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.
Music
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.
Oscar Goodman seems to be leaning to Tom Brady, but talk to him next week.
“Marriage Can Be Murder” was KO’d at the Grotto because of social-distancing concerns.
Sidelined Las Vegas stagehand Meg Leighton said that if her colleagues were called upon, “We would be ready to jump in.”
In the new Thunder show, a cast member pulls out a tape measure for a safe distance before grooving and shedding.
Lynette Chappell said of Siegfried and Roy, “Like comets, they blaze across the star-scattered sky.”
Siegfried Fischbacher was born a star, but not too big to make coins appear at the Secret Garden.
Barry Manilow’s run at Westgate’s International Theater resumes June 10.
Charles M. Heers, a pioneering contractor who built the first tract homes in Las Vegas, died Saturday afternoon in Newport Beach, California. He was 94.