Will "The Producers" in Vegas become THE hot ticket?

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I know David Hasselhoff can sing. I remember him sitting on the Berlin Wall giving some kind of concert way back in '89. I was in my first-grade class and we had just got back from recess. O.K., I'll stop lying now. Let's just say I was old enough to drive by then and leave it at that! But I usually think of Hasselhoff as wearing a pair of red trunks running down the beach to save someone in "Baywatch." I never really watched the talking car show he was on ("Knight Rider"). But Hasselhoff has landed one of the leads in the Las Vegas production of "The Producers" at the Paris Hotel and it seems to already be a hot ticket with the hotel announcing yesterday that its first preview performance was sold out!
Sold_Out__email_version1.jpg"When 'The Producers' opened on Broadway they performed to sold out audiences in New York ," says Michael Weaver, vice-president of marketing for Paris Las Vegas. "We are thrilled the Las Vegas production is following the same pattern."
Well, it IS just one preview perf that has sold out but Weaver has reason to be optimistic. Hasselhoff plays flamboyant director Roger DeBris in the show that tells the story of down-on-his-luck theatrical producer, Max Bialystock (Brad Oscar) and Leo Bloom (Larry Raben), a mousy accountant. Together they hatch the ultimate scam: raise more money than you need for a sure-fire Broadway flop and pocket the difference.
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10046061.jpgThe show has its official opening Feb. 9 If ticket sales slow down, they can always add a scene that has Hasselhoff running across the stage in red trunks. Hmmmmm. That might not work anymore. OK, I got it, they can have Michael Bergin running across the stage in red trunks. I'd buy a ticket to that.
Sheesh. I should be a Broadway producer myself. Just full of ideas.

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Paul Dergarabedian said:

Greg, your blog is both entertaining and insightful. Nice work!

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