Vegas Mounting of Hairspray to Stop Dancing June 11

The 90-minute version of Hairspray has burned out in Sin City. The final performance of the Tony Award-winning musical at Luxor Las Vegas will be June 11.

"We make this decision with regret and disappointment, but with the reality that the show did not find the audience it needed for us to continue," producer Michael Gill said in a statement.

The shortened version of the musical opened at the Luxor on February 15 to mostly positive reviews. Phil Gallo of Variety wrote of the production: "Slightly trimmed and spritzed to elicit a new bounce, Hairspray arrives in Las Vegas with a spirit true to its original production, but with a newfound emphasis on its integration subplot. What was once a giddy tuner about a plump, teen realizing her dream of appearing on a TV dance show in 1962 Baltimore is now a primer in desegregation."

On May 1, Paul Vogt and Eddie Mekka replaced Harvey Fierstein and Dick Latessa as Edna and Wilbur Turnblad, respectively. The show also features original cast members Katrina Rose Dideriksen as Tracy Turnblad, Austin Miller as Link Larkin, Fran Jaye as Motormouth Maybelle, Chandra Lee Schwartz as Penny Pingleton, Terry Lavell as Seaweed, Susan Anton as Velma Von Tussle and Kevin Spirtas as Corny Collins.