From Motley Crue to a different kind of noise: A show from the creators of "Stomp" has been announced as the resident show for the new 1,500-seat theater under construction at the Aladdin.
The news, in the form of an audition notice for "a new production" doesn't make clear if the show is a new concept. It probably will be a new version of "Stomp" with an expanded cast and custom staging, much like the difference between the original off-Broadway Blue Man Group production and the current edition at The Venetian.
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"Percussion and/or dance experience" is required for the auditions Sept. 25-30.
The casting notice is all the "Stomp" co-creators, Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, are willing to divulge at this point, said Dave Kirvin, whose publicity firm, Kirvin-Doak Communications, represents the co-producer, Base Entertainment.
M?tley Cr?e was last year's reported front-runner for the new theater built by Base Entertainment, a company spun off from Clear Channel Entertainment.
Base also is assuming operation of the Aladdin's 7,000-seat concert hall in anticipation of the resort changing its name and theme to Planet Hollywood.
Base produces "Phantom -- The Vegas Spectacular" and the upcoming Gordie Brown show, both at The Venetian.
"Stomp" has been a solid off-Broadway earner since 1994, and first visited Las Vegas in 1996 in the "EFX" theater that now houses Cirque du Soleil's "Ka." It has returned occasionally since then.
The show was created in 1991 by Cresswell and McNicholas when they were British street performers and members of the band Yes/No People.
The show's wordless premise celebrates the sounds of everyday life. Cast members dressed in downscale T-shirts and khakis show their knack for turning anything from trash-can lids to plastic garbage bags into percussion instruments.
