Cork Proctor worked the lounge circuit in Las Vegas and Reno beginning in the 1970s, when he opened for such stars as the Supremes and Mel Tillis.
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Chazz Palminteri knows talent, and he knows the Bronx Wanderers. This is how a hit show came to be.
Rapper Flavor Flav dropped in to Red Lobster on Flamingo Road and Eastern Avenue last week, ordering the entire menu for himself and his family.
The Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender, George Clinton and P-Funk, and Zach Bryan lead this week’s entertainment lineup.
The company seeks another sellout as its presents Giacomo Puccini’s classic “La bohème” this weekend.
The Kats! Bureau is Piazza lounge at Tuscany Suites, where the fizzywater is cold and the entertainment scene is sizzling.
Philip Fortenberry is exclusively headlining performing-arts centers in his first tour of mainland China. “Las Vegas Pianist” is the shorthand description used in the tour’s marketing campaign.
The phones locked, the crowd at The Park Theater grooved with Bruno Mars in a classic and thunderous performance.
“Elvis has not left the building,” Mark Mercer, “Legends in Concert’s” marketing director, promises. “We’ll be excited to have him back in the fall. We’re just having fun with this particular lineup.”
Last week, Piff the Magic Dragon celebrated his 500th show at the Flamingo Las Vegas. This week, Slash and his backing band released a new single, “Driving Rain.” There is a connection. His name is Frankie Sidoris.
At his peak, Adam Ant had three No. 1 singles in the U.K.: “Stand and Deliver” and “Prince Charming” with his band The Ants, and “Goodie Too Shoes” as a solo artist.
Stevie Wonder ‘Parked’ it when hearing of Bruno Mars’ venue
Salt-N-Pepa, Rob Base (best-known for the dance hit “It Takes Two” with the late DJ EZ Rock) and All-4-One are headliners over the first month in “I Love The ’90s — The Vegas Show” at Paris Theater.
The Kats! Bureau at this writing is International Theater at Westgate Las Vegas, where I have been outfitted with a pair of 3-D glasses and two glow sticks (in case one runs short of glow).This can only mean one thing: Manilow Live!
The pairing of KC & The Sunshine Band and Village People makes sense if you know they were at the forefront of the disco revolution in the mid-to-late 1970s, and Palace Station opened as The Casino on July 1, 1976.