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Chintz thy name is ...

Posted At : August 22, 2009 10:40 PM | Posted By : D McKee
Related Categories: Cirque du Soleil,Entertainment,Harrah's,Current,The Strip

... Harrah's Entertainment. We've just returned from the formal opening of Matsuri. The 8 p.m. show started at 8:16, due in no small part to the fact that the Imperial Palace had one usher working the entire showroom. One showroom. One usher. By the time a reinforcement showed up, the damage had been done. (Oh, and the cocktails there are awful. It's enough to give temperance a good name.)

The new Imperial Palace bartender.

Matsuri itself is very good, that rare show which gives real meaning to the baneful phrase, "high energy." It's like all the fun, acrobatic parts of a Cirque du Soleil spectacle minus the fey pretentiousness. Or, as the saying goes, "All killer! No filler!" (Really.) The only regrettable element is Matsuri's playing in a venue that's badly understaffed.

Harrah's Entertainment: Where the customer almost matters.

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Now, now, David...
Not everybody would know that you resurrected Carrie Nation, the noted temperance movement activist, to illustrate the poor drink service at the show.
Anybody who wants more info can go here:
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1058.html

# Posted By Kerr Mudgeon | 8/22/09 3:03 AM

That is a shame too, as that IP showroom while a bit dated is definitely a throwback and desperately needs ushers in order to seat it properly and quickly. HET's room prices have taken a bit of an about face as well even for TR members, blood from the stone in so many ways.

# Posted By Jinx | 8/22/09 7:33 AM

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