Illuminarium CEO Alan Greenberg says “Space” will run until the end of the year. Or, as someone once said, to infinity and beyond.
John Katsilometes
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John Katsilometes’ man-about-town column appears on daily on page 3A. Katsilometes moved to Las Vegas from Northern California in 1996 and spent two years with the RJ before moving to the Greenspun Media Group in 1998, where he served as an editor, magazine writer and columnist. He returned to the RJ in August 2016. He has won numerous state and regional awards, including the 2013 Nevada Press Association Journalist of the Year honor, and has been awarded three times for column writing by the Best of the West contest.
“Mad Apple” is the most recent Cirque show to open on the Strip since “R.U.N” at Luxor bowed in 2019.
Dennis Blair says of George Carlin’s final show, “The last week at The Orleans, he was OK. He didn’t have all the energy he used to have, but he was OK.”
Wayne Newton’s “Up Close and Personal” production is running 7 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays through Dec. 18.
Aerosmith has announced that Steven Tyler is back in addiction treatment after relapsing following foot surgery.
Fletch Walcott is a great singer with a great memory for lyrics. He put both to use Monday night on “Don’t Forget the Lyrics.”
As anyone who has followed out exploits over the years knows, the lounge scene is our babbling brook. But the lounges are vanishing from the VegasVille landscape.
Britney Spears has been on the Strip this weekend, staying at Resorts World Las Vegas.
The Cosmo casino might not have reaped profits from Olivia Rodrigo’s show, but it was a rich night of entertainment.
Chris Brown is all about the news and the grooves. The reliably controversial, undeniably talented performer is now a Strip resident headliner.
Jim Gaffigan has appeared regularly the Encore Theater stand-up rotation for the past three years
It’s four on the floor as a quartet of longtime Doobie Brothers’ members rock Zappos Theater.
Xavier Mortimer, a beguiling magician educated in pantomime is the first Cirque artist to star in his own residency, and is now going crypto.
Overcoming a heart scare in November, Carlos Santana is talking of rocking until he’s 90.
Pearl Jam canceled Friday’s show at the MGM Grand Garden after bassist Jeff Ament tested positive for COVID.
