Strictly Taboo!
Smith Center - Cabaret Jazz, 361 W Symphony Park Ave Las Vegas, NV 89106, Las Vegas, NV 89106
Michelle Johnson presents her new production of “Strictly Taboo!" The show is "a salacious musical revue about the divas of jazz.” Enjoy the hits of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Bessie Smith, Etta James and more in this fast-paced musical revue featuring the music and fascinating, little known backstories of some of the world’s greatest female jazz artists. Scandals, love stories, triumphs, tragedies, gowns, gloves, feathers …. and all of that fabulous music! Featuring the Strictly Taboo Orchestra, a 17 Piece Big Band under the direction of arranger and conductor Joe Escriba, dancers and more. Starring Michelle Johnson with several special surprise guest vocalists. Go back in time and be swept away!
Despite her moniker as Las Vegas’ “First Lady of Jazz”, Michelle Johnson is much more than a jazz singer. Michelle has shared a stage with or recorded with several artists including Paul McCartney, Gladys Knight, Barbara Streisand, Elton John, Sheena Easton and Slash, appeared on several major television networks, and produced events across the globe for various headliners and Fortune 500 companies. Her love of jazz, both the music and it’s history, have been a constant throughout her versatile musical journey that started during a childhood spent in Cairo, Egypt as the child of diplomats, continued at the ivy halls of Yale University and later the Broadway stage, and has her now living in Las Vegas as a critically acclaimed headliner known for jazz and more.
Join us for non-stop musical thrills in an intimate setting as Michelle Johnson, her special guests, and the Strictly Taboo Orchestra uncover the stories of the great divas of jazz.