Bob Mackie design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "32 dancing nudes (red feathered fans)." Costume Details: Topless showgirl wearing red jeweled hairpiece and split skirt, holding two red feather fans. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Bandwagon Finale: Red Hot and Cole Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Bob Mackie design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "8 black boy dancers (bare tops, pants, derbys - Gershwin)." Costume Details: Male dancer wearing black pants with jeweled suspenders, fuchsia bow tie, and black bowler hat. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Bandwagon Finale: Gershwin Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Bob Mackie design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "4 Principal boy dancers (Vienna, ballet look)." Costume Details: Male dancer in blue ballet style costume with sheer ballooned sleeves; decorated with fuchsia trim; matching boots. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Vienna Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Bob Mackie design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "8 black girl dancers (Jeweled, black, split skirts)." Costume Details: Jeweled teal, pink, and black vertical striped showgirl costume with split skirt, matching feather headdress and cuffs. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Gershwin Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
The New York-New York Hotel/Casino opened on January 3, 1997, and is a MGM Resorts International property. It is located on the Tropicana-Las Vegas Boulevard intersection with the MGM Grand Las Vegas, the Excalibur, and Tropicana Las Vegas. The New York-New York was the first casino on the Las Vegas Strip to be a “city themed” resort and had cost $485 million to build. The hotel/casino was modeled after the New York City skyline and includes the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, and Ellis Island Immigrant Receiving Station.
The UNLV University Libraries Collection on Las Vegas, Nevada Show Programs consists of show programs, ticket stubs, fliers, and other ephemera from shows that played in Las Vegas, Nevada between 1950 and 2012. It contains materials about lounge performances, revue shows, Broadway shows, and other entertainment in Las Vegas.
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "2 nudes from e or f." Costume Details: Female topless dancer in black and white striped top hat trimmed with yellow and orange feathers, jeweled bikini bottom, open jeweled vest, and long feathered cuffs. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Minstrel Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "8 girl singers (short tails look)." Handwritten text from drawing: "New costume sketch to come." Costume Details: Female performer wearing a red jacket over a white dress with a pleated skirt. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Minstrel Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "black girl dancer, (pink and green "Elvis #8"). Costume Details: Showgirl in green miniskirt, ankle socks, and neck scarf with a pink and white horizontally striped, long sleeved top and white hair bow. Show Name: Jubilee! Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Elvis Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino