Frank Marino continues to pursue a venue, reviewing what he describes as “multiple options” for a Strip residency.
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Wayne Newton made a slight reference to a “Frances” in the audience during his preview opening Monday night at Cleopatra’s Barge at Caesars Palace.
If you happen to spot Elaine Wynn dining with entertainment legend Rita Moreno and a Moreno puppet at the Four Seasons in San Francisco anytime soon, there is a reason.
“We are teaching the next great musicians, and promoting jazz as a true American art form,” UNLV Jazz Studies department head and conductor Dave Loeb says. “It seems Lady Gaga is, too.”
The Aussie quartet of Phil Burton, Toby Allen and brothers Andrew and Mike Tierney, are not planning to move anywhere soon, either. The foursome last week signed a three-year extension running through March 2022.
A bevy of famous folks filed into On The Record to party with the Wonder Twins of Vegas nightlife, Mark and Jonnie Houston.
The boxing legend (Al Bernstein, I mean) is back onstage for some serious crooning action beginning at 9 p.m. at Tuscany’s Piazza lounge. No cover. No problem. It’s going to be a thing.
Piff the Magic Dragon has made a name for himself in his appearances on “America’s Got Talent.” He’s also made a name for a theater.
Plaza Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Jossel said this week that he would not stage the show until he’s confident everyone who is owed money is paid.
Richard Oberacker, the music director at “Ka” at MGM Grand, has been teasing to this project in an unhurried sort of way over the past few months.
The room in which Shin Lim is appearing is named for a former “AGT” champ, but Terry Fator Theater is not customarily home to magic.
Lady Gaga, who opened her magestic Enigma production at Park Theater on Dec. 28, tweeted an apology for working with R. Kelly, the subject of a crippling Lifetime documentary “Surviving R. Kelly.”
Xavier Mortimer became known to Strip audiences through his appearances on “America’s Got Talent” in 2015, and also as an acrobatic performer in “Michael Jackson One” at Mandalay Bay,
The club welcomed more than 600 CES attendees, offering a free drinks — up to $18 (with Strip prices in full effect) — for the first 500 to enter the club.
As Donny Osmond said, “The nurse tells me to mark my right shoulder with the word ‘yes,’ so they get the right one. But instead of that, I put this.”