Jubilee! is a long-running Las Vegas Strip

Las Vegas Strip

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-based burlesque

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 show. It opened in August 1981 and was originally produced by Donn Arden

Donn Arden

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. As of 2006, this resident show at Bally's Las Vegas

Bally's Las Vegas

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 is the longest-running production show in Las Vegas. The Jubilee! showgirl

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s are an icon of old Vegas. The show uses costumes designed by Bob Mackie

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 and Pete Menefee. Many of the show's sets date back to the original production and include the sinking of the Titanic. Jubilee!'s principal dancer from the opening night until her departure 23 years later was Linda Green; this record is still hailed in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Creators

• Donn Arden
  Donn Arden
  Donn Arden was an American choreographer and producer.- Biography :Born Arlyle Arden Peterson Arden to a railway executive and a housewife, he grew up in St...
  
   - Producer
• Fluff LeCoque - Associate Producer
• Diane Palm - Assistant Company Manager
• Winston Hemsley - Choreographer
• Rich Rizzo - Choreographer
• Pete Menefee - Designer
• Bob Mackie
  Bob Mackie
  Robert Gordon Mackie is an American fashion designer, best known for his costuming for entertainment icons such as Judy Garland, Cher, Diana Ross, Liza Minnelli, Tina Turner, and Mitzi Gaynor...
  
   - Designer

Current Staff

• Carlos Reynoso - Entertainment Director
• Fluff LeCoque - Company Manager
• Diane Palm - Assistant Company Manager
• Jed DeFilippis - Technical Director
• Matt McNally - 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

External links

• Jubilee! at Bally's Las Vegas
  Bally's Las Vegas
  Bally's Las Vegas, formerly the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip. The Las Vegas resort is located within the unincorporated locale of Paradise, Nevada and is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corp.. The hotel features 2,814 extra-sized...