It wasn’t first with the acrobatics-on-water idea. But “Le Reve” still came up with an idea Cirque du Soleil probably wishes it had first.
Mike Weatherford
Good thing “strip” has double meaning, or “Men of the Strip” would be getting a bit ahead of itself.
“No one sings like you anymore.”
The oldest theme in comedy: Airlines? Vegas buffets? Yo’ mama?
If you don’t believe hypnosis is real, don’t talk to Marc Savard’s wife, Joanna, for a while.
Dondino gets officially “welcomed back” with a fundraising event today. If he doesn’t recognize the Las Vegas where he once sang every day, he’s used to it.
There was always a torch-passing, circle-of-life aspect to the annual Burlesque Hall of Fame gatherings in Las Vegas. Where else would you see burlesque dancers in their 20s and 80s on the same stage?
“Do you want to talk about it?” one sympathetic friend asks another in “The D* Word.”
You may not have heard of Tommy Wind, but he’s a magician on the Strip. Don’t ask me if he’s any good. Gotta admit, I haven’t seen his show.
A “Dancing Queen” will have a larger presence on the Strip come September, even though you still have to wait until January to see “Mamma Mia!” again.
I saw “Ka” again Tuesday under circumstances nobody wanted, but no tragedy could take away what I would describe as the limitless feeling it still inspires.
You can quibble with numbers but the big picture is undeniable: Headline The Mirage as a comedian, and you are in some high-dollar company.
“Priscilla Queen of the Desert” turned out to be a very bad idea with a good one still wrapped inside its dress. At least, Broadway fans should hope so.
The British progressive rock band Yes held its ground with a faithful audience on Friday, filling about the same two-thirds(ish) of the Pearl at the Palms as the band did with the same sparse stage production last summer, when
Jon Davison was first introduced to local audiences.
Louie Anderson fields a lot of audience questions about the TV diving contest “Splash,” and one of them is almost always whether he is still diving.