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Theater Review: AWAKENING THE SHOW (Wynn Las Vegas)
CRYSTAL PALACE: AWAKENING PERFECTS THE IMPERSONAL ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ It opens with darkness. Then light fractures across a sixty-foot glass stage that shouldn’t exist but does, spinning and splitting into impossible geometries while Anthony Hopkins‘ taped voice rolls through the theater like distant thunder. Awakening The Show arrives…
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Theater | Art Review: MEOW WOLF PHENOMENOMALY (Omega Mart at Area15)
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT’S IN STORE; SHOP ‘TIL REALITY DROPS Area15 is an immersive retail and entertainment district located just minutes from the Las Vegas Strip. Its crown jewel is Omega Mart, a surreal supermarket installation where vibrant and bizarre products fill every shelf, cooler, and display case. Since opening in 2021, the sheer…
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GAMBLING MUSEUMS IN THE U.S. — WHERE CASINO HISTORY COMES TO LIFE
Casinos are built on illusions. They dazzle with neon lights, hypnotic sounds, and the ever-present possibility of an impossible win. But beneath the surface, there’s a deeper story—one of high-stakes risks, fortunes made and lost, and a history that stretches back long before Las Vegas ever lit up the desert. Gambling has shaped American culture…
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Restaurant Review: ELEMENTA (The Gallery in DTLA)
A FANCY DINNER THAT’S ACTUALLY FUN Let’s be honest—multi-sensory dining experiences can sometimes feel like a high-concept science experiment where you’re not sure if you’re supposed to eat the food or just appreciate its existence. But Elementa at The Gallery in DTLA at Olive and Olympic? This is one of those rare dinners where the…
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Theater & Event Review: DISCOSHOW (Spiegelworld at 3535 Las Vegas Boulevard)
AN AUTHENTIC 70S NEW YORK DISCO EXPERIENCE FROM DUSK TO DAWN On Saturday September 7, 2024, live entertainment and hospitality trailblazer Spiegelworld and Caesars Entertainment hosted a dusk-to-dawn party to celebrate the world premiere of DISCOSHOW and the new restaurant Diner Ross. The red carpet was rolled out along the Las Vegas Strip, leading hundreds of…
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Theater Review: ABSINTHE and SUPERFRICO RESTAURANT (Spiegelworld at Caesars Palace and Chelsea Tower)
ABSINTHE I FELL FOR YOU For a most salacious evening of “adult” delights, head on over to Absinthe at Caesar’s Palace which is surely the #1 Greatest Show in Las Vegas history (it has played to sold-out audiences since 2011). Hosted by the filthy rich and just plain filthy Gazillionaire and his nymphomaniac sidekick Wanda Widdles,…
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Extras: MUSICALS AND CASINOS: WHY GAMBLING VENUES ARE EMBRACING THIS GENRE MORE OFTEN
Visiting a physical casino is a glamorous affair that requires hard work, dedication, and a meticulous eye for detail at every stage. Whether you’re playing blackjack at your favorite online casino or watching the roulette wheel spin at a physical one, you’ll notice a distinct ambience. This atmosphere matches the casino’s brand and is tailored…
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Theater Review: MRS. DOUBTFIRE (North American Tour)
HELLOOOOOO! The 90s zeitgeist has returned in the form of drag Scottish nanny Mrs. Doubtfire, the eponymous movie of which has been turned into a Broadway musical, and is now on a national tour stopping at Hollywood Pantages through June 30. From her comically high-pitched Scottish accent to the iconic pastel cardigans, our titular drag…
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Extras | Vegas Theater: OVER AND OVER: VEGAS’ LONGEST-RUNNING SHOWS OF ALL TIME
Ever heard the phrase “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas”? While many use it as an excuse to get away with drunken nights, daring escapades, and wagering it all on the best Vegas slot games for fun, the essence of it goes further than just indulgence. For many, Las Vegas can almost be likened…
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Extras: CINEMA EXPERIENCES IN LAS VEGAS: FROM ICONIC EVENTS TO THE GAMBLING ENVIRONMENT
CINEMA EXPERIENCES IN LAS VEGAS: FROM ICONIC EVENTS TO THE GAMBLING ENVIRONMENT Las Vegas is a city known for its luxurious and large casino-hotels and associated activities. It is a place to experience the best of the best entertainment, food, nightlife, and gambling. From the glitz and glamor of the Strip to the serenity of…
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Theater Preview: FIRST FOLIO THEATRE (Update to 20-21 Season)
FIRST FOLIO THEATRE ANNOUNCES UPDATE TO 2020-2021 SEASON SCHEDULING In response to the current health situation, and in accordance with their commitment to maintaining a safe environment for their employees and patrons, First Folio Theatre has announced that they are postponing their first two scheduled productions of the 2020-2021 season. The fall production of THE…
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Las Vegas Theater Review: SHOTSPEARE’S ROMEO AND JULIET (Planet Hollywood)
THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS Shotspeare is a comedy punch mulled from liquor, a few conservatory-trained actors and Ringling Brothers clowns, and the brutalization of one of the best plays ever written. There’s a Wheel of Soliloquy to determine punishments for actors unlucky enough to give speeches; there’s a case of beer and a bottle of hard stuff…
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Las Vegas Theater Review: V – THE ULTIMATE VARIETY SHOW (V Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort)
A VIRTUAL VOLCANO OF VISCERALLY VIVACIOUS VARIETY Not every rewarding entertainment experience in Las Vegas tries to blow audiences’ minds with a massive cast, dazzling special effects, and topless dancers. Consider V – The Ultimate Variety Show at the V Theatre inside the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort. The variety show is housed…
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Las Vegas Theater Review: PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS (Jewel Box at the Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas)
THE WRONGEST SHOW IN TOWN I never knew that I was a prude until I attended Puppetry of the Penis at The Jewel Box inside Las Vegas’s Erotic Heritage Museum. Silly me; since it had played, among other venues, at the Edinburgh Theater Festival as well as Off-Broadway for a respectable run in New York,…
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Las Vegas Theater Review: VEGAS! THE SHOW (The Saxe Theatre at Planet Hollywood)
GIMME THAT OLD TIME VEGAS In front of a necropolis where Vegas marquees and hotel signs of old are the tombstones, an old, black janitor (the multi-talented Tezz Yancey) comes out with a broom and reminisces with us about the Vegas of old. It doesn’t take an idiot savant to know what cards the creators…
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Las Vegas Theater Review: KÁ (Cirque du Soleil)
GOOD KÃ, BAD KÃ There is so much money, time and skill invested in KÃÂ — the Cirque du Soleil mid-east, tribal-flavored spectacle at MGM in Las Vegas that you don’t want to say anything bad about it. The sheer grandeur and never-before-seen technical stagecraft eclipses one’s desire to note that this is, basically, a $200…
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Los Vegas Concert Review: AUDRA MCDONALD IN CONCERT (The Smith Center for the Performing Arts)
MCDONALD’S CHARM The last time I saw the captivating singer and actress Audra McDonald in concert, she sang the Bernstein/Comden/Green tune “I’m a Little Bit in Love” from Wonderful Town: “Mm–mmm! / It’s so nice to be alive / When you find someone who bewitches you.” And when you see her upcoming concert at the Smith…
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Las Vegas Theater Review: JUBILEE! (Jubilee Theater at Bally’s Las Vegas)
THIS SHOWGIRL NEVER AGES For the typical visitor, Donn Arden’s Jubilee! is what Las Vegas entertainment is all about – spectacle, elegance, and acres of nubile topless young ladies descending a giant staircase. The show has been a staple of the Las Vegas scene for 30 years at Bally’s Hotel (excluding a remodeling hiatus) and…
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Las Vegas Theater Review: ABSINTHE (Caesars Palace)
DRINK PLENTY OF ABSINTHE BEFORE YOU ATTEND THIS FRAT PARTY Absinthe – an uneasy cross between terrific variety acts and a stag party – takes place near the entrance to Caesars Palace Hotel, in a 600-seat tent; it’s an in-the-round venue that brings viewers close in to the acts (and, for better or worse, to…
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Las Vegas / National Tour Theater Review: MICHAEL JACKSON THE IMMORTAL WORLD TOUR
OH, WHAT A FOOL THIS IMMORTAL BE [Editor’s Note: The tour reviewed below was a gigantic, arena-style show. A more intimate and intricate encounter with the late singer’s oeuvre took up permanent residence at Las Vegas’s Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino as Michael Jackson: ONE on June 30, 2013.] After a short run in Las Vegas, Cirque…
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