{"id":201,"date":"2009-05-13T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blogs\/dmckee\/index.cfm\/2009\/5\/13\/Case-Bets-Caesars-Criss-Angel-Lance-Burton-Earl--Lani-and-Trent"},"modified":"2023-05-20T08:44:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T16:44:02","slug":"case-bets-caesars-criss-angel-lance-burton-earl-lani-and-trent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/case-bets-caesars-criss-angel-lance-burton-earl-lani-and-trent\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Bets: Caesars, Criss Angel, Lance Burton, Earl & Lani and Trent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seen last night by an S&G<\/em> source, Pit One at Caesars Palace<\/strong> empty save for one or two baccarat players. It’s just a small indicator of a larger disconnect that I hope to address later.<\/p>\n

PR flack Robin Leach<\/strong> has been transcribing more of the gospel according to Criss Angel<\/strong>, the latest being that Cirque du Soleil’<\/strong>s wunderkind<\/em> “will juggle his schedule” of Believe<\/em><\/a> dates to make room for filming the next season of Mindfreak<\/em>. Do you think this might be a face-saving way to cut back on performances of a show that’s already having to be deeply and frequently discounted? Naaaaaaaaaaaaah<\/em>!<\/p>\n

And is MGM Mirage<\/strong> really content to let Lance Burton<\/strong> walk, as appears to be the case? With only a month remaining on Burton’s contract, no extension has been signed and MGM punted our query to Burton’s manager.<\/p>\n

Two of the Strip’s major showrooms<\/strong> are currently vacant. Burton’s act<\/a> is probably too downmarket for Wynn Resorts<\/strong>‘ tastes (or pretensions, if you prefer) but Alex Yemenidjian<\/strong> could steal a march on his former employer by bringing Burton back to the Tropicana<\/strong>. Lord knows, the place could use him and Dirk Arthur<\/strong> is working on a short-term contract now — a stopgap arrangement made when interim Trop management screwed up and came within days of having no<\/em> shows at their property.<\/p>\n

Value for the $$<\/strong>. Last week’s adventures included checking out Voices<\/a><\/em> at the Las Vegas Hilton<\/strong>, which gives the LVH a long-needed shot in the arm. Stars Earl Turner<\/strong> and “the beautiful Lani Misalucha<\/strong>” (as she is always introduced) wisely minimized expectations prior to opening. For one thing, their energetic, caution-to-the-winds revue features far more interaction than they led people to expect. Who knew if these two very different singers would “jell” … but they do.<\/p>\n

It’s a rouser and — at an $80 top — a considerably better value than Elvolution<\/a><\/em>, starring Trent Carlini<\/strong>. Eighty bucks at Voices<\/em> gets you two headliners and a six-piece band. A $92 top at Elvolution<\/em> buys you an Elvis Presley<\/strong> impersonator … singing to backing tracks. That takes some nerve, I tell ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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