MAGIC MIKE LIVE Las Vegas Celebrates Opening Night With A Star-Studded Performance At Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Friday, April 21

Following the show, the cast and creative team returned to the stage for an encore performance of Fatman Scoop's "Be Faithful," joined by the show's co-director and producer Channing Tatum and wife, Jenna Dewan-Tatum. Tatum then shared a few words with the packed venue, thanking the crowd and friends and family in attendance for joining the cast and creative team for their highly-anticipated opening night performance.

After the performance, guests were invited to partake in a poolside celebration at Hard Rock Hotel's Dish Pool. Guests enjoyed light bites and libations atop plush daybeds positioned  beneath canopied palm trees, as well as special activations presented by LELO – the world's leading pleasure brand – featuring a "touch and play" area, VIP gift bags stuffed with the most desired pleasure objects and more.

Notable names in attendance at opening night included Tatum's wife, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Magic Mike actress Cody Horn, actress Emmanuelle Chriqui, actor Nick Zano, comedian Jillian Bell and ABSINTHE stars The Gazillionaire, Wanda Widdles and Melody Sweets.

The opening night cast featured performers Anton Engel, Brandon Foster, Chelsea Phillips-Reid, David Terry, Jackson Williams, JD Rainey, Jeremy Denzel, Jesse Morales, Kyo Dominick, Liinda Garisto, Luke Broadlick, Lyndsay Hailey, Manwé Sauls-Addison, Ryan Carlson, Ryan Pires and Sebastian Gonzalez. Creative team members in attendance included co-director and choreographer Alison Faulk, associate director and choreographer Teresa Espinosa and choreographer and featured performer, Luke Broadlick, production designer Rachel O'Toole, scenic designers Rob Bissinger and Anita La Scala, composer Jack Rayner, sound designer Nick Kourtides, costume designer Marina Toybina, aerial choreographer Dreya Weber  and pleasure director Lila Darville among others.

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MAGIC MIKE LIVE LAS VEGAS performs Wednesdays through Sundays at 7:30pm and 10:00pm. Ticket prices start at $49 and are available by phone at 800-745-3000, or online at Ticketmaster.com or MagicMikeLiveLasVegas.com. A $45 VIP Meet & Greet add-on is available with any ticket purchase and includes a meet and greet with the cast and a souvenir photo. For groups of 10 or more, please call 866- 633-0195 or email [email protected].

For tickets or more information on MAGIC MIKE LIVE, please visit MagicMikeLiveLasVegas.com.

About MAGIC MIKE LIVE:
MAGIC MIKE LIVE LAS VEGAS is an all-new, first-class entertainment experience based on the hit films Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL. The show recreates the mythic Club Domina as a cabaret nightclub space inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino that has been fully redesigned to capture the magnetism of the Magic Mike franchise.  The state-of-the-art venue is designed with the capabilities to house a show that features thirteen of the hottest and most talented men in the country performing in front of, behind, above and all around the audience.  Conceived by Channing Tatum and co-directed by Tatum and film franchise choreographer Alison Faulk, the show features sexy and daring themed dance and strip routines punctuated by one of a kind acts from a wildly diverse cast of performers.  MAGIC MIKE LIVE LAS VEGAS is a sizzling 360 degree dance and acrobatic strip tease spectacular guaranteed to bring on the heat.

About Hard Rock Hotel & Casino:
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino  is Las Vegas' off-strip playground, just minutes and less than three miles from McCarran International Airport. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino offers an energetic entertainment and gaming experience with the services and amenities associated with a boutique luxury resort hotel. The property is known for its innovative nightlife and music scene where acts such as The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Paul McCartney, Incubus, Foo Fighters, Carlos Santana, Mötley Crüe, Guns N' Roses and KISS have all performed. Features of the property include the newly-remodeled 11-story Casino Tower with 640 rooms and suites, 17-story Paradise Tower with 490 rooms and suites; the 15-story HRH All-Suite Tower with 359 suites, eight spa villas and seven penthouse suites, which has received the AAA Four Diamond Award; 60,000 square feet of casino space featuring Peacock High-Limit gaming and Asian gaming amenities; 110,000 square feet of flexible meeting and convention space, which was named a Smart Meetings 2016 Platinum Choice Award winner; more than $4 million in rare music memorabilia; Reliquary Spa; Kelly Cardenas Salon – a Paul Mitchell® Focus Salon; 4.8 acres of tropical pool paradise, which was voted as the No. 1 "Best Hotel Pool" in the 2015 USA Today 10Best Readers Choice contest; the world-famous pool party REHAB Beach Club; live music/entertainment venues The Joint, Vinyl and Club Domina, the home of Magic Mike Live Las Vegas; restaurants Culinary Dropout, Nobu, Pink Taco, Mr. Lucky's Café, Goose Island Pub, 福Fú Asian Kitchen, Oyster Bar, Pizza Forte, Dunkin' Donuts and coming soon MB Steak; a fitness center; trendsetting retailers John Varvatos, Affliction, Hart & Huntington Tattoo Co., Chill by Hudson, Hootenanny and Bezel. New shops opening soon – Night and Day and Shine. For room availability and additional information call 800.HRD.ROCK (800.473.7625) or visit hardrockhotel.com. Follow Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for the latest news and updates.

About LELO:
LELO is the world's leading pleasure brand, with a reputation for designing the sex toys of the stars. Defined by stripped-down elegance and so satisfying it's obscene, no bedroom is complete until it's seen a little LELO magic. LELO is thrilled to be supporting MAGIC MIKE LIVE, and just like the sexy show itself, with thousands of screaming fans all over the world, every LELO performance is a private one.

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