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<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n By Scott Roeben<\/a>, on February 06 2024 <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
We try to avoid feeling atingle, but the announcement of an opening date for \u201cDiscoShow\u201d has us experiencing some serious atingulation.<\/p>\n
\u201cDiscoShow,\u201d from the producers of \u201cAbsinthe\u201d and \u201cAtomic Saloon,\u201d opens July 27, 2024.<\/p>\n
Disco is life, so we can\u2019t wait for the much-anticipated opening of this new show and its adjoining restaurant, Diner Ross.<\/p>\n Seriously, youths, a lot of your best music has a disco vibe. We barely know what a Doja Cat is, but her song, \u201cSay So\u201d has disco written all over it<\/a>. \u201cStupid Love\u201d by Lady Gaga<\/a>? Disco. \u201cDynamite\u201d from BTS<\/a>. Justin Timberlake and SZA\u2019s \u201cThe Other Side,\u201d definitely disco-based<\/a>. \u201cJuice\u201d from Lizzo<\/a>, too. The list goes on and on. The original disco hits are all that, just better. They slap, as you are fond of saying.<\/p>\n The show is in the former Imperial Palace sportsbook space, what is now Linq. It was the Quad for a minute, but they realized Asian gamblers think the number four is bad luck, so that name was scrapped. Long story.<\/p>\n Anyway, the IP\u2019s sportsbook sat untouched for years, until Caesars Entertainment (owner of Linq) and Spiegelworld (the company that produces \u201cDiscoShow\u201d and others) stripped the room down to its naughty bits and rebuilt a new entertainment venue and restaurant from scratch.<\/p>\n Never one to miss a public relations opportunity, producer (he actually prefers the understated title, \u201cImpresario Extraordinaire\u201d) Ross Mollison took the first whack at the old-timey IP sportsbook equipment.<\/p>\n Yes, Ross Mollison is the same inspired weirdo after whom Diner Ross is named. Bonus points for the play on Diana Ross. (It works better if you pronounce it with Mollison\u2019s Australian accent.)<\/p>\n Ross Mollison has a love for wordplay, as evidenced by the menus at his restaurant at Cosmopolitan, Superfrico<\/a>. The menus use Australian rhyming slang. The Penelope Cruz menu is the booze. The Calvin Klein menu is the wine. Frank Skinner is dinner, and so on.<\/p>\n Mollison\u2019s \u201cOPM\u201d show recently closed at Cosmo, but Superfrico is still going strong.<\/p>\n It\u2019s worth noting the chef behind Superfrico, Anna Altieri, is also whipping up the eats at Diner Ross.<\/p>\n But back to \u201cDiscoShow.\u201d<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a blurb from the news release, \u201cThe world of \u2018DiscoShow\u2019 is inspired by the spirit of David Mancuso\u2019s legendary New York City loft parties which began on Valentine\u2019s Day 1970 at his home, later moving to a multi-level space at 99 Prince Street. They were a wild extension of the childhood parties the nuns used to throw at his orphanage, complete with colored balloons, punch and a simple record player. While New York faced its toughest times, and President Ford told the city to \u2018drop dead,\u2019 Mancuso and his friends simply said, \u2018let\u2019s dance.\u2019 The DJ stood at the altar and salvation was found on the dance floor. Disco was born.\u201d<\/p>\n Ross Mollison\u2019s projects always have layers and stories. (The pair of penguins logo seen at Superfrico represent Mollison and his son, for example.) The good news is you don\u2019t have to know what he\u2019s talking about to appreciate his shows and restaurants.<\/p>\n The bar at \u201cDiscoShow\u201d will be called 99 Prince, and will operate from \u201cmidday to dawn.\u201d Meaning you\u2019ll be able to get cocktails there even when the show isn\u2019t happening.<\/p>\n Then there\u2019s the theater and bar space, Glitterloft, \u201cwhere Spiegelworld\u2019s mixologist supremo, Disco Niko Novick has concocted disco-bevs that Steve Rubell would have happily jammed down.\u201d<\/p>\n Trying to translate a news release from Ross Mollison into American English is an adventure all its own.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a relevant part about the show, \u201cPlaying Wednesday to Sunday at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., the 70-minute live show will be unlike any other in the world. Once you make it past Mother\u2019s velvet rope, you\u2019ll be in the room where it\u2019s gonna happen for you; it\u2019ll be you meeting the characters who made \u201970s disco supreme; follow them into their lives, onto the streets and at the club. You can be a bystander and just watch, or you can lose yourself to the music; maybe even find yourself. A soundtrack of \u2018Le Freak,\u2019 \u2018Good Times,\u2019 \u2018We Are Family,\u2019 \u2018Disco Inferno\u2019 and \u2018Everybody Dance\u2019 are just the beginning. The explosion is still heard in the music of today.\u201d<\/p>\n Basically, this isn\u2019t one of those \u201csit-down and watch\u201d-type shows.<\/p>\n We shared some scoop about a casting call for the show<\/a>, and it was fairly evident the show is going to be interactive, with characters mingling with the audience. We also got the vibe the theater (sorry, Glitterloft) won\u2019t have chairs. We plan to attend, anyway.<\/p>\n The show\u2019s casting notice said, \u201cWe\u2019re not just looking for performers; we\u2019re searching for storytellers. Those who can weave tales through a gesture, a stance, a fleeting glance. We are looking for folks who can commit wholeheartedly to the devising process. While prior experience in devising is preferred, a strong aptitude and willingness to dive into this approach is equally valued.\u201d<\/p>\n On the bright side, the things that make Ross Mollison\u2019s shows so peculiar also make them wildly entertaining and unique.<\/p>\n Not all the spaghetti sticks to the wall (\u201cVegas Nocturne\u201d closed at Cosmo after 100 shows), but a lot does. \u201cAbsinthe\u201d changed Las Vegas entertainment forever, and makes serious cheddar.<\/p>\n How successful is \u201cAbsinthe\u201d? Ross Mollison used the profits to buy a town<\/a>. We are not making this up. It\u2019s Nipton, California.<\/p>\n Because we personally love Ross Mollison and his imagination, we are cautiously optimistic about \u201cDiscoShow,\u201d despite the somewhat nebulous description of what it actually is.<\/p>\n \u201cDiscoShow\u201d has \u201cdisco\u201d right in the name.<\/p>\n The drinks and food will be expensive, but excellent. Superfrico slays, and No Pants<\/a> outside the \u201cAbsinthe\u201d tent serves some of the best burgers in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n We\u2019re hoping there\u2019s a spot inside the Glitterloft where people can stand against the wall and watch all the shenanigans without actually taking part. As a local, we aren\u2019t really the target audience for \u201cDiscoShow.\u201d Tourists want to party, loudly, and they want to dance like nobody\u2019s watching. (See also Fremont Street Experience.)<\/p>\n We can totally see visitors dressing up in disco-era clothing and dancing their hearts out to songs where they know all the lyrics. For example, it\u2019s physically impossible to not stand up and dance at the end of the Australian Bee Gees<\/a> show at Excalibur. We tried to stay seated and ruptured our spleen.<\/p>\n The biggest difference between \u201cDiscoShow\u201d and \u201cDavid Mancuso\u2019s legendary New York City loft parties\u201d is going to be the fact Linq is a Pepsi house. If you get our drift.<\/p>\n More details: \u201cDiscoShow\u201d plays Wednesday to Sunday, 7:00 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., tickets start at $99; 99 Prince opens for cocktails starting at noon, Wednesday to Sunday (free entry); Diner Ross serves dinner starting at 5:00 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/disco_ball-845x563.jpg\"\/)
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