In true Las Vegas style, the
musical HATS! has become the most recent inclusion in the Harrah's Las Vegas show menu. The show producers are massaging
the show to make it more suitable for the Las
Vegas audience. HATS! will feature a bigger and better
costume selection, more comedy and an improved choreography. The critically
acclaimed musical will open at Harrah's Las
Vegas on January 24, 2008. HATS! has been an stunning
success among diverse audiences and critics across the country, the musical comedy
features some of Broadway's most notable songwriters, including the Tony
Award-winner Doug Besterman, Tony-nominated lyricist Susan Birkenhead,
Tony-nominated composer-lyrist Carol Hall, Tony-nominated composer and
three-time Academy Award nominee Henry Krieger, Grammy Award-winners Melissa
Manchester and Pam Tillis, Golden Globe-winner Amanda McBroom as well as
Michele Brourman, Pat Bunch, Gretchen Cryer, Anthony Dodge, Beth Falcone, David
Friedman, Kathie Lee Gifford, David Goldsmith, Stephen Lawrence and Sharon
Vaughn.
HATS! debuted
in October 2006 at the Denver Civic Theatre and
it has also been presented at Harrah's New Orleans Casino Hotel and in Chicago at the Royal
George Theatre.
The Chicago Tribune reviewed HATS! as “amusic-and-comedy celebration ... it
will make a lot of people feel empowered. It does so with integrity, craft and
heart." The Denver Post raved, "That's a real audience emitting real
belly laughs and crying real tears. I have never seen an audience so affected
in the course of watching theater." Finally, Variety declared, "This
is a feel-good show that's really about feeling good."
"Harrah's
is the perfect place for HATS! We are thrilled to bring this joyous, hilarious
and provocative new musical to audiences in Las Vegas. Further we are so pleased to be
working with Harrah's, one of the most exciting entertainment companies in the
world." said Sibling's President Mitchell Maxwell.
"Harrah's
is home to some of the best comedy shows in Las Vegas, which makes the hilarious musical
comedy HATS! a natural fit," said Suzanne Trout, Vice President of
Marketing for Harrah's Las Vegas.
"We are excited to bring this acclaimed production to our guests."