Hey, man. It’s not just about the dope.
Mike Weatherford
“Raw Talent Live” was created in a vacuum. And those who remember their middle-school science know what happens when vacuums are breached. If you don’t, go smash a light bulb or your middle-school thermos.
Las Vegas is a more-of-everything kind of town. But two Fab Fours? Eight is enough.
If you go to a party with entertainers, don’t drink the Kool-Aid.
Forgive the guys in Chicago if they sounded a little tired in places.
“Raw Talent Live” could be a breakthrough hit or an epic failure, but at least will not be dismissed as another ho-hum, by-the-numbers Las Vegas revue.
The Lion King” will keep a Broadway blockbuster at Mandalay Bay. Disney’s hit opens in April after “Mamma Mia!” departs in January.
Back in May, I wrote in this column, “Shows haven’t had much luck attracting the nightclub crowd. So as times get tougher, it could be producers are focusing more on families, which still are taking vacations and buying show tickets.”
He has walked on water and been dragged by hooks through his back on a helicopter ride over the Valley of Fire. But today, Criss Angel stands to do something he has never done before: sell his first ticket on the Strip.
In early 2006, Las Vegas-based actress Paige O’Hara, the voice of Belle in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” signed on to “Menopause The Musical” as a hormonal soap star with an appetite for younger men.
Aliante Station will give Station Casinos a ring around the valley of entertainment venues, and for the first time the company will test two-night, twin-casino bookings for some of its concert acts.
