The critically acclaimed musical called Hats! by Sibling Theatricals is making a move in January, 2008, to Harrah’s Las Vegas. From the CNN article:

“We are elated to once again present our show in a Harrah’s venue,” said Mitchell Maxwell, President and CEO of Sibling Holdings. “We received fantastic audience response when we opened HATS! at Harrah’s New Orleans in January 2007.”

“Harrah’s Las Vegas is their flagship venue. We’re excited that Harrah’s has partnered with us to present HATS! in Las Vegas. Working together, these two great entertainment companies will ensure that HATS! has a long, healthy run at Harrah’s Las Vegas,” he said.

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HATS! premiered in Denver in October 2006, opened in January 2007, at Harrah’s New Orleans Casino Hotel and premiered in Chicago at the Royal George Theatre on April 29, 2007, to rave reviews. The Chicago Tribune says HATS! is “a music-and-comedy celebration … .It will make a lot of people feel empowered. It does so with integrity, craft and heart.” The Denver Post says “That’s a real audience emitting real belly laughs and crying real tears. I have never seen an audience so affected in the course of watching theater.” Finally, Variety raves “This is a feel-good show that’s really about feeling good.”

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Here’s an interesting article over at The Hawaii Channel about a reader’s experience at Harrah’s Las Vegas over the 600+ room closure incident:

I immediately called my host and asked what the hell was going on. He said I had to move rooms, but he could find me another room in Harrahs (an upgrade!). My host came up to my room to drop off the new keys and explain. My host said that in the last set of room renovations at Harrah’s, the final renovations were never approved by Clark County, and now everyone had to move out of the rooms in question until they could be inspected and approved. My host said that out of the 2,400 rooms at Harrah’s, 600 of them were being closed, and many people were being moved to other hotels.

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