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Posted At : August 19, 2008 09:24 AM | Posted By : D McKee
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There's a service here in town that alerts locals to "twofers" and outright freebies for various Strip shows. Lately, its e-mail alerts have been dominated by three names, two of which you might expect: pricey The Sopranos' Last Supper and newcomer Scarlett: Princess of Magic. The third name might surprise you -- Danny Gans. Yes, Danny Gans, he of the tree-trunk biceps and reputedly calcified comedy routine.
Gans: Flexing less box-office muscle these days?
Don't blame MGM Mirage, which is making marketing hay out of the waning months of Gans' stint at The Mirage. Maybe an act that is notorious for its lack of evolution is losing its appeal. Or perhaps, in today's economy, $110 seems an awful lot to see an impressionist, especially one who has scant name recognition outside the Vegas Valley.
(Well, maybe blame MGM Mirage a little bit: Wayne Brady, over at the Venetian, offers as many as five price points [from $54 to $171], compared to Gans' one-price-fits-all structure. Besides, Brady's show is a lot more up to date and -- as the Significant Other will be happy to tell you -- he's much better-looking than the ever-grinning Gans.)
When Steve Wynn announced that he'd wrested Gans away from MGM Mirage, he likened the entertainer (with typical, and usually pardonable Wynn overstatement) to Céline Dion, citing Gans' ability to fill 1,200 seats a night. Depending on how many of those seats are being given away, the frequency with which the house is being papered at The Mirage makes one wonder if Wynn has hitched his wagon to a falling star.
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