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DESERT PATROL operates in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands Resort and all of his work in New York. But Zeiger is not one to be overwhelmed; in fact, bringing Rock of Ages and Jersey Boys to Sin City is the culmination of a long-held dream. ���We���ve been on the creators��� radar since the day these shows opened,��� he says. ���We���ve been imploring and begging them to bring their Most important shows here.��� meal of the day: It���s a new day for the Broadway-to-Vegas ���Breakfast at tradition, which has had some bumps over Bouchon, without question, is really the years. One of the bigger success stories: fun and has Phantom of the Opera, which enjoyed a delicious food.��� ���spectacular��� run in its Vegas incarnation at Clown school: Venetian, thanks to Zeiger and business ���I worked for partner Brian E. Becker, Zeiger���s co-CEO at Ringling Bros. BASE Entertainment. and Barnum & Bailey for a short For the two newest additions to their stint. It was a lineup, expect the magic of the Great White long time ago, Way, but with a Sin City twist, of course. At but it was a great Venetian, where Rock of Ages premiered education.��� January 5, the whole center bar has been renamed the Bourbon Room, which is the setting for the musical. ���They play ���80s hair-band music on their video screens,��� Zeiger says. ���You can���t get that in New York!��� As for Million Dollar Quartet, which opened in February, Zeiger is hoping to expose a whole new generation to the soulful tunes of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins. ���The show is about that seminal moment when they met at Sun Studio in Memphis [on December 4, 1956],��� he says. ���It WITH THE OPENING OF TWO HIGH-PROFILE embraces their youthful spirits and rockabilly roots. My BASE ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTIONS, ALL EYES ARE 22-year-old son went kicking and screaming, thinking ON MEGAPRODUCER SCOTT ZEIGER. BY JULIET IZON he was going to see a nostalgia show. But he walked out and said, ���Oh my God, I loved it. Those guys rocked!������ The production, which will have a home at Harrah���s, cott Zeiger is busier than you are. In Las Vegas alone, the superstar even has a stage that complements the vibe of the musical. ���It���s a very clubby, producer���s company, BASE Entertainment, just opened Rock of Ages cool theater,��� Zeiger says, ���an old-school showroom, if you will.��� Even with productions all over the world, Zeiger still sees the wonder in and is about to open Million Dollar Quartet, while simultaneously juggling productions of the critically acclaimed Jersey Boys, as well as the launching a new venture. ���The opening night of every show is like the birth saucier shows Peepshow, with new headliner Coco (Austin, wife of rapper of a new child,��� he says. ���The curtain opens, everyone in the theater is in Ice T), and Absinthe, a cult favorite. And then there are the two theaters he their seats, and you���re watching that stage. It���s pretty exciting.��� V INSIGHT S 52 PHOTOGRAPHY BY LEILA NAVIDI mr. producer VEGASMAGAZINE.COM 052_V_SP_DP_Zeiger_Spring13.indd 52 2/11/13 1:16 PM