▁in ▁ch ore ograph er / direct or ▁Steve ▁Mer ritt , ▁who , ▁with ▁his ▁partner ▁Mark ▁D onn elly , ▁had ▁stage ▁shows ▁playing ▁in ▁Las ▁Veg as ▁and ▁London . ▁Mer ritt ▁and ▁D onn elly ▁had ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁putting ▁the ▁male ▁stri ppers ▁into ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁mini - B road way ▁show , ▁with ▁d anc ers , ▁music , ▁and ▁them es . ▁To ▁find ▁stri ppers , ▁they ▁rec ru ited ▁the ▁most ▁attract ive ▁men ▁they ▁could ▁find ▁from ▁Ven ice ▁Beach , ▁Manh attan ▁Beach , ▁and ▁Santa ▁Mon ica ▁Beach . ▁Mer ritt ▁taught ▁the ▁men ▁how ▁to ▁dance ▁and ▁perform . ▁ ▁Mer ritt ▁became ▁the ▁ch ore ograph er ▁of ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁show , ▁and ▁ultimately ▁took ▁charge ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁also . ▁This ▁resulted ▁in ▁two ▁separate ▁shows ▁being ▁performed , ▁the ▁De ▁No ia ▁tour ing ▁version , ▁and ▁the ▁Ban er je e - Mer ritt ▁Version . ▁Ban er je e ▁could ▁not ▁toler ate ▁De ▁No ia ' s ▁ownership ▁of ▁the ▁tour ing ▁companies ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁h ired ▁a ▁hit ▁man ▁to ▁murder ▁De ▁No ia ▁and ▁N ah in . ▁De ▁No ia ▁was ▁killed . ▁N ah in ▁was ▁not ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁and ▁escaped ▁the ▁killing . ▁May er on ▁took ▁over ▁producing ▁duties ▁until ▁Ban er je e ▁successfully ▁purchased ▁the ▁tour ing ▁rights ▁from ▁De ▁No ia ' s ▁he