Katy Perry opened “Play” at Resorts World Las Vegas, allowing, “I’m not Celine Dion.
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Usher parked it with “Backstory Pass,” while Carrie Underwood summoned high tide at Resorts World.
Bob Anderson has achieved the improbable, bringing his Sinatra revue to New York City. Now he wants Broadway.
Wayne Newton is coming back to the Strip for the first time since March 2020.
Shania Twain has added 16 shows, and the Doobie Brothers have announced eight, at Zappos Theater.
The 54-year-old Pineda, who has taken over for Steve Perry with the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, is tearing up Las Vegas as Journey wraps up an eight-show residency.
Cirque’s most lavish show, “Ka,” returns with a fourish to MGM Grand.
“An Evening With Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Concert” brings a new type of production to the Strip.
Jen Kramer is unique as a trailblazer among female magicians, and also as a Yale graduate who headlines at the hotel where Elvis once starred.
Power of Love is honoring Smokey Robinson, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds and Genting Berhad CEO K.T. Lim, whose company developed Resorts World.
David Lee Roth has spent 50 years as a showman, first with the Van Halen brothers in the early 1970s. He’s calling it quits in Vegas in January.
Terry Bradshaw says of his revived stage show at Luxor, “It’ll be an immaculate reception of entertainment.”
Dennis Rodman spent two days during the 1998 NBA Finals in Las Vegas. Predictably, it was a party.
Iliza Shlesinger says, “I’ve done my best to turn lemons into a weird lemonade,” as she returns to Mirage Theater.
Cirque had been prepping for an October return of “Ka,” to fill out its schedule. COVID has other ideas.