When a musical starring a lot of children hits the road for a national tour, it involves far more than staging a normal play. Consider it a conundrum of a jigsaw puzzle, and Michael Altbaum, company manager of “Matilda the Musical” provided an insight into what is involved with 13 children in the cast.
Canadian heartthrobs The Tenors are partnering with One Drop to present a performance of rock songs by Cirque du Soleil and the trio. William Shatner, Redfoo and Grace VanderWaal also will perform, and I’m reliably hearing that The Backstreet Boys will make a surprise appearance.
The 14th Annual College of Fine Arts Hall of Fame celebration at UNLV will honor master magician Lance Burton, actor and director Matthew Gray Gubler and legendary stuntman Willie Harris on March 7.
Mystikal headlines Throwback Thursday at LAX at The Luxor. Blues Traveler is at Cleopatra’s Barge at Caesars Palace. UNLV music professor and oboist Stephen Caplan is joined by UNLV Wind Orchestra and Green Valley High School Symphonic Band at Artemus Ham Concert Hall at UNLV.
Superstar singer Ricky Martin is planning to bring his 8-year-old twin boys Valentino and Matteo with him for his upcoming Las Vegas headliner concert run and hopes that they will have playdates with Celine Dion or Jennifer Lopez’s twin children.
Las Vegas singer and author Brian Evans met with television’s Dr. Oz at Brian’s home on the Hawaiian island of Maui. They discussed sleep apnea, hospital negligence and hospital-rating organizations that grade hospitals that they have never visited.
Blame Rio headliner magician Penn Jillette and wife Emily Jillette if you fall out of your chair doubled over in laughter when Mark Shunock presents “Nigerian Spam Scam Scam” for three performances March 31 and April 1 at his new community arts venue The Space.
Superstar singer Celine Dion is in preliminary talks about extending her run of Las Vegas shows after her current contract expires at the end of 2019, I can exclusively reveal. Celine has been performing as a headliner since 2003 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn return to their hit residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Quirky “America’s Got Talent” finalist Tape Face opens at Bugsy’s Cabaret at The Flamingo, and the first-night crowd is encouraged to wear tape for when he walks onstage.
Former Monte Carlo headliner magician Lance Burton will be inducted into The UNLV Hall of Fame for entertainers March 7, and I’ve learned that his best friend and fellow Kentucky farm neighbor Harrah’s headliner magician Mac King will MC the induction ceremony.
What a beautiful and thoroughly enjoyable production of “Peter Pan” magic at Tuesday evening’s “Finding Neverland” first night of its six-day run at The Smith Center. I want a bag of pixie dust to throw everywhere I go.
Gordon Ramsay’s father-in-law Chris Hutcheson and Gordon’s wife Tana’s sister, Orlando, and her brother, Adam, were arrested in a sting dubbed “Operation Tuleta.” Chris Hutcheson’s other son, Chris Jr., also was detained.
Fans, among them actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, have slammed Lifetime with complaints over its Britney Spears biopic “Britney Ever After,” which premiered over the weekend with a disclaimer saying that content was untrue.
MAGIC fashion convention gets underway for three days for 85,000 for the next runway of fall and winter fashions. Caesars Palace superstar Celine Dion is expected to attend Project Women at Mandalay Bay.
The fight to protect Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area from a 5,000-plus home development comes to a head at 9 a.m. Wednesday before the Clark County Commission. More than 38,000 signatures have already been gathered in a petition demanding that Red Rock be protected.
