'Rock of Ages' is back from Broadway as a bar show — with plenty of booze
LOS ANGELES - Even the most fervent fans - and they are legion - might not recall that "Rock of Ages," the stage musical that takes place inside a Hollywood nightclub, first premiered inside a Hollywood nightclub. A 30-minute version played six nights at King King in 2005 - with Chris Hardwick, Dan Finnerty and Laura Bell Bundy head-banging with an onstage band - and proved that "Don't Stop Believin'" works as well as the finale of a theatrical show as it does in the set list of a Journey concert.
A full production then premiered at the Vanguard down Hollywood Boulevard. "This show is for all of us who still find ourselves lip-syncing down the supermarket aisles to Pat Benatar or sneaking Foreigner onto our iPods," wrote Times theater critic Charles McNulty in 2006. "The production may not improve the malingering state of
