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With the summer blockbuster Rock of Ages set to hit theaters this Friday, producers of the long-running Broadway musical version of the show have announced it will be heading to Las Vegas later this year. 

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Rock of Ages will debut in December at The Venetian Las Vegas, which has also opened a theme bar for the show called the Bourbon Room. The show's cast -- which has yet to be announced -- will mingle with audience members after the show in the Bourbon Room.

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The launch of the Las Vegas show was celebrated last week at a special New York screening of Rock of Ages hosted by director Adam Shankman and attended among others by Julianne Hough, Padma Lakshmi, Rob Thomas and Sean Lennon.