Las Vegas may be reopening, but First Friday is staying digital.
Arts & Culture
Mayfair Supper Club’s return to the present tense will be watched with great interest as shows return under COVID-19 safety directives.
“The response went through the roof,” the owner of the D Las Vegas and Golden Gate said a day after giving away 2,000 flights to tourists across the country.
For 25 years, Megan Belk’s family has touched the Las Vegas entertainment community in myriad ways.
Frankie Moreno says of The Amp in North Las Vegas, “I had never seen this place until a couple of weeks ago and I was totally blown away.”
If these performances come off as scheduled, “Hilarious 7,” late of the Night Owl Showroom at Oyo, would be — at this writing — the first ticketed show in the city to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cirque CEO Daniel Lamarre mapped the company’s ongoing revenue challenges during a phone chat last week.
While Las Vegans may not be able to take in music at The Smith Center, listeners can tune in to Nevada Public Radio to hear past Philharmonic performances.
Before the shutdown, “The Bachelor” came to town. Specifically, “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart,” recorded in February at Park MGM and T-Mobile Arena.
After being called out by Axl Rose, the treasury secretary responded, “What have you done for the country lately?” with a Liberian flag emoji.
The VECC includes reps from Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas Ballpark, T-Mobile Arena and MGM Resorts arenas.
Three Notoriety venues had been opened before being locked down. Seating in these rooms is a socially distant-friendly (if that’s possible) 75 to 250.
Entertainment exec Mark Prows said he cried at the news, but he added “my job does not define who I am.”
The Mondays Dark livestream telethon is using the $122,000 raised Monday night to link Vegas entertainment professionals with The Actors Fund.
Cirque exec Pien Koopman says, “We have beautiful content that has never been seen from a show that has been going on since 2013.”