In fact I just watched a DVD of the pilot episode of Playboy Club and I have to say that Laura Benanti is FAR AND AWAY the best thing in it. She sings a little bit of Chicago (that toddlin' town) right off the top then reverts to acting for the rest of the show.
She plays the "older" Bunny who graduates to the executive floor as Bunny Mother and not only looks drop dead gorgeous but is the most credible and interesting person in the cast. Amber Heard is the lead - the Bunny in distress - and she's fine but the show itself borders on the ridiculous.
Just to give you an idea, old Hugh Heffner himself narrates part of the show in an I-remember-when mode but then the Young Hugh Heffner appears in the midst of the action with his back to the camera like they used to play George Steinbrenner in Seinfeld. Only in this they don't mean it to be funny.
The heart of the show seems to be to find excuses to have lots of beautiful girls in their underwear in the dressing room. If that's your thing you'll like it.
Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!