A case of COVID has benched Wayne Newton. But Mr. Las Vegas says he will be back within the month.
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David Siegel, who survived a bout with COVID, says being vaccinated saved his life.
Garth Brooks says, “I must do my part,” in heading off the latest COVID surge across the country.
A Cirque official confirms, “We will require all show staff, artists and technicians to be fully vaccinated.”
Enoch Augustus Scott has released “The Tiger Thing,” a multimedia video/audio release of eight parody tunes themed for the Netflix series.
Matt and Angela Stabile have been X-ing out days on the calendar for months, methodically planning for a full return of their collection of Las Vegas Strip productions.
Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club, home of “Sexxy,” was among three clubs suspended during Super Bowl weekend.
Sidelined Las Vegas stagehand Meg Leighton said that if her colleagues were called upon, “We would be ready to jump in.”
Human Nature’s Toby Allen has been forced into quarantine after taking a flight across Australia.
“Absinthe” is among some shows trying to remain open in the Nevada governor’s latest COVID directive.
Save Our Stages is the $10 billion grant program to help offset the the economic impact that COVID-19 has had on live entertainment.
Room operator Dean Coleman said of the “Aussie Heat” premiere, “The show was fantastic. We had to remind the crowd not to get too handsy, which is common in this type of show.”
Bobby Kingston finally got his wish of a formal response Thursday, when an OSHA official called him and told him it was OK to stage his ambient music. Or keep staging it, in this instance.
In a pandemic, the Entertainment Capital of the World is a tough room. Las Vegas businesses that stage music along with food and drink are learning this the hard way.
Angela Stabile of Stabile productions says, “We need to be accounted for. This is the Entertainment Capital of the World, and we need him to make us a priority.”