The Showgirl is almost gone, and it adds extra resonance to nearly everything Bette Midler says onstage.
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Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
The future of the Steve Wyrick Theatre is up in the air, but it’s pretty clear we won’t be calling it that anymore.
Here’s a little trivia on Green Goddess salad dressing: It reportedly was created at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco in the ’20s to honor actor George Arliss, who was appearing in a play titled, appropriately enough, “The Green Goddess.” Since then its popularity has been as up and down as most actors’ careers, but readers say it’s available in Las Vegas for Kaye Adams.
The rugged Bitter Springs Trail lies not far from the sprawl of urban Las Vegas, but seems a world away. Designated a scenic back country byway by Congress in 1989, the 30-mile route south of Valley of Fire State Park connects old mining roads, a mountain pass and desert washes between Interstate 15 and the Northshore Road in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Allow at least two hours just to drive the route, more if you stop to explore.
An entertainer was joking with me about what I’d do if newspapers go down the tubes. He suggested I become a consultant.
It’s the ‘tude. Of course it is with David Spade, whose put-upon comedy of attitude finds punch lines where none should be.
The down side of not looking your age? It’s surprising to hear Bette Midler say she’s tired.