So much for a slow December in Las Vegas entertainment.
Mike Weatherford
A loud party needs a willing host even more than it needs a well-stocked bar. That made the decision about where “Rock of Ages” could move a lot easier.
Maybe on Jan. 17, 2084, there will be some Las Vegas celebration of Calvin Harris’ 100th birthday. It’s just hard to say, isn’t it?
I’m sure they put in some long days over at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. But where would you rather promote tourism and further a party culture? Las Vegas or Beirut?
Broadway and Las Vegas share a lot of talent. But to call it a two-way street is still dangerous.
as Vegas has such a wealth of talent, it’s sometimes hard to tell a pro venture apart from community theater.
Take a topless dancer for granted? Only in Vegas.
The circumstantial evidence doesn’t speak well of the creative enterprise of Las Vegas entertainment.
Bill Callanan and Keith Nelson have been Las Vegans for more than 40 years. But surprisingly, their paths haven’t overlapped that much. But now the two find themselves both united and divided by the same cause.
Union musicians will be losing 30 jobs on the Strip when a Frank Sinatra tribute closes a month sooner than they expected. The best way to make up the revenue might be to send a film crew over to Rancho Drive and film a reality show at the union hall.
Would you rather be a rock star in the era of a mature city or a mature record industry? It wasn’t a choice for either the band Slaughter or Imagine Dragons.
Last week’s hullabaloo over George Strait playing at least four Las Vegas arena concerts next year got me wondering: Has any other superstar kept getting more and more popular over the years without doing one thing different?
Pitbull’s show turns out to be a perfect fit for the remodeled Axis and the club-generation visitors it targets with its standing-room general-admission areas up front.
Lance Burton is a laid-back guy, so maybe it’s no surprise that what he calls “a leisurely pace” to make his first movie ended up being five years.
Stage magic is a small world, any way you measure it.