Before “The Dirty Joke Show” begins an announcer warns folks with sensitive ears to leave and go see “Donny and Marie.”
That’s good advice for those who don’t like the “F” word, which seems to be used two or three times in every sentence in this comedy showcase of potty mouth humor at Hooters, which may [...]

It took awhile, but drag star Frank Marino is finally living his dream – his own show on the Las Vegas Strip.

“Frank Marino’s Divas Las Vegas” is a delightfully decadent evening of pure entertainment by a cast of female impersonators that includes tributes to Lady GaGa, Beyonce, Britney, Tina Turner, Shirley Bassey, Whitney Houston, [...]

I looked forward to seeing Jason Alexander in “The Donny Clay Experience” at Planet Hollywood with the same anxiety I have when going on a blind date.

I didn’t know what to expect.
There’s a certain amount of nervousness mixed in with eager anticipation of meeting someone new and different.

But how new and how different would [...]

What the Cirque du Soleil’s big-budget production needs to make it truly memorable is Big Elvis, the 430-lb vocalist who fills most of his performances at Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall 7&Saloon.

Pete Vallee, 44, has a voice that touches fans with its remarkable interpretation of Elvis.

I could envision the show opening with the hefty singer [...]

When Bob Anderson does an impression it isn’t just a snippet, a quick word or two or a piece of a song to arouse an image in the mind of the audience.

Anderson, who was the toast of Las Vegas in the ‘70’s and ‘80s, takes on the persona of the subject.

He doesn’t merely do Tony [...]

The lights are low inside the elegant dining room of Daddy Mac’s, one of the newer dining establishments in the area that caters to fans of live music.

Ronnie Rose, the quintessence of a class act, is singing a Frank Sinatra song. Later he may delve into a little Nat King Cole and Lionel Richie or [...]

There was a whole of shakin’ goin’ on at the premier of “Viva ELVIS” over the weekend.

Sammy Shore, who was Elvis’ opening act from 1969 to 1972, was shaking his head with disappointment.
“I thought there should have been more about Elvis, about his life. More of a personal touch,” says the 81-year-old comedian. “Too [...]

Sammy Shore, echoing the feelings of several who attended the world premiere of “Viva Elvis,” was disappointed.
“I thought there should have been more about Elvis, about his life. More of a personal touch,” says the 81-year-old comedian who was Elvis’ opening act from 1969 to 1972. “Too much Cirque.”
Or not enough.
Some complained the acrobatics in [...]

Boldly I walked into the boisterous Chippendale’s showroom, crowded with anxious women eager to be entertained by a cast of near-naked men with rippling muscles and bronze bodies.
I am certain of my own sexual identity and had no problem attending a male stripper show on its 3,000th performance, but in case the women were not [...]

You can spend years in Las Vegas and never meet anyone who was born here.
In the 12 years I’ve been here I’ve met a handful, few enough that it’s still a surprise when someone declares they are a native.
Windy Karigianes was born and raised in Las Vegas.
She’s a jazz vocalist with a silken voice, smooth, [...]