Exxcite: The Show — Does!

Just opened in late July, Exxcite: The Show is a late-night burlesque-style revue that features six female dancers and a singer. It’s produced and choreographed by Jennifer Romas, well known in Vegas for her topless show Sexxy, which played for years at the Westgate Cabaret, then for a while as Sexxy After Dark at Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club. This new show is staged in the 300-seat Duomo Theater at the Rio.

Exxcite is billed as “slightly indecent journey into sensuality with a rock ’n’ roll vibe.” The dancers are athletic, acrobatic, and noticeably classically trained, but they’re not topless, except for two brief interludes, one seen from the back and the other behind feather fans.

Every number is a costume change: calf-length red-leather boots, thigh-length white-leather boots, full-length black-leather chaps, capes, wands, and more, almost all of them come down to G strings, though the sexiest, to us, are the tight tops with bare midriffs. Meanwhile, most strippers only dream about these moves — on stationary and portable poles, a simulated motorcycle seat, chairs, a baroque throne, and a lip-shaped sofa, plus the always crowd-pleasing two girls in a claw-foot tub.

A highlight of Exxcite is the dancer in a skimpy neon-yellow outfit doing gymnastics on a neon yellow ring suspended from the ceiling.

The singer, Vegas-newcomer Gabie Lopez, doubles as the emcee and is as engaging in several audience-participation segments as she is sexy in her own right, with a set of pipes that will no doubt take her far in the Entertainment Capital.  

The music is definitely a journey through rock ’n’ roll. We didn’t recognize every number, but the ones we did definitely enhanced our enjoyment of the show: “I Get Off” by Haelstorm, “American Woman” (the Lenny Kravitz cover), “This House Is on Fire” by AC/DC, “Tainted Love” the Soft Cell version, “S&M” by Rihanna, “Help Me Get Away from Myself” from Nine Inch Nails, and on and on. And the light show never quits throughout the 75-minute performance.

All the seats have good sightlines, though the closer to the front you get, the more your vision might be blocked by people in front of you. We bought the least expensive tickets and were moved up front, though the more this show catches on, the less likely that will be.

Don’t look for signs to the Duomo Theater; it’s not on a single one. It’s in the back of Masquerade Village as part of the Cupola Café complex. It hosts small shows: the Chi-Lites featuring Marshall Thompson, the Limoncello rock ‘n’ roll band, Cotton Club Revue with a Moms Mabley impersonator, plus Exxcite.

We hope Exxcite makes it; it’s a fine updated version of the classic Crazy Girls to get singles pumped up for the rest of their night out and couples exxcited on their way to bed.

The show plays Sat., Sun., and Mon. at 10 p.m. only; tickets are listed as $61.57 to $137.77, but they’re discounted everywhere. We paid $38.49, plus taxes and fees, for a total of $58.83. And in the small showroom, the cheap seats are as good as any.