuck into its dress rehearsal.

We thought there was definitely some talent on display, but we also thought they had a lot to smooth out before opening night – the next night. Las Vegas Weekly, who sat in with us, waxed lyrical on the, um, “organized chaos” here.

We assumed that with the show having to go on etc etc, they’d have smoothed it all out for the opening performance. Indeed, Johnny Kats was at opening night and although he noticed the crew still painting the set, didn’t mention any big problems. So we assumed that David Saxe et al had broken all the legs that needed to be broken and got together a fine show.

Alas, not so, according to a friend of VegasChatter who saw the show in its week. Apparently it’s still running overtime – 90 minutes instead of 75 – and it’s still patchy. So patchy, in fact, that David Saxe gave every single member of the audience a glass of champagne and a free ticket to come back and see the show at a later date, when it’s "ready". Apparently, he’d been doing that since opening night - although we think that may have been an offer limited to the first week only.

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Vegas The (Other) Show Wants to be the Best Lunch in Town

The audience at the Saxe Theater may be a little hotter

Remember the Vegas! The Show confusion with our nearly booking a downtown one instead of the Saxe Theater one which we wanted? Well, we were out on Fremont Street at the weekend and found that other one at the Las Vegas Rocks Café.

According to the advertising, it has a cast of five, but it also features the “Las Vegas Showgirls”. On a TV screen? Or all five of the cast, including some cross-dressing? It’s on at 2.30pm Wednesday through Saturday, and is billing itself as the “best afternoon lunch show in Las Vegas”. Heady claims, people, heady claims.

Apparently the show is:

A story in song featuring music, comedy and a multi-media journey through the history of Las Vegas. It starts from the 1930's, progresses to the present day, and includes a look into the future of Las Vegas in the year 2050.

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Against All the Odds, We Have High Hopes For Vegas! The Show

The set for the opening scene, random showgirl, and random man on set (it was a rehearsal, remember)

We’ve been fairly vocal about our excitement over Vegas! The Show – the new offering at the equally new Saxe Theater. Seeing as it was promising showgirls, a full orchestra and as much Vegas shizzle as you could shake said shizzle at, we were hoping that it would either be very, very good or so bad it was actually brilliant. In fact, if we’re being honest, we were hoping for the latter. They haven’t had long to rehearse, after all, it’s a small theater, plus the fact that we’d always go for Showgirls over Leaving Las Vegas should tell you all you need to know about our “ironic”* taste in films (*actually, scratch the irony excuse - let's be shameless in our love of cheese).

Anyways, as you’ll know, it opened Saturday. It’s now in a soft opening until press night at the end of July, but we snuck into the dress rehearsal on Friday night to see what was in store.

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Vegas! The Show Opens Tomorrow, But Make Sure You Book the Right One

Confusion: not a good state of mind, right? After a few bevvies, the Strip can be a confusing place, and now it might be getting even more confusing with the advent of Vegas! The Show, which finally opens tomorrow.

We’ve been getting all excited about the show for a while now (showgirls! Glitter! Paul Verhoeven fantasies!) although slightly worried about the size of the Saxe Theater for such shenanigans and the fact that its opening date has already been postponed. Twice.

So, as we were perusing Houseseats last night to decide which shows we would see this weekend, when we saw “Vegas the Show” we got all excited. Tickets to the opening night! Break out the feather boa!

But when we clicked to get our tickets, it flagged up this little warning:

PLEASE NOTE: there are 2 shows here in Las Vegas bearing the name “Vegas The Show”. Please be sure to read the information regarding the venue of this show.”

Oh. Sure enough, it was the one on Fremont Street. Bugger.

Anyway, the moral of the tale is: check which one you’re booking for, because we don’t think the Fremont Street one has as many feathers ‘n’ that. Plus the storyline runs into the future up to 2050, and that sounds a bit crap.

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