{"id":31,"date":"2009-09-02T04:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T08:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blogs\/dmckee\/index.cfm\/2009\/9\/2\/Viva-Elvis"},"modified":"2012-10-05T15:18:07","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T23:18:07","slug":"viva-elvis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/viva-elvis\/","title":{"rendered":""Viva Elvis""},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, Viva Elvis<\/em><\/strong> will be the long-awaited, enshrouded-in-secrecy title of the Cirque du Soleil<\/strong> show scheduled to debut this December at CityCenter.<\/strong>* Wow, they must have had to really burn the midnight oil in Montreal to come up with that one … Speaking of name changes, Scarlett and her Seductive Ladies of Magic<\/em><\/a> (at the Riviera<\/strong>) is now Abra-Ca-Sexy<\/em>. Well, it’s catchier … The wheels continue to fall off the Riviera train: An Evening with Dean and Friends<\/strong> has closed, as has the dinner buffet (again) … Lost in the bankruptcy tumult at the Greek Isles<\/strong> was the opening of a new show. Its cumbersome title is Chinaman: A Rock & Roll Comedy Experience<\/em><\/a>. Moving right along … By the time you read this, Rockstar: The Tribute<\/em> should have reopened at the Harmon Theater<\/strong> after a disastrously short stint at the Wyrick Entertainment Complex<\/strong> (aka, “the Venue of Death”) in Planet Hollywood<\/strong>. However, the Harmon has given it as much advance publicity as an IRS raid on a Vegas nightclub, so that’s not a promising start … In like manner, Beatles<\/strong> tribute Penny Lane<\/a><\/em> tiptoed into the Tropicana<\/strong> without so much as a ‘by your leave’ … Back at Planet Ho, Tony ‘n Tina’s Wedding<\/em><\/a> evidently isn’t performing up to expectations. Ticket prices have been reduced 13%-30%, although they’re still steep ($63-$143) … It looks like Deutsche Bank<\/strong> is going to wait a spell and open the Cosmopolitan<\/strong> in Sept.-Oct. 2010. Which, given that the Strip’s been strangling on a glut of high-end rooms, is probably the wisest course of action. Wall Street’s former Holy Grail, “another wave of megaresort openings,” has become a phrase to be dreaded.<\/p>\n

Ready for some good news?<\/strong> The most remarkable dancer of the late, lamented Sin City Kitties<\/em>, Koree Kurkowski<\/strong>, is now part of the ensemble of Bite<\/em><\/a>. The show is kitsch to the nth degree but it’s entertaining in its own so-bad-it’s-good fashion. The Stratosphere<\/strong> casino floor was pretty dead for a Friday night last weekend, but Bite<\/em> was definitely packing them in. It’s not as good as Sin City Bad Girls<\/em><\/a> (at the Las Vegas Hilton<\/strong>) but way better than forgettable X Burlesque<\/em> (at the Flamingo<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

* — the Viva Elvis<\/em> revelation was let slip during last weekend’s Michael Jackson<\/strong> festival at The Palms<\/strong>. I learned of it after being invited — on 75 minutes’ notice — to co-host an episode of Steve Friess<\/strong>‘ The Strip Podcast<\/em>, in which I am teased for being “obsessed” with Carmen Electra<\/strong>. I’ll link to the edited version once it’s available, so you can hear me date myself with a Barbi Benton<\/strong> shout-out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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