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Persistence Is Sexxy

Veteran dancer and choreographer Jennifer Romas created Sexxy, the topless revue at the Westgate Las Vegas, almost overnight after meeting the casino resort’s owner, David Siegel, more than three years ago. “He said, ‘So you’re the one who’s been emailing me,” Romas recalls with a laugh.

Romas’ relentless drive to create her own show and make it the best it can be paid off this month when she inked a four-year deal to keep Sexxy dancing at the Westgate. That do-it-yourself desire is also the element that separates the show from other burlesque-style offerings around town.

“Because I’m in the show, not just the producer, it’s different. I’m onstage every night. I don’t give myself a break,” Romas says. “I’ve never done anything less than full-out, and I expect that of my team, and they bring it to the table every day and night.”

From Stage to Screen

Netflix is the new digital home for great comedy and the Fluffy One is all over it. Vegas regular Gabriel Iglesias just signed on for two stand-up specials on the streaming network in addition to a multicamera series called Mr. Iglesias that finds the San Diego-born funnyman playing a public high school teacher working with misfit kids. “When I was a kid, I wanted to be either a stand-up comedian or a teacher, so thanks to Netflix for supporting both of my career aspirations,” he told Variety. We’re not aware of any teacher who ever sold out Madison Square Garden. Catch Iglesias back on the Aces of Comedy series stage May 25-27 at the Terry Fator Theatre at The Mirage.

Quick Hits

• t’s common for super fans to dress like their idols when attending said star’s Las Vegas show. But you might not expect such stylish dedication from Kim Kardashian West, who went all out when taking in Cher’s Park Theater residency this month. With long, straight “Cher hair” and turquoise beads accenting a “Half-Breed”-influenced outfit, Kim sang along to “If I Could Turn Back Time” and tweeted: “I can’t take it @cher is seriously the most amazing beautiful person ever!!!”

• The Celine Dion-Deadpool team up is becoming a viral sensation. Dion’s new song “Ashes”—recorded in Las Vegas at The Studio at the Palms—is part of the Deadpool 2 movie soundtrack, and the hilarious music video features a sassy dance routine by the wise-cracking superhero (played by Ryan Reynolds) that threatens to steal Celine’s spotlight. Don’t worry, she gets back at him in the end, and shows off the humor that Vegas fans adore during her shows at the Colosseum.

• The Westgate is now home to the only female headlining magician in Las Vegas: The Magic of Jen Kramer. A Yale grad, Kramer is renowned for her sleight-of-hand skills and has been featured on Penn & Teller: Fool Us.

• Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man at the Anthony Cools Showroom at Paris Las Vegas is switching up the cast. Reality TV’s Scheana Shay and singer/actor Chester Lockhart wrapped their run recently in the adult-comedy sensation and have been replaced by versatile performers Katie Kenner and Douglas Katch Gray.

Brock Radke is an award-winning entertainment reporter who has been covering the city since 2000, and interviews key movers and shakers on his All The Vegas podcast, available at LasVegasWeekly.com.