The venue formerly known as The Mob Bar had been reconfigured to less-than-50-percent capacity seating, with masks required. It wasn’t enough for the GCB.
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John Katsilometes’ man-about-town column appears on daily on page 3A. Katsilometes moved to Las Vegas from Northern California in 1996 and spent two years with the RJ before moving to the Greenspun Media Group in 1998, where he served as an editor, magazine writer and columnist. He returned to the RJ in August 2016. He has won numerous state and regional awards, including the 2013 Nevada Press Association Journalist of the Year honor, and has been awarded three times for column writing by the Best of the West contest.
Blue Man Group’s cast and crew at Luxor were informed Monday they were being terminated, but told to be ready for the show to be back onstage eventually.
Keeping busy while sidelined, Piff also made a return visit to the hit series “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” on The CW on Monday night.
For a quarter century, Cirque du Soleil has been a Las Vegas Strip phenomenon. That bond is never more apparent than today, as the company leans on Vegas for support.
In a move that would have been unheard of even a year ago, Cirque du Soleil, the Las Vegas Strip’s preeminent production company for more than two decades, has filed for bankruptcy.
Club operator and comedian Don Barnhart says, “We’re ready for every curveball and contingency.”
Across the city, entertainers are quickly recalibrating to follow COVID protocols, which are in fact changing by the day.
Singers are required to wear masks down under their chins, or loop them over an ear, while singing, then pull them back up.
Similar to the live show, “Marriage Can Be Murder” Zoom guests work with the cast to unravel clues and solve the murder
“Absinthe” producer Ross Mollison says, “Ultimately we think we can get 222 people in there, and that would be a third of our current capacity and it’s just a question of making the show work.”
It was a hot, sunny morning in VegasVille on Thursday. We know this because a tuxedoed, masked Phantom of the Opera sought shade under a palm tree near the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign.
Producer Hanoch Rosenn says of “Wow” reopening, “We are treating this as a message to our colleagues and friends around the world, who ask me, ‘How is it going?’ ”
The Panic! At the Disco frontman blasted President Trump, then added, “Dear Everyone Else, Donald Trump represents nothing we stand for.”
The D Las Vegas was also featured Monday night, as Chumlee checked into one of the downtown resort’s suites to pick through $500 worth of quarters.
The Vegas Room was such a throwback vibe it could have played out in black and white, except for Eric Jordan Young’s lemon-yellow suit.