Master impressionist Gordie Brown is once more on the hunt for a venue as the Cabaret Show Lounge at the Mezzanine at Planet Hollywood is closing for ticketed shows, effective Aug. 15.
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On Friday and Saturday, any fan making a gift-card donation to Petco or PetSmart of a minimum of $100 receives two tickets to the “Larger Than Life” shows at Axis.
Myron Martin, president of the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, is in New York this week seeing a bevy of Broadway plays and musicals to fulfill his responsibility as a member of the Broadway League who votes on the member of the group that selects winners of the voter for the Tony Awards each year.
If Carrot Top asks, “Would you like a snack?” The best answer would be, “No thanks.”
The Vegas Golden Knights expect to be a betting focal point at such enclaves as the Westgate Superbook, while “Bar Rescue” host Jon Taffer is making his own power play on Las Vegas.
Norm Johnson was facing a stint in a juvenile detention center when offered the option of joining the Air Force. He enlisted and served in the Korean War.
Rachel Tyler was a principal singer in “Steve Wynn’s Showstoppers” for 13 months at Wynn Las Vegas, and caught a break when an opening surfaced in the aquatic production “Le Reve.”
Sig Rogich paid $1 for “God Bless The USA” during Ronald Reagan’s re-election campaign. It was money well spent.
Jeff Civillico’s act is inherently physical, which is why he has undergone surgery for a “wear-and-tear” knee injury.
Mick Jagger is suffering from a serious throat problem. Thus, Wednesday’s Rolling Stones show is canceled.
The Washington Post, Fox News and USA Today lead the media onslaught on VegasVille the night before the presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Monday morning, Gov. Brian Sandoval signed off on a stadium that could one day be home to the Raiders and a $1.4-billion expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center. A couple of hours later, he walked onstage at the Thomas & Mack Center to check out the set of Wednesday’s third and final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
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