Shows

Las Vegas isn't known as the Entertainment Capital of the World for nothing.

In the early days, Fremont Street had live music and in the '30s, the nightclubs out on Boulder Highway featured big bands and ballroom dancing. But Sin City has been a true entertainment hot spot ever since Liberace first appeared on stage here, at the Last Frontier in 1944 (earning a previously unheard-of $750 a week, at a time when a Cadillac cost $1500); Liberace became a one-man walking advertisement for the extravagance and flamboyance that have been associated with Las Vegas entertainment ever since.

In the late 1950s, an American version of French burlesque introduced "the Las Vegas revue" to the world and showgirls have been a Sin City icon ever since. Though this breed of show went extinct with the last performance of Jublilee at Bally's on Feb. 11, 2016, after a 34-year run, the spectacle factor is still ferocious — extravagant staging, outrageous (or ultra-skimpy) costuming, elaborate choreography, world-class lighting and sound in hundred-million-dollar theaters, hosting headliners in residence, seven different Cirque du Soleil shows, illusionists (and their stunning assistants), topless revues, impressionists (a couple with puppets), hypnotists, superstar and female impersonators,  headlining comedians, male strippers, mind readers, Elvis resurrected, even a jousting dinner show, zombie burlesque, and a trio of blue men. 

And don't forget to check our Deals section for the best discounts in town.