New Year’s Eve at Caesars Palace was electrifying (with Calvin Harris) and also a dance party (with Backstreet Boys).
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Under an image of George Michael, Elton John performed “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me” at the Colosseum at Caesars on Wednesday, and is expected to continue the tribute this weekend.
Lava Hot Springs is far below freezing — until you dip into the water.
Richard Bell stopped in unannounced at the D Las Vegas on Saturday night. At 7-feet-8 inches, Bell didn’t go unnoticed for long.
Louie Anderson was between gigs when he got a call from Louis C.K. offering him a role in an upcoming sitcom. Anderson accepted, then learned the details.
Lady Gaga has played Cosmopolitan with Tony Bennet in December 2014, and Wynn Las Vegas as part of a CBS-TV special honoring Frank Sinatra. She’s back at Wynn again Dec. 30.
Beloved around the community, Muriel Stevens wrote for the Las Vegas Sun from the early 1970s through the paper’s shift to a morning designin 2005.
Mayor Carolyn Goodman remembers a funny night at … somewhere. Wait, yes, it was the Forum!
“Raiding the Rock Vault,” a favorite of classic-rock fans for nearly four years, is set to shake up Vinyl at Hard Rock Hotel beginning in March.
Danny Seraphine first played Vegas in 1976, with Chicago at the old Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts. He’s back this weekend for a benefit show at Orleans Showroom, and also to hit an old-Vegas haunt.
In a three-day span, the Vitales took in Reba and Brooks & Dunn at the Colosseum; Jennifer Lopez at Axis theater at Planet Hollywood; and Sunday’s Dunham show.
In 2017, Jeff Dunham’s puppets will be sharing a showroom with Celine, Elton John, Rod Stewart, and Reba and Brooks & Dunn.
The fragrance of fresh paint in the unisex bathroom gave The Space that new-theater feel Friday night. Mark Shunock staged the first ticketed performance at the entertainment center in a one-time warehouse at 3460 Cavaretta Court.
In ventriloquism, it’s best to keep your mouth still and your career moving. Terry Fator is a master at both.
We’ve seen what hasn’t worked on Las Vegas stages this year. What has worked? A sullen comic-magician dressed in a satin dragon suit, toting his similarly attired Chihuahua.
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