Interactive show hoped to be up and running in time to tap into wedding market created by lift of same-sex marriage ban.
Shows
Performers Bob Anderson and John Payne launched new vehicles for themselves with different outcomes.
Impressionist Bob Anderson invited back for a year’s run after testing “Frank” tribute with free showcase last May.
The troupe makes its first working visit to Las Vegas with Saturday’s “Impractical Jokers” Tour, which Vulcano describes as basically a celebration of the hidden-camera prank show.
As he films the final season of “Parks and Rec,” the comedian translates stand-up popularity into projects such as a not-so-jokey book.
This limited run at the Plaza (through Nov. 1) displays some good ideas and formula-free thinking within what is kind of a frenetic mess. The title of an old Melissa Etheridge album, “Brave and Crazy,” comes to mind for both what you see on stage and the business plan behind showcasing it.
Triple-threat entertainer stages a variety showcase saluting the TV and variety influences of his youth. Sketches included.
A spotlight on Sonny Charles in recent concert for Nevada’s 150th inspires a list of other less-heralded entertainment veterans.
“Georgia On My Mind” brings seasoned pros together in the name of Ray, and of old-Vegas showmanship on the Strip.
This season’s musical acts join magician Mat Franco for two shows that won’t otherwise tour.
Tropicana scouted both classic rock tribute and Riviera magician Jan Rouven to fill theater vacated by ‘Mamma Mia!’
Monday’s Nevada Sesquicentennial All-Star Concert at The Smith Center included both a Mark Twain and Elvis Presley impersonator. The real Wayne Newton and those Cirque du Soleil courtesans in the red frocks and powder wigs who are as synonymous with the new Las Vegas as Newton was to the ’70s.
If the number of years a show is in business means something to you, here are a few who might be notable.
Mat Franco attended veteran magician Jeff McBride’s classes when he was just 12 years old.
R&B legend Diana Ross has all the checkmarks needed to take over dates Celine Dion canceled.
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