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12 July 2006
Viva Las Vegas -
Singers
Singers who have made
Las Vegas the entertainment capital of the
world.
Barbra
Streisand
Long known for her stage
fright, award winning singer and actress Barbra Streisand
avoided the concert stage for most of her career. But when
in 1994 she sold out at New York's Madison Square Gardens
and embarked upon a series of sell out gigs in Los Angeles,
she decided she could also do Las Vegas. In 1999 she staged
a one off New Year's Eve concert - billed as a farewell
performance -at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The show grossed
nearly $15 million - a national record.
Celine
Dion
In 2003 Celine Dion opened
the biggest showcase in Las Vegas history for a single
headlining performer. The massive 4100 seat, $95 million
Colosseum at Caesars Palace was built specifically with Dion
in mind. Her 90 minute fusion of song, performance art,
theatrical innovation and state of the art technology,
created by former Cirque du Soleil guru Franco Dragone,
plays five times a week.
Talking of
which...
Cirque du
Soleil
In 1993, Montreal based
Cirque du Soleil opened Mystere, it's permanent Las Vegas
production, at the pirate themed Treasure Island resort.
Five years later, the Mediterranean themed Bellagio opened
with Cirque du Soleil's second permanent production on the
Strip, the aquatic themed O. Last year, the third, Zumanity,
premiered at the New York New York resort. Last year Cirque
du Soleil created a fourth production in town, the fiery,
Eastern influenced KA at the MGM Grand and the curtain has
been raised this year on the fifth production Love at the
Mirage.
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Also see:
Viva
Las Vegas - Cher
Sonny and Cher's flagging career was revived by Las
Vegas.
Viva
Las Vegas - Siegfried And Roy/Elton
John
More performers who have made Las Vegas the entertainment
capital of the world.
Viva
Las Vegas - Wayne Newton
Wayne Newton is one of the few headlining entertainers from
the golden era of Las Vegas who still perform
nightly.
Viva
Las Vegas - Elvis Presley
In the spring of 1956, when he turned 21, Elvis Presley
first appeared in Las Vegas at the New Frontier.
Viva
Las Vegas - Liberace
Pianist Wladziu Valentino Liberace made his Las Vegas debut
in November 1944 at the age of 25. He'd already taken the
showbiz step of changing his name, initially to 'Walter
Liberace' and then 'Walter Buster Keys,' and finally dropped
his first name altogether.
Viva
Las Vegas - Frank Sinatra
More than any other entertainer, Old Blue Eyes gave the city
it's sophisticated edge and glitzy image. The rise of the
singer and the Strip are inseparable.
Las
Vegas History. The Story Of
Vegas
How a tiny desert town turned into the ultimate gambling
Mecca.
Las
Vegas Showgirls
She is a beautiful creature bedecked in sequins, feathers
and always wears only the reddest lipstick. Her image is
synonymous with the glamour of the city's stages. She is the
Las Vegas showgirl and without Donn Arden she may never have
existed.
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