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Cirque co-founder on rumor control

Harry Reid claims John McCain is hotheaded. Names for the opposite of that aren’t as colorful. Is anyone called a “cool head”? But Gilles Ste-Croix could be submitted as the dictionary definition of one.

Taking No Prisoners

It doesn’t matter where you sit. He will find you.

‘Mentalist’ shares name with TV series

A network TV series carrying the same name as a Las Vegas show can be good publicity. Or it can be confusing. Or maybe both.

Old-timer the mind behind the magic

The new Criss Angel show pins a lot of ticket-sale hopes on younger fans who spend more time in nightclubs than other shows on the Strip.

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Paul Rodriguez figures, “The hardest thing to be right now is a white comedian from Iowa. You’ve got nothing. Everybody can talk about you, but you can’t talk about them.”

Terry Fator

Terry Fator’s got talent, and America loves him. There’s no arguing that.

‘Point Break’ comic revue surfs in

Las Vegas has put everything onstage from the sinking of the Titanic to an aerial view of a samurai battle. So it probably could field an adaptation of the movie “Point Break,” complete with surfing and a skydiving battle.

‘Shear Madness’ banking on locals

The producers of “Shear Madness” might be living up to their show title by challenging the very definition of Las Vegas entertainment.

Keeping It in the Family

Donny and Marie Osmond open at the Flamingo.

Hanging with Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper turned 60 this year. He is playing The Orleans this weekend, not sitting at home yelling at the neighborhood kids to get out of his yard — though wouldn’t you love to see just how he would scare them away?

‘Believe’ what you will about delay

Take your pick: The Criss Angel show is either so dull it needs a wake-up call or so groundbreaking that it needs more time to fine-tune its technical complexities.

More shows offering discounts

On one of the final weekdays before Labor Day, a steady trickle of downtown pedestrians ponders the choices at a discount ticket booth on Fremont Street. They seem oblivious to how much this long, hot summer has narrowed the pack.

Still on Top

Chris Rock hopes for best, prepares for worst.

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