Tegan Summer is in acquisition mode. VegasVille’s newest mover-slash-shaker is amassing licensing deals the same way coin collectors snap up silver nickels.
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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.
Pink Martini music director Thomas Lauderdale says, “I never thought I would say this,” he says, “but it would be fascinating to do a run in Las Vegas.”
The unaired episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” featuring Jerry Lewis will indeed air on Netflix.
Lynn McMullan says, “This year I am proud to say that I will be shaving my head under Team Kyra.”
De Ann Letourneau is such a familiar figure, I could tell it was her even from The Perch by the way she bowed after playing.
Jewel is at the center of “One Night For One Drop” event on Friday night at MJ One Theater at Mandalay Bay. On March 30-31, she is headlining at Encore Theater.
Zappos has agreed to an exclusive, five-year marketing partnership with Caesars Entertainment in the newly named Zappos Theater.
The man who worked at Steve Wynn’s side during the development of two production shows has plainly stated his opinion about Wynn’s creative contributions.
If Team Menopause realizes its vision, “Menopause 2” could well be the follow-up hit to the long-running “Menopause The Musical.
Austin “Chumlee” Russell weighed upwards of 320 pounds as recently as five years ago, then dropped to 225 in 2014, and has crept back up ever since.
The great Reva Rice, one of the city’s longest-running stars of the Strip has left her production of the past 7 ½ years, “Vegas! The Show.”
Jerry Lopez brought a pair music stalwarts to the stage Monday night, keyboard master Tom Shulman of Spyro Gyra, and percussionist/drummer Walfredo Reyes of Chicago.
Cosmopolitan CEO Bill McBeath says, “‘Opium’ is going to have a lot of the nuances and unexpected elements that have been synonymous with Spiegelworld programming.”
John Di Domenico says he’ll attempt to achieve what seems impossible — invoke moments of his Trump impression without creating a political chasm.
Sources familiar with booking at the venue pinpoint an August/September launch of a 26-show series for Queen with Adam Lambert.
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