Patina Miller won a Tony Award for the musical “Pippin.” Norm Lewis, a Tony nominee for “Porgy and Bess,” was the first African-American to play “Phantom of the Opera’s” title role on Broadway.
Shows
Vegas is the entertainment capital of the world — if you’ve been around here for any period of time, you’ve undoubtedly heard that term bandied about.
And to think that about this time last year, we were scoffing at the prospects of a “Duck Dynasty” musical having any snowball’s chance of making it in Sin City.
He still looks youthful, and boy does he act young onstage. So forgive those who hear only the first half of the sentence: Carrot Top recently celebrated 10 years at Luxor.
So much for a slow December in Las Vegas entertainment.
Everyone knows the song, but now a tour of theater-sized venues gives people a chance to catch up to the singer.
Las Vegas is such a buffet town that we hardly ever close our mouths long enough to wonder why.
As manic as he is in his show, Carrot Top has a disclaimer: Offstage, “I’m pretty boring actually.”
Here are our picks for your best bets for Las Vegas entertainment in the week ahead.
Two shows in a row have disappointed in the same theater. What to do?
The long-rumored closure of the iconic production show “Jubilee!” became official Sunday. Bally’s Las Vegas announced the finale of Donn Arden’s showgirl spectacular will be Feb. 11.
A loud party needs a willing host even more than it needs a well-stocked bar. That made the decision about where “Rock of Ages” could move a lot easier.
Who was that old coot at the Route 91 Harvest festival? Gary Allan just turned 48, which practically made him George Jones alongside Thomas Rhett or Lady Antebellum.
Rodney Carrington wears a cowboy hat onstage, but it’s the stumpy one I’d call the “sidekick” hat, not the big rodeo cowboy’s or Western movie hero’s.
No one will argue with locals who may subtitle the Las Vegas stop of the “So You Think You Can Dance” tour “Better late than never.”
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