Word is seeping out about a stronger link between MGM Resorts and the three-day Kaaboo “mixexperience” festival held Sept. 14-16 at Del Mar Fairgrounds in California.
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Melody Sweets announced Monday she is departing the production at Caesars Palace’s Roman Plaza on Oct. 22, as her contract with production company Spiegelworld expires.
“WOW” incorporates specialty acts from more than 30 acrobats from around the world. Versions of the show have run for 15 years overseas, most recently at the luxury Isrotel Theatre in Eilat, Israel.
Thursday was Ellen DeGeneres’s first time in the “Magic Mike” theater to watch the show live. Channing Tatum joined her, making one of his occasional appearances to kick off the proceedings and set off a fury in the room.