I remember reading about the "Fashionistas" Vegas show when it was first being put together and thinking that it sounded like a novel idea. Besides, porno and Vegas have gone together like peanut butter and jelly over the past couple of decades. But could it really be any good?

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http://eyeonadult.com/modules/xfsection/article.php?articleid=136

...Stagliano's view of stagecraft is muscular and aggressive. Aerialists come down over the head and columns erected on both sides at the back of the audience are used to host action that makes the entire theater at times feel like a stage. The costumes range from slutty to stunning while always being memorable. It turns out that having such a large cast and such extraordinary production values confined to such a tiny room enhances the visceral power of The Fashionistas.

FOR THE FULL COVER STORY: http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/2004/11/04/fashionistas.html

The Fashionistas Goes to Vegas: Stagliano’s Labor of Love

LAS VEGAS — The irony is thick enough to choke on.
     One of the first mainstream pieces written about John Stagliano’s Fashionistas the Show, by Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Mike Weatherford, posited, “Will Las Vegas take the guy seriously when he’s John Stagliano, and he made his millions as a pornographer known as ‘Buttman?”
     Will Las Vegas take seriously a pornographer?!?
     Please. You mean the same Las Vegas that, its allures notwithstanding, is widely viewed as a soulless golden calf, one that was built on greed, gambling, garish, low-to-middle-brow taste and, oh yeah, S-E-X? That Las Vegas? Sin fucking City?
     C’mon, let’s get real here.
     “I think that’s because they look at our business as not doing quality work,” Stagliano shrugged matter-of-factly. “Just trying to capitalize on the fact that we’re willing to show sex, and that there’s not much brains involved in presenting that. They don’t understand the nuances of our business and how difficult it is.”
     Indeed, after seeing the show, Weatherford was singing a different tune. “A pornographer has just embarrassed a lot of people,” he wrote in his review.