Official STRAT page · includes STRAT Tower admission ($36.95 value). Confirm showtime on the live calendar. Traveling with kids or anyone under 18? Mad Apple and Rouge are both 18+.
Cirque du Soleil’s Mad Apple plays its final show on September 5, 2026 at New York-New York. The production is closing, not transferring as the same show to another Strip house. Cirque’s remaining Las Vegas residents are separate titles. If you already hold tickets on or before that date, use them. If a seller needs to move or refund a date after the 5th, start with the original ticket source — this page cannot promise their policy.
This page is for a narrower problem: you wanted an 18+ Las Vegas variety night and the Mad Apple calendar is ending. Rouge is still on at The STRAT Theater, 2000 Las Vegas Blvd S. Rouge is not Cirque, it is not New York-New York, and it is not “better than” Mad Apple. It is a mixed-cast show that is still selling seats after September 5.
The honest overlap is half a competitor, not a clone. Both are 18+. Cirque’s own Mad Apple FAQ: adult language and themes; under 18 not permitted. Rouge is 18+ as well. Both run about 90 minutes. Both are variety rooms: acrobatics, comedy, live performance — a night out for adults, not a family matinee. That is the overlap. Stop there.
Mad Apple is Cirque’s nightlife-party resident: variety, acro, comedy, live music, bar energy in a Cirque house. It is not a topless cabaret. Rouge is an 18+ co-ed topless variety show. Mixed male and female cast. It is not Magic Mike. It is not a female-only revue. Cabaret energy at The STRAT, not Cirque party energy at NYNY. If you came for Cirque branding, a live-band nightclub frame, or the NYNY room, Rouge will not recreate that. If you came for an adults-only variety night that is still on the 2026 calendar after September 5, Rouge is still playing.
Where: The STRAT Theater, 2000 Las Vegas Blvd S. What: 18+ co-ed topless variety · mixed male and female. Runtime: ~90 minutes. Tickets: STRAT official Rouge page / STRAT ticket calendar — not Vegas.com. Bundle: complimentary STRAT Tower admission ($36.95 value) with tickets bought online or by phone through The STRAT. Phone: 702-380-7777. Site: rouge-vegas.com. Confirm tonight’s time on the live calendar. Showtimes are not listed here.
On or before September 5, 2026, and you wanted Mad Apple: keep Mad Apple. After September 5, or Mad Apple is sold out / refunded, and you still want an 18+ mixed-cast variety night: Rouge is still running. Book on The STRAT official Rouge page or call 702-380-7777. Tower admission is included on the STRAT purchase path. Anyone in the group is under 18: Rouge is 18+.
Is Mad Apple still playing? Through September 5, 2026 at New York-New York. After that night, it is closed. Is Rouge a Cirque show? No. Shared ground is 18+ variety, acro, and comedy — not brand, not the NYNY room. Is Rouge only for men, or only for women? Neither. Mixed male and female cast. Not Magic Mike. Not a female-only revue. Where do I buy? Book on The STRAT official Rouge page, including complimentary STRAT Tower admission ($36.95 value) on the STRAT purchase path. Or call 702-380-7777. Confirm showtime the day you book. Mad Apple and Rouge are 18+.
