Paul Shaffer remembers the Righeous Brothers on an old ABC-TV show: “Every week, they always seemed to sing the same song, ‘Koko Joe,’ about a little monkey.”
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In ‘Guest House,’ Pauly Shore looks like he reeks, he butts heads with the couple and throws a party that lands the homeowner in jail.
Eager to portray a superhero, Alan Silva says, “I wish we, as acrobats, would not get put in the box.”
Usher is going to perform as if it’s pre-COVID, says Caesars Entertainment exec Jason Gastwirth.
Gov. Steve Sisolak has reportedly reviewed entertainment-safety initiatives by major Las Vegas resort companies, but there is no plan for the return of live entertainment.
“Salvage Yard” producer Paul Seignthaler says, “We wanted to showcase this in pieces, to show what we have and to also bring some normalcy to people’s lives.”
An organizer for Tuesday’s We Make Events Red Alert campaign says, “This is a closed set, is is not a gathering place, it is not a protest. It is a visual installation. Period.”
Smith Center President Myron Martin says of the We Make Events Red Alert campaign: “This is a plea for stagehands and artists who are not getting federal unemployment.”
In a pandemic, the Entertainment Capital of the World is a tough room. Las Vegas businesses that stage music along with food and drink are learning this the hard way.
Frank Cullotta said if he dwelled on his criminal past, “I’d wind up in my car with a gun in my mouth.”
Vegas danger artist Jonathan Goodwin says of the moment of truth with Alexis Brownley, “It’s me and little Alexis. It was excruciating. She started to cry.”
We the Entertainment Community of Las Vegas — WE/EC Vegas in shorthand — is showing its solidarity Wednesday night with a car parade and walking/standing demonstration on the Las Vegas Strip.
Lighting director David Schulman says, “We are seeing the effects beyond just the production shows; it’s with all the stagehands who put on live performances everywhere in the city.”
About 275 Wynn employees who worked on “Le Reve” are now out of work.
DJ Ashba says of EDM “The one thing that I’ve noticed is … it lacks guitar.”