This week, Monday By the Numbers crunches the stats related to the shows in David Saxe Productions. Its signature production, “Vegas! The Show,” celebrates its fifth anniversary this month at Saxe Theater at Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood.
Saxe currently produces six shows at V Theater and Saxe Theater: Recycled Percussion (due to reopen in August at Saxe Theater), “B — A Tribute to The Beatles,” “The Mentalist,” “Zombie Burlesque,” “V — The Ultimate Variety Show” and “Vegas! The Show.”
Let’s roll it:
11,477,023: Number of people who have seen shows at the V and Saxe Theaters since V opened at the Venetian in 2002.
27: Dancers in “Vegas! The Show” needed to cover the performance schedule of two shows per day, seven days per week, 52 weeks per year.
11: Singers in “Vegas! The Show.” (Also needed to cover the full performance schedule.)
33: Musicians in “Vegas! The Show.” (Also needed to cover the full performance schedule.)
3,480: Total performances of “Vegas! The Show.”
600,000: Pieces of taffy thrown to the audience in the “Candy Man” scene since the opening of “Vegas! The Show.”
120,000: Free Jell-O shots delivered to the audience in “Zombie Burlesque” since the show opened two years ago.
7: Band members onstage during “Zombie Burlesque.”
10 to 13: Number of cast members in each performance of “Zombie Burlesque.”
6: Height, in feet, of “Zombie Burlesque” performer Lora Kelsey.
0: Tracks used in any Saxe Productions show.
10: Years since the opening of “B — A Tribute to The Beatles.”
7: Total number of shows and acts in which Tony Felicetta has appeared.
10,000: Total number of performances for “V — The Ultimate Variety Show” since opening on Sept. 12, 2001 (the date pushed back after 9/11).
100: Number of people who called Saxe and told him that he was “crazy” to move into a theater inside the mall at Aladdin.
5: Number of showrooms and theaters in the V Theater complex.
5: Years since the debut of Recycled Percussion’s show at the now-closed Studio 54 at MGM Grand.
2 to 7: Courses per day at Stripper 101.
10: Years since I first saw “The Mentalist” Gerry McCambridge’s show at the since-imploded Stardust.
75: Shows Saxe has produced over his career.
29: Years since he produced his first show, starring his famous sister, “Melinda the First Lady of Magic.”
17: Saxe’s age at the time he produced Melinda’s show.
8: Number of shows Saxe plans to launch in 2015.
4: Number he will likely end up launching.
20: Pitches for shows Saxe receives each day.
5: Hours of sleep Saxe gets each night.
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