A man (or woman) all alone on a stage, working with no safety net beyond talent, charisma and the good will generated by the effort.
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Gather ’round kiddies, and I shall tell you a magical Christmas tale of a little boy who grew up to be a successful Las Vegas magician. (All the other “magical” tales here involve gambling.)
If you’re looking for fine words to close out the troubled 2000s, here’s a start:
What would Elvis do? At the risk of adding to longtime confusion between Jesus and pop culture’s deity, Gilles Ste-Croix paraphrased the Christian motto as “the driving force” for Cirque du Soleil’s new “Viva Elvis.”
Cher sets her priorities straight early on, during the only time she speaks to the audience at length.
Everyone seems to think Steve Wyrick’s theater is history — except Wyrick.
My whole career,” Garth Brooks told his fans Saturday night, “you’ve always just let me be me.”
Like a lot of us, Bill Engvall wishes he could take a time machine back to golden-age Vegas: “I would have loved to have been at the level I’m at now back in the ’50s and ’60s,” he noted recently. But it’s Engvall’s Blue Collar Comedy pal, Ron White, who unquestionably would have run with the Rat Pack. White understands that if it was once a matter of course to smoke and drink on a Las Vegas stage, times have changed so much you get laughs just by doing it.
A night in the new B.B. King’s Blues Club won’t always include a potential jam session with Buddy Guy, Robert Cray and Willie Nelson, though it could happen at the club’s grand opening Friday.
Does CityCenter really only have one show? And if so, who thinks that is good news?
Bill Engvall has spent 11 Decembers in Las Vegas for the National Finals Rodeo. To him, one image sums up the strange confluence of cowboys and casinos.
Angelica Bridges was about to sing “Fever” for the very first time as the new star of “Fantasy.”
Barry Manilow will jump-start the dormant theater at Paris Las Vegas, a prominent symbol of the recession for the city’s entertainment.
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