It's amazing that it lasted this long, but the bubble-shaped showroom at the Lady Luck will bite the dust at the end of the month, closing the "Ovation" revue and hypnotist Justin Tranz.

The Lady Luck's new owners plan to give the casino a major renovation, and need the showroom space to store construction equipment during the overhaul. Both shows will have their final performances in the room Oct. 31.

"We always knew that sooner or later this tent would be taken down," says John Stuart, producer of both shows. "Originally they were going to put another tent where the valet parking is and try to move us into that, but the contractors say they can't work around it."

Stuart says he is negotiating to move both shows, though probably not to the same place. He hopes to have them both reopened by Nov. 15.

The Lady Luck first hosted a show in the building -- officially a "sprung structure" -- in early 1991, with a revue called "Luck Is a Lady." Stuart moved "Ovation" there from the Desert Passage mall 14 months ago, and Tranz started performing there in July. ...

Could Las Vegas stand a week or two without four or five Cirque du Soleil shows? Rest easy. We may never have to find out. Cirque officials say there's a new arena show in the works at the company's Montreal headquarters. The idea is to create a Cirque that could tour conventional sports arenas and visit cities that have never hosted one of the big-top tent productions.

The still-unnamed show debuts in Montreal at the end of January or early February. But next year -- possibly by next summer, but more likely in December -- there's a very good chance the show would settle into the MGM Grand Garden arena for a week or two while "Ka" takes a vacation. ...

Lon Bronson sounds as though he's too busy, at least in the short term, to worry too much about the end of his All-Star Band's twice-weekly gig at the Golden Nugget.

Saturday marks the end of the Tower of Power-styled band's 18-month run in the upstairs Theatre Ballroom. "You'd really, really have to want to find us," Bronson says of the venue that didn't pull the curious from the casino floor.

The bandleader says he negotiated with the Nugget's entertainment department all the way up to the Sept. 27 licensing hearing that made Landry's Restaurants the hotel's new owner.

But the decision by the new, more corporate-minded owner came only a week after the change of ownership.

Bronson has put out feelers to suburban casinos, but says he is "willing to wait three to six months for the right deal" instead of rushing into a bad one. For one thing, Bronson is overseeing most of the music for The Comedy Festival next month at Caesars Palace and the Flamingo.

New events have been announced for the Nov. 17-19 festival, with Bronson heavily involved in at least two of them.

"The Founders" will be overseen by veteran TV producer George Schlatter, honoring the comedy greats of classic Vegas: Shelley Berman, Norm Crosby, Shecky Greene and Jerry Lewis, with Phyllis Diller and Don Rickles patched in via satellite. Bronson and Lena Prima will provide a musical tribute to Louis Prima.

"The Family Guy Live in Vegas" will bring to life an album of the same name, which of course was never really live in Vegas until this. Seth MacFarlane, the show's creator and lead voice, will provide the mock crooning in front of a 30-piece orchestra conducted by Walter Murphy, who oversees the animated TV comedy's snappy score.

Two other events have been announced since the comedy festival started selling tickets: "Lucha Va Voom" is the Los Angeles event combining Mexican wrestling with vintage striptease. "Women With Attitude" teams Susie Essman of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" with Lisa Lampenelli and Loni Love. Tickets for all events range from $25 to $125 and are on sale at Caesars Palace and through Ticketmaster. ...

"Forever Plaid" will transform into "Plaid Tidings" during the holiday season of "Forever Plaid," Nov. 17-Dec. 31 at the Gold Coast. But it's really more of a sequel than simply adding a few Christmas carols to the rest of the show. "Plaid" creator Stuart Ross came up with a new scenario, in which a call from Rosemary Clooney sets the four singing ghosts on a mission to create a Christmas show.

"Tidings" has been staged elsewhere around the country, but Ross has enjoyed working with the local cast; their rerecording of the original show's soundtrack is now the official cast album for the show. ...

Rich Little, Jimmy Hopper, Johnny Hernandez and a rare Las Vegas appearance by original Platter Herb Reed are billed in "A Night to Honor Our Armed Forces," a benefit to honor active-duty military personnel on Dec. 2 at Cashman Field Theatre. Most tickets are $35 and available at the UNLV Performing Arts Center box office or by calling event organizer Bob Feeney, 897-2283.

Mike Weatherford's entertainment column appears Thursdays and Sundays. Contact him at 383-0288 or e-mail him at mweatherford@reviewjournal.com.