The showgirls at “Jubilee!” do more than perform. They’re living relics. Adorned in sequins, feathers and Swarovski crystals, the dancers in “Jubilee!” at Bally’s are an iconic part of the city’s history. Behind the statuesque beauties are years of tradition that have shaped what the Las Vegas showgirl means to people around the world. “It’s [...]
By Caroline Fontein VEGAS.com Some people have to practice their whole life before they get their big break. Others grow into it. The latter was the case for Jose Pasillas. For the past 20 years, Pasillas has been the drummer for the rock band Incubus. He’s been playing the drums for that same amount of [...]
She used to shake it on stage, but now she’s a mover and shaker behind the scenes. After performing as a show girl in the topless revue “Crazy Girls” at the Riviera for 10 years, Angela Stabile decided to take a break from the spotlight and produce her own show on the Las Vegas Strip. [...]
By Caroline Fontein VEGAS.com The Las Vegas Strip has a new premiere comedy club with the opening of Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club at the MGM Grand. While most other comedy clubs, including Garrett’s old location at the Tropicana, are hosted in a bar, lounge or meeting space that has been repurposed, the new venue was custom-built to be [...]
By Caroline Fontein VEGAS.com While some relationships can get on the rocks, husband and wife Victor and Jenny Arata are always on a roll. Better known as, the Skating Aratas, these performers put their lives in each other’s hands every time they get on stage. The duo performers as one of the specialty acts in [...]
By Caroline Fontein VEGAS.com You’re in Vegas, and you want to see a Cirque du Soleil show. With seven productions on the Las Vegas Strip, it can be hard to figure out which one you’ll like the best. All of their shows are amazing, but they each offer something different, appealing to a wide range [...]
By Caroline Fontein VEGAS.com The Jersey Boys have a new home on the Las Vegas Strip. In 2008 the show opened at the Palazzo. After a successful run, the four blue-collar kids packed their bags, hit the road and headed west to Paris Las Vegas. “Jersey Boys” opened at its new location in March. For [...]
Twisting, spinning and flipping up to 45 feet in the air is all in a day’s work for Ginger Ana Griep-Ruiz. She performs a Tissu act in Cirque du Soleil’s Mystère at Treasure Island. Instead of a solid platform,her performance space is above the stage where she suspends herself with two pieces of fabric hanging from [...]
By Caroline Fontein VEGAS.com Action-packed adventure stories don’t just end. The plot always culminates to an epic battle scene where the characters go up against all odds to defeat evil. Movies like “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,” “Return of the Jedi” and “Matrix Reloaded” are perfect examples. All of these films have [...]
Cirque du Soleil is heading to the sky to replace “Viva Elvis” at Aria Las Vegas with “Zarkana.” “Zarkana,” one of Cirque’s touring shows that has appeared in Madrid, Moscow and Radio City Music Hall, is an acrobatically and aerially intense show, featuring trapeze, the wheel of death, high wire and more. “The main [...]