The company has no programming at Paris Theater, and Bally’s Jubilee Theater has tried out a headlining run with Dionne Warwick in April, but it, too, is absent any resident production. Over the past three years, such rock-themed musicals as “Rock of Ages” at Rio (and formerly The Venetian), “Million Dollar Quartet” at Harrah’s and even the long-running “Jersey Boys” at Paris Las Vegas have gone dark after exhausting their ticket demands.Ĭaesars Entertainment certainly has venues available for animation. “Baz,” also an original production - and a great one - closed last year at Palazzo Theater. “Sharp Dressed Man” will attempt to succeed in a Strip ecosystem where other original productions, particularly “Marilyn - A New Musical” at Paris Theater, have faltered. Fans have often told us that we’ve provided the soundtrack to their lives, and this is very much in line with that kind of enthusiastic thinking.” Gibbons, the legendary guitarist and band co-founder who lives in Las Vegas, said in a statement, “We’re excited about this fantastic project and look forward to hearing our music in a new innovative context. ZZ Top is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and is set to tour Europe in June and July, returning to the U.S. A news release from the production says the show “is an outrageous, bawdy musical romp about a Lone Star auto mechanic who becomes a modern-day Robin Hood, stealing hearts - and car parts - with the help of his merry band of beer drinkers and hell raisers.” The comedy-rock musical is to invoke ZZ Top’s greatest hits (among them the title song, “Cheap Sunglasses,” “Gimme All Your Lovin’ ” “La Grange” and “Legs”) in a plot centered on a mechanic who takes on a Robin Hood identity. Stubner’s listed credits include MTV’s “Tomorrowland: Ten Years of Unity, Love Madness and Magic.” Robert Cary and Jonathan Tolins, who wrote script for “Grease Live!” on Fox, are writing the production’s book. Strubner helped develop the “ZZ Top: That Little ol’ Band From Texas” documentary. Caesars Entertainment execs Michael Gruber and Jason Gastwirth are teaming with band manager Carl Stubner and Prem Akkaraju on the project. Band members Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard are the project’s executive producers.
“Sharp Dressed Man” is scheduled for a 2020 opening at a Caesars venue in Las Vegas.Ī ZZ Top-themed musical has reportedly been in development for about three years. The little ol’ band from Texas, ZZ Top, is the motivation behind a new original musical planned by Caesars Entertainment. Well, this is a different sort of rock of ages. The men behind "Sharp Dressed Man," planned for 2020 at a Caesars Entertainment venue in Las Vegas (from left): Dusty Hill, Prem Akkaraju, Frank Beard, Jason Gastwirth, Billy Gibbons, Carl Stubner.
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