Producers scan the great urban landscape to find the right star for a stage show. They review hours of YouTube clips, review video submissions and read reams of material to enlist the perfect performer. But sometimes, you really can’t top a Vegas alternative nightclub.
John Katsilometes
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.
Myron Martin opened The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Las Vegas in 2012. He previously ran the UNLV Performing Arts Center for five years beginning in 1999.
Fremont Street Experience officials are seeking approval from the Las Vegas City Council and Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to upgrade the attraction for the first time since 2004.
Britney Spears’ box-office take from her New Year’s Eve performance was reportedly $1,172,000, a record for the famous Planet Hollywood venue, and also for shows on the Strip.
The Chainsmokers rocked XS Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas. This was expected.
Britney Spears deserves credit for delivering a contemporary Las Vegas spectacle in a theater that was devoid of such a destination production.
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry inadvertently dropped plans for the band to headline in Las Vegas in the fall of ‘18.
I told Zak Bagans that I enjoyed his show about Lava, and that he visited a place that had great memories from my days as a kid in Idaho. I said to him, “If anywhere is haunted, it’s the Inn.”
Before their names were Amelie and Abigail, their names were simply Twin A and Twin B.
Britney Spears is to cap her residency on the Las Vegas Strip on Dec 31 with a performance on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2018.”
Saying, “It’s been a lifelong dream of mine to play Las Vegas,” Lady Gaga has signed her first Las Vegas Strip residency.
The Lady Gaga residency is upon us. Or, rather, it will be in late 2018.
Keely Smith was an overnight success. Meaning, much of her success was achieved overnight.
Mark Shunock, the man who played the addled theater manager Lonny showed he was impressive off-script, with an ambitious mind concealed under his character’s mullet.
“I’m in Sunrise Hospital,” Joe Vento said Saturday while taking a break from well wishers. “Nice way to celebrate my birthday, eh?”