The classic Hollywood story – a beautiful, young actress moves from the Midwest to Los Angeles, desiring to make it big as an artist. She struggles, works as a waitress, gets rejected audition after audition, and then one day, she maneuvers to meet a famous, top-rated indie director who decides she has talent but also desires her romantically.
In just four short years, Steph Payne, the Pasadena transplant has made a name for herself in Sin City as audiences keep boarding the “Steph Payne Express.” But if you’re new to her act, this passionate performer is equal parts sass, soul, and smooth jazz, with a side of gospel.
Gipsy, the oldest gay nightclub in Las Vegas, is stepping back to her place on the throne. Superlatives like the oldest, most popular history, the 2023 November relaunch solidified the phoenix-like rising in the footprint of the original club. The new Gipsy holds court on the corner of Paradise Road at Naples Drive, sharing an intersection with its royal relative, Piranha nightclub.
CORE, a non-profit powered by The Rogers Foundation, empowers, enriches, and educates underserved children and their families through two-generational programming. These children are helped to reach their full potential and pursue individual success with a long-term, afterschool, and weekend program focusing on each student-scholar and their family’s needs.
The Collaboration Center not only offers hope but also provides treatment and therapy, partner services, recreation and community inclusion, health and wellness, life skills, vocational training, and educational workshops, all under (several) roofs.
Here in the Entertainment Capital of the World, we expect “gee-whiz extravaganzas” on stage both on and off the Strip. But who are the ingenious creators who dream up and execute these astonishing stage experiences that wow us? Meet one Las Vegan who works in Sin City and all over the planet - Axis deBruyn
George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins get top billing this weekend with the debut of Balanchine & Robbins by the Nevada Ballet Theater at The Smith Center in downtown Las Vegas. This weekend’s three-in-one ballet is a special curated experience by Artistic Director Roy Kaiser.
Every time my BFF JJ Snyder and I take in Magic Mike Live, it doesn’t take long to get in the spirit of the long-running male revue based on the hit movies. The experience at Sahara on the Las Vegas Strip is so visceral it always appeals to the senses: sight, smell, sound, and, if you’re lucky, touch. ;)
The Queen of Burlesque has once again earned her crown. Dita Von Teese recently debuted her original stage show DITA Las Vegas: A Jubilant Review at The Horseshoe Las Vegas.
Beginning in December and into 2024, the Modern Showroom Playhouse at Alexis Park will present a series of shows. The visionary dream maker, Pete Housley, has several shows performing there weekly in the Playhouse and the Athena Show Lounge.
