Here's your exclusive first look at Kelly Monaco all decked out for her new gig heading a topless revue in Las Vegas. (Sorry to disappoint, but she
won’t be baring her boobs.) The
General Hospital star and
Dancing With the Stars champ will appear alongside ex-Spice Girl and fellow
DWTS alum Mel B in “Peepshow” at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. The production, directed and choreographed by Broadway hotshot Jerry Mitchell (“Hairspray,” “Legally Blonde”), opens April 18.
“I’m on pins and needles wondering, ‘What have I gotten myself into?’” says Monaco, who has a three-month deal with an option to extend. (
GH fans won’t miss her because she’ll fly back to L.A. to tape the soap two days per week). “I’ve said no to so many things since
Dancing With the Stars, including Broadway musicals, because I can’t sing — I can barely do karaoke in the privacy of my own home,” she says. “But this is very exciting — a new kind of concept for a Vegas show.”
Monaco takes on the acting-dancing role of Bo Peep, a timid, sexually inexperienced girl who is tutored by the bodacious Peep Diva (that would be Mel B) and blossoms into a daring sensualist. Famous storybook characters — naughty and au naturel — help Bo in her journey of self-discovery.
For the record, Monaco, who posed for
Playboy back in her pre-suds days, didn’t rule out going topless in “Peepshow.” But her handlers did. Teases the star: “I don’t know that I would mind it so much, but everyone around me says I’m not allowed.”