By Caroline Fontein VEGAS.com Most kids would do anything to avoid getting on the bus. There’s nothing cool about riding the cheese wagon to school. Unless of course, the bus happens to be a state-of-the-art recording and music video production studio on wheels. That’s what students get to experience when they hop aboard the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. [...]
By Caroline Fontein VEGAS.com At a press conference today it was announced that Mandalay Bay will be the new home to everything Michael Jackson in Las Vegas. Through the hotel’s partnership with The Estate of Michael Jackson and Cirque du Soleil, Mandalay Bay will offer the next-best thing to Neverland with the launch of a [...]
By Caroline Fontein VEGAS.com Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, but don’t worry if you’re still trying to plan your night. There are plenty of things to do in Las Vegas to celebrate. You can dine at the Eiffel Tower at Paris Las Vegas, take a romantic gondola right at the Venetian or even solidify cupid’s [...]
By Caroline Fontein VEGAS.com As the Entertainment Capital of the World, Vegas is home to numerous grand-scale productions, but the performers aren’t the only stars of these shows. The stages are equally impressive. Stages for “O,” “KÀ,” “LOVE” and “Le Rêve,” which cost millions of dollars to create and take large staffs of technicians to [...]
In place of Hollywood week for season 10 of American Idol, contestants are getting a chance to compete on a stage in Vegas inside the LOVE Theater at the Mirage. The competition is taking place this week with the remaining 60 contestants performing only Beatles songs on the same stage as Cirque du Soleil’s “LOVE.” [...]
Everyone who has seen a Cirque du Soleil show knows that they are spectacular productions filled with amazing costumes, sets and performers. If you’ve ever wondered just how these shows are created and staged every night, Cirque has decided to satisfy your curiosity by presenting “Cirque Week” Nov. 29 – Dec. 5, a unique opportunity [...]
“Viva Elvis,” the latest show from Cirque du Soleil, holds its world premiere tonight at Aria and while the audience will be wowed by everything happening onstage, what happens backstage is pretty amazing too. We were given a peek behind the scenes at some of what happens backstage to make the show run smoothly and [...]