When is it time to say goodbye?
Mike Weatherford
It started out as just (kinky) sex, but now it seems we’ve fallen for “Zumanity.”
Hal Prince didn’t spot them, or else he might have thought he was at a “Star Trek” convention — or even a “Star Trek” parallel universe.
Bet big and maybe you can win big. But sometimes you can bet small and last eight years on the Strip.
Louie Anderson based much of his comedy career on his large family. But he will spend much of his Thanksgiving on Las Vegas Boulevard, at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada.
Impressionists tend to bill themselves as men of “1,000 Voices” or variations thereof. Frank Caliendo would need a big billboard to fit, “Man of A Dozen Voices He Does Really Well.”
Lily Tomlin slips in and out of her comedic characters at the turn of a phrase. But it didn’t seem to be part of the act when, no sooner had she climbed into her oversized Edith Ann chair, she climbed back out again and headed for some bottled water.
Jeanine Mason is 18 years old. She says she “always wanted for my senior year to take a road trip with my friends.”
Finally, producers with optimism! “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding” will double its number of weekly performances come Dec. 15 when it moves down the hall, from Planet Hollywood to the V Theater in the adjacent mall.
Show producers get it, but they don’t have to like it. The Strip seems full if you crowd around the new Mirage volcano show. But the ticketed shows seem half empty … if they’re lucky.
It seems impossible that Lily Tomlin has never played Las Vegas in the 39 years since the world discovered her on TV’s “Laugh-In.” Then again, she admits that’s mostly her own fault.
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