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Showstopper
A Son’s Success, a Dad’s Pride at 'Legends in Concert'
May 15th, 2013
Dawdling at the Flamingo Showroom … ten minutes till curtain-up on the 30th anniversary performance of Legends in Concert … fiddling with my phone … minding my own beeswax. … “Can I tell you an interesting story, sir?” Read more »
Do the Twist
He was homeless for a while and famous for a moment. Then San Francisco contortionist/dancer Alonzo Jones arrived in Vegas to make the Strip his ‘Turf.'
May 14th, 2013
Somewhere, a chiropractor hopes to hit the patient jackpot. Read more »
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Molly Ringwald Sings Jazz
Performing in Vegas fulfills a childhood dream for the former teen actress
May 8th, 2013
Here’s something you probably didn’t know about Molly Ringwald: When she was young, she holed up in her room at night listening to Louis Prima and Keely Smith’s live album from their classic Las Vegas show. Read more »
Showstopper
'Centerfolds of Magic' Features Tricks and Topless Treats
May 8th, 2013
Whoa—are they oh-soooo-sensuously prestidigitating? In public? Performing explicit acts of legerdemain on one another in front of us? Read more »
Concert Review: Ira Glass
The Smith Center, April 27
April 29th, 2013
Ira Glass’s NPR radio program, This American Life, is tightly produced, approachable and meaningful, and Glass has been generating it week after week since 1995. On stage, Glass is just as brilliant: a blend of stand-up comedian, storyteller, professor and motivational pitchman. Read more »
Showstopper
'Priscilla' Will Bring a Different Gay Vibe to the Strip
April 24th, 2013
Consider that the de facto moniker of the Venetian. Once home to the mondo-melodrama of Phantom—The Las Vegas Spectacular, it will soon house twin camp-fests when Rock of Ages is joined by Priscilla Queen of the Desert—The Musical, which will sashay into the property for an 11-week run beginning June 18. Read more »
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Signature Accomplishment
Staving off extinction, this theater company exemplifies gumption in the era of Smith Center razzle-dazzle
April 23rd, 2013
What’s wrong with this Broadway-level, professionally polished, premium-$129-per-ticket picture: Tony lays dying. Maria kneels over him. Rival gang members encircle them. Smoke from a prop gun hangs in the air. West Side Story is reaching its shattering, heartbreaking climax and … Read more »
Back to the Money Shot
With two TV shows and some cancellation battle wounds, young comedy vet Whitney Cummings returns to standup
April 23rd, 2013
After two successful turns on the Comedy Central Roasts of David Hasslehoff and Donald Trump, Whitney Cummings dropped not one, but two sitcoms in September 2011—2 Broke Girls, which she co-created and co-produces; and the eponymous Whitney. Read more »
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Jaymes Vaughan's ‘Race’ to the Spotlight
Can the Chippendales host extend his 15 minutes of fame before the time runs out?
April 16th, 2013
It’s Friday night at Chippendales, so the audience of mostly bachelorette parties is rowdy and sloppy-exuberant. The emcee, Jaymes Vaughan—tall, tan, blond, blue-eyed, square-jawed with Indiana Jones regrowth and muscle-y muscles—is basically a human Ken doll with a goofy sense of humor. And I have spent all day following him around in the name of … um, research. Watching Jaymes cavort onstage, I realize the effort I spent politely averting my eyes when he changed clothes throughout the day was wasted. Read more »
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Sunny Sinclair Perks Up Entertaining 'Pin Up'
April 9th, 2013
Start here: Claire Sinclair is a tasty, made-for-Vegas combo—a dish of rich cheesecake served with a slice of apple-pie exuberance. Read more »
