IVAN KANE ENTERPRISES, INC.

Ivan Kane Enterprises, Inc. has quickly established itself as being at the forefront of innovative nightlife. With the phenomenal success of Ivan Kane's Forty Deuce in Hollywood and in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, and his newest venture, Ivan Kane's Café Was, a bistro, bar and live music venue in the heart of Hollywood, Ivan Kane Enterprises has settled into its own niche, turning nightlife into a more theatrical experience. With the opening of Ivan Kane's Café Was, IKE has once again redefined the traditional, with a bohemian approach to fine dining.

"The mission of Ivan Kane Enterprises, Inc. is to create a complete sensory experience, whether through ambience or an actual show," Kane says of his venues, "to convince you there's another reason, aside from dining, cocktails and canoodling, to go out."

IKE's first venue in Hollywood was the acquisition of Smalls, a 1500 square foot bar on Melrose Avenue, opposite Paramount Studios, which was gutted, redesigned and reconceptualized as Kane in 1997.

Not content with what Ivan Kane calls "cookie-cutter clubs with four walls, lights and sound," Kane was high concept; one part 60's Vegas Rat Pack, one part 70's Super Fly cool. With a female, Cleopatra Jones-type DJ playing nothing but funk, flanked by two dancers in bra and panties doing jazzy go-go, the intimate venue, a kind of sweaty house of soul, drew an A-list crowd of celebrities lined up around the block.

Three years later, IKE opened deep on the corner of Hollywood and Vine, an homage to All That Jazz, Cabaret and Sweet Charity choreographer Bob Fosse. This nightclub and restaurant, infamous for "pushing the envelope in terms of sexuality, voyeurism and decadence," was featured in the film Oceans 11.

The nightclub had a plexiglas box over the dance floor and two Amsterdam-style rooms over the bar with two-way mirrors, where dancers performed stylized ménage a trois. Explains Kane, "Nightlife as art. It was hot!"

In 2002, IKE launched Ivan Kane's Forty Deuce, a burlesque striptease show and nightclub in Hollywood. Although naysayers said no one would stop what they were doing in a club to watch a show, Ivan Kane redefined burlesque and put it back on the map, literally dragging the concept of pre-pole dancing striptease into the 21st century. The rest, as they say, is history … with Ivan Kane's Forty Deuce completely transforming what nightlife could be.

Two years later, Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino asked IKE to open a branch of Ivan Kane's Forty Deuce in Las Vegas, an event documented in the hit four-part Bravo reality series Forty Deuce, directed by Zalman King and Executive Produced by Kane.

Looking to expand the genre of burlesque, the Vegas venue launched two new shows, Stormy Monday male burlesque and Ivan Kane's Royal Jelly, which substitutes a live rock & roll band for the usual jazz combo. An Ivan Kane's Forty Deuce tour, which combines the newest show from IKE, deep funk burlesque, to the "classic" show and the audacious Royal Jelly, has ten dancers and a six-piece band, including a three-piece horn section. Selling out 3,000 seat arenas throughout the country, these shows have solidified IKE's reputation as the gold standard in burlesque and the most innovative company in nightlife around.

IKE has many projects in development, including an 8,000 square foot Ivan Kane's Forty Deuce in the brand new Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which includes a 3,000 square foot themed gaming area as well. Already under construction, the space promises to be one of the most unique nightlife experiences in the country. Ivan Kane's Forty Deuce's are also in the works for Sydney, Australia, London, Southampton and New York.

With Ivan Kane's in front of the name, one thing is certain … patrons are sure to be treated to something unique, innovative and creatively outside the box, exactly where Ivan Kane Enterprises wants to be.