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Louie Anderson Is Still LOLing, But He’s Not So Emotional About It

August 31, 2010 at 4:56 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

Ed. Note: This post was actually written by JuliaB who had technical difficulties uploading from an airport. (Don't ask.) Also, Julia B is not to be confused with me, Juliana, who uploaded this story for her. Carry on.

Last month, when Louie Anderson unveiled his new show at Palace Station and announced that it was going to be called Louie LOL ;) we couldn’t help but groan.

We hoped that the LOL stood for something esoteric (like, um, Louie Out Loud or Louie Off Limits) or even something naughty (hence the winky face) but when we asked the great man himself, he just banged on about how LOL meant Laugh Out Loud (um, thanks, Louie), but it could also mean Love Out Loud, and that emoticons are the human race’s textual way of expressing emotion (ditto.)

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Is The Ticket Policy for Garth Brooks a Little Too Harsh?

August 11, 2010 at 6:41 PM | by juliana | 4 Comments

When it was announced last year that Garth Brooks would be performing at Encore in weekend stints scattered over five years, everyone scrambled to get tickets.

But they went fast, selling out pretty much right after the dates and times were announced. Yet most Garth fans probably suspected that if they failed to buy 'em from the Wynn Box office, they could pursue other ticket sites. Wrong.

From the get-go, Encore and Wynn announced a strict policy regarding any tickets not bought from their own box office. In short, they would void any ticket not bought from their box office. They would also void any ticket bought over the asking price of $143 (again, a way to weed out tickets not bought from their own box office.)

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The Bad Girls Aren't the Only Ones To Be Leaving Sin City

Where: 3000 Paradise Road [map], 89109
July 27, 2010 at 5:15 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Hope she did a good swan song

As we were drying our eyes on Sunday night with the realization that Sin City Bad Girls was no more, we couldn’t help noticing that another show at the Hilton had quietly closed. Voices which had singer Lani Misalucha taking off various divas has also died a little death. Sad face!

What does this mean for the Shimmer Showroom, which is looking a little tarnished in the wake of that? Well, at the moment, they’ve still got mulleted magician Steve Dacri on the roster Sunday and Monday nights, and Trent Carlini doing his Elvis thing Wednesday to Sunday. Then there’s Andrew Dice Clay on and off too (dates here) and Mark ‘Mr Cooper’ Curry is doing a few mini residencies until October.

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To Buy or Not to Buy: The Souvenir Photo Conundrum

July 21, 2010 at 4:06 PM | by Mr Pappagiorgio | 1 Comment

We spend so long telling you what to do in Vegas, that we thought it was time to redress the balance. So welcome to our new feature: what not to do in Vegas. First up: souvenir pics.

You’ve been looking forward to your Vegas trip for weeks. You finally arrive on the Strip. You’re so excited you lose concentration for one second and the next thing you know you’ve agreed to spend two hours watching a timeshare presentation in exchange for a free buffet. What else in Vegas might you think twice about before buying on impulse? Souvenir Photos.

Before many Vegas shows you're encouraged to stand in line and wait your turn to get your picture taken. And after those shows you’ll walk smack into a lovely lady shoving said picture into your hand. It may be in a cardboard frame or it may be in a fancy leather bound binder. But these pictures can cost upwards of $40. Yes, forty bucks. For one.

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LA Comedy Club Has a Crafty Way of Excluding the Douchebags

Where: 4455 Paradise Rd [map], 89169
July 21, 2010 at 11:51 AM | by juliab | 0 Comments

We did wonder. When we popped by the LA Comedy Club at the Hard Rock a couple of weeks back, we noticed that the clientele was not what we’d normally expect from the Hard Rock. Was it because the usual suspects were too busy discarding their Ed Hardy underwear by the pool or off on the Strip in search of a new fedora?

Or was it maybe that they were put off by the dress code? Because it was only this week that we noticed there’s a notice saying "No flip flops or sleeveless shirts".

Random, no? No. We checked it out with the comedy peeps, who told us that it’s in place “primarily because of Rehab on Sundays”.

100 per cent excellent idea. Weed out the buffoons! See you Sunday.

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Cast Member Confessions: Why You Shouldn't Be Late to 'The Lion King'

July 8, 2010 at 4:10 PM | by juliana | 2 Comments

It's no secret that we love the shows of Vegas but after seeing so many, we've become curious about the cast members who star in them! So every once in a while, VegasChatter will be doing Cast Member Confessions--interviews with talented Vegas cast members about life on and off the stage, scandalous or not. Know of a cast member we should talk to? Tell us who!

Previously, we've told you what not to do when visiting Vegas but there's one thing we strongly recommend you should do when in town--and that's to go see a show. Too often Vegas shows get overlooked because visitors are so distracted by everything else from the casinos to the malls, restaurants, pool scenes, nightclubs and the big A--alcohol.

But seeing a show not only enriches your Vegas experience (and keeps you from losing money at the tables for a few hours), you'll also see some mighty talented people hard at work--like Kissy Simmons.

Kissy plays the lead role of Nala in "The Lion King" which is currently in residence at Mandalay Bay. This is a role she originated here in Vegas in March 2009 after playing Nala for six years on Broadway. Six years!

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Vegas! The Show May Not Be There Yet, But At Least It's Self Aware

Where: 3663 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
July 8, 2010 at 11:11 AM | by juliab | 7 Comments

Here’s an idea. Why not make Tom Lowe sing all the songs? Reva Rice can join in too - that would fix it

You may remember our surprise a couple of weeks back at the fact that we were pleasantly surprised by Vegas! The Show when we snuck into its dress rehearsal.

We thought there was definitely some talent on display, but we also thought they had a lot to smooth out before opening night – the next night. Las Vegas Weekly, who sat in with us, waxed lyrical on the, um, “organized chaos” here.

We assumed that with the show having to go on etc etc, they’d have smoothed it all out for the opening performance. Indeed, Johnny Kats was at opening night and although he noticed the crew still painting the set, didn’t mention any big problems. So we assumed that David Saxe et al had broken all the legs that needed to be broken and got together a fine show.

Alas, not so, according to a friend of VegasChatter who saw the show in its week. Apparently it’s still running overtime – 90 minutes instead of 75 – and it’s still patchy. So patchy, in fact, that David Saxe gave every single member of the audience a glass of champagne and a free ticket to come back and see the show at a later date, when it’s "ready". Apparently, he’d been doing that since opening night - although we think that may have been an offer limited to the first week only.

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Vegas The (Other) Show Wants to be the Best Lunch in Town

Where: 450 Fremont Street [map], 89104
June 29, 2010 at 12:00 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

The audience at the Saxe Theater may be a little hotter

Remember the Vegas! The Show confusion with our nearly booking a downtown one instead of the Saxe Theater one which we wanted? Well, we were out on Fremont Street at the weekend and found that other one at the Las Vegas Rocks Café.

According to the advertising, it has a cast of five, but it also features the “Las Vegas Showgirls”. On a TV screen? Or all five of the cast, including some cross-dressing? It’s on at 2.30pm Wednesday through Saturday, and is billing itself as the “best afternoon lunch show in Las Vegas”. Heady claims, people, heady claims.

Apparently the show is:

A story in song featuring music, comedy and a multi-media journey through the history of Las Vegas. It starts from the 1930's, progresses to the present day, and includes a look into the future of Las Vegas in the year 2050.

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Against All the Odds, We Have High Hopes For Vegas! The Show

Where: 3663 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], 89109
June 28, 2010 at 6:22 PM | by juliab | 2 Comments

The set for the opening scene, random showgirl, and random man on set (it was a rehearsal, remember)

We’ve been fairly vocal about our excitement over Vegas! The Show – the new offering at the equally new Saxe Theater. Seeing as it was promising showgirls, a full orchestra and as much Vegas shizzle as you could shake said shizzle at, we were hoping that it would either be very, very good or so bad it was actually brilliant. In fact, if we’re being honest, we were hoping for the latter. They haven’t had long to rehearse, after all, it’s a small theater, plus the fact that we’d always go for Showgirls over Leaving Las Vegas should tell you all you need to know about our “ironic”* taste in films (*actually, scratch the irony excuse - let's be shameless in our love of cheese).

Anyways, as you’ll know, it opened Saturday. It’s now in a soft opening until press night at the end of July, but we snuck into the dress rehearsal on Friday night to see what was in store.

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Where to Find the (Intentional) Comedy at the Hard Rock

Where: 4455 Paradise Rd [map], 89169
June 28, 2010 at 5:01 PM | by juliab | 2 Comments

Until last night, we were under the impression that comedy at the Hard Rock was confined to the trout pouts on display in the casino and the pool-humping at Rehab. You too? Well think again. There is real, intentional comedy at the Hard Rock, it started last week, and it’s happening every weekend at Wasted Space.

It’s called the LA Comedy Club, and although it’s technically nothing to do with LA – the only other branch is in (don’t judge) the Four Queens downtown – the idea is that it’s an “LA-style comedy club”. Which, in layman’s terms, means no silly improvisation (we’ll go to Chicago for that, thanks), no family-orientated weak stuff and no lazy hey-this-is-Vegas-so-let’s-just-make-blowjob-jokes-for-an-hour-woohoo “adult comedy” either.

Instead, as we found out last night, it’s all about proper comedians – both breaking out, and more established, but mostly with some kind of TV/movie link. So last week they kicked off with Jimmy Shubert and this weekend was the turn of fittie Ahmed Ahmed who’s been in Iron Man, done the rounds of the TV shows, won the Richard Pryor award at the Edinburgh Festival, but most importantly was 100% brillz. As was his warm up, Peter Berman.

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Sorry, We Have to Brag: We Saw 'LOVE' for Just $55

Where: 3400 Las Vegas Boulevard [map], 89109
June 18, 2010 at 2:25 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

We took advantage of the Cirque du Soleil's summer promotion to get us a $55 ticket to LOVE at The Mirage last night. So what kind of seats did we get? Back row. Literally the last row in the house.

However, because this show is in the round there are no bad seats. We've also seen LOVE before so we didn't need to be up close. (That was in 2006 and we paid a whopping $125 for a ticket!)

We were also grateful for our seats because LOVE has a bit where they cover the audience in a sort of parachute blanket. We were so high up the blanket didn't reach us which was wonderful because the last time, that parachute made us claustrophobic.

Lastly, we liked our seats because it was near an exit/entrance for the acrobats who swoop in on ropes and other Cirque contraptions and we could see how they are fed into the theater. And we had a seat on the aisle with no one next to us. Score!

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Matsuri Actually Makes a Pretty Decent Budget Cirque

Where: 3535 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89109
June 10, 2010 at 12:06 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Matsuri’s actually like? Us too. And because we find the IP so intriguing, we’re fans of Divas, and we’re fed up of Cirque’s normally high prices, we thought we’d give it a go.

We had no idea what to expect, other than an “Asian Cirque”, as our companion put it. But we did assume it would be a bit crap. And you know what? We were pleasantly surprised.

There are Cirque-y moments – aerial gymnastics, routines with a giant hulahoop and the like. There’s also a magician and his annoying kid-friendly sidekick to provide giggles, which reminded us of the annoying light relief parts of Mystere.

What Matsuri lacks, though, is the thing that irritates us most about Cirque – the invented language and weird storylines. We don’t want human interest - just do us some acrobatics, dammit! So props to Matsuri on this front.

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