Review of Striptease Featuring Taya of Rock of Love Bus

Two shows from first-time producers seek a foothold on the Strip through durable genres: topless cabaret and never-out-of-style '60s hits.

But while "Striptease the Show" works hard to live up to the second two words of its title, "Echoes of the '60s" forgets that a show is more than a band.

'Striptease': Classy camp

For years, Vegas topless shows were sold by body parts, not names.

But Holly Madison's "Peepshow" steered the attention to familiar, uh, faces. For at least three months, the Sahara's new "Striptease the Show" counters with its own reality-TV star, Taya Parker, the Penthouse model who won Bret Michaels' affections in the third season of VH1's "Rock of Love."

Parker also hosts "Striptease" because producers Jim and Ann Marie Hayek supply "featured" headliners to topless clubs around the country and decided to see how they would draw in a ticketed show here.

If you are familiar with the work of Aspen Reign (four-time winner of Miss Nude World to you, mister!), Christmas comes early. If not, "Striptease" still boasts a strong infrastructure, thanks to choreographer Enrique Lugo and six "house" dancers (one of them male) who are less cartoonishly implanted than the stars.

The show has its ridiculous moments, as this kind of stuff tends to. But more often you tend to play along with its good humor and respect fresh ideas that steer clear of "You Can Leave Your Hat On" cliches.

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