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  • I am a fan of both 80's classic rock and high energy shows. So, when my dad was in Vegas last week, one of the two shows we saw was the new Vegas phenomenon: "Rock of Ages" at the Venetian. Thanks to Tix4Tonight we got a major discount. In Rock of Ages Theater, we were seated in row KK. It is kind of the theater equivalent of nose bleed. When I looked at the stage I knew that it was going to have the sex, drugs, and rock & roll theme. It is a stage that resembles the Bourbon Room on Sunset Strip in 1987 at the zenith of the hair bands. The billboards also gave away that this is no high energy show to bring your kids to. One billboard had an advertisement for Jack Daniels that says, "I did what with my sister?" Another is a Budweiser billboard that says, "If beer is 90% water, that water better be awesome." And another is an advertisement with a scrambled egg saying "this is your brain on drugs." The party atmosphere starts off with an employee selling beer up front. Then David Coverdale comes on the screen to invite us to an evening of debauchery. This is the "Rock of Ages" story in a paragraph. The nice guy Drew is an aspiring rocker working in Dennis Dupree's Bourbon Room. From Kansas, Sherrie arrives. She is an aspiring actress. Dennis Dupree gives her a job. Drew and Sherrie fall in love. They go on a date where they spend time up on a hill overlooking Hollywood. Drew is being the nice guy and tells Sherrie that he wants to be friends. Meanwhile a developer Hertz and his son Franz want to bulldoze the Bourbon room for redevelopment. Hollywood City Planner Virginia is against this and explains her feelings through singing "We Built This City on Rock & Roll." Dennis Dupree wants a rocking concert there before it gets bulldozed. He invites the fictitious group Arsenal to perform. Stacee Jaxx is the quintessential bad boy. As good guy Drew is auditioning for the show, things happen between bad boy Stacee and Sherrie. Drew is hurt and bad boy Stacee has Dennis fire Sherrie. Meanwhile Sherrie gets a job in the Venus Strip Club. There is a 7 minute intermission. Good guy Drew and Sherrie meet up again and let their feelings for one another be known. Then a drunken bad boy Stacee shows up for a lap dance. Things happen again between Stacee and Sherrie. Sherrie expresses her feelings through singing "I Hate Myself For Loving You." She ends up punching Stacee and the nice guy Drew comes out the winner. He finds out that he does not need fame, marries Sherrie, and they have a child. Meanwhile Stacee becomes a blast from the past and ends up in Europe. The developers have a change of heart and keep the Bourbon Room. Danny Dupree will die and become a character with wings. Interspersed with the story line are jokes. The main stage set is the Bourbon Room. There is a scene in the Venus Strip Club. There are other scenes using the Bourbon Room set. Two examples are City Hall and a car to represent Drew and Sherrie's date on the Hollywood Hill. "Rock of Ages" is a show that I recommend. The acting is first-rate. The classic rock adds this high energy excitement to the musical. The performers are really into the show. The high energy level is contagious. The audience claps along and sometimes dances to the numbers. There are two interesting facts that I learned about "Rock of Ages." First it breaks the Broadway tradition of the fourth wall. The fourth wall is the imaginary wall at the front of the stage in theater. The performers will occasionally break out of character. The second fact is that the Def Leppard song "Rock of Ages" is not featured in the show itself. Universal music did not grant the license of the song. The Venetian did something very smart. Near the theater, they built The Bourbon Lounge. This allows the party to continue after the show. If I were to see "Rock of Ages" again, I would eat before the show instead of eating Grand Lux Cafe after the show. Hanging out in the Bourbon Lounge would of added to the high energy level. If I weren't a fan of "Rock of Ages" already, the soundtrack's songs below guarantee that I am a fan: Come On Feel The Noise-Quiet Riot Living In Paradise-David Lee Ross Nothing But a Good Time-Poison Sister Christian-Night Rider We Built this City-Starship Too Much Time On My Hands-Styx I Wanna Rock-Twisted Sister We're Not Going To Take It-Twisted Sister More than Words-Extreme Waiting for a Girl Like You-Foreigner Wanted Dead or Alive-Bon Jovi I Want to Know What Love Is-Foreigner Here I Go Again-Whitesnake Harden My Heart-Quarterflash Shadows of the Night-Pat Benatar Anyway You Want It-Journey High Enough-Damn Yankees I Hate Myself for Loving You-Joan Jett Hit Me With Your Best Shot-Pat Benatar Can't Fight This Feeling-REO Speedwagon Every Rose Has Its Thorn-Poison Oh Sherrie-Steve Perry The Search Is Over-Survivor Don't Stop Believin-Journey Yelp 100 Challenge. Review 54.
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