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May 2010
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very year, May brings out the best in Las Vegas entertainment. There have not been a lot of shows opening lately, but there are some on the horizon. The convention calendar is encouraging to the city because it seems to be fairly full. The summer season is upon us, and the pool party schedule is active until September. It is a crucial time for productions to get a strong foothold into the entertainment world and establish themselves for the very busy fall season. The summer will generally determine what shows are going to be staying around for a while and which ones will be closing forever.
This May is going to be an interesting month for a lot of reasons. May is always an odd transitional month...the weather is changing as frequently as the shows...the only thing that we can really count on is that we know that by the end of the month, things will start getting hot...and the economic situation is a wild card for this entire season. Last month, the Visitor and Convention Bureau reported that tourism was at a “normal” level, but hotels reported losses due to the fact that room rates have been slashed.
Remember that Mother’s Day is on the 9th. If you’re in town, there are several shows that will offer specials for you and your mother. If you’re not in town...just remember Mom.
Every bar and club will have Cinco de Mayo celebrations.
May 15th is the 105th Anniversary of the founding of the City of Las Vegas. No one really cares about this statistic. We had a great 100-year celebration, and we may have to wait for the 150-year mark to get the city to celebrate again.
“Girl’s Night: The Musical,” the popular off-Broadway production, will be making it’s Las Vegas debut this year at the Hollywood Theater inside MGM Grand from May 6th to 26th, for a limited time only. “Girls Night: The Musical,” is about five female friends who get together for a night of crazy karaoke. The show is promised to engage and entertain you with chart-topping anthems like Lady Marmalade, It’s Raining Men, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, I Will Survive and more. On their night out, the girls celebrate friendship, life, love and laughter.
Academy Award-nominated actor Chazz Palminteri returns to The Venetian Showroom after the tremendous success of his 2009 Las Vegas premiere that was praised by the critics and adored by the public. A BRONX TALE, the celebrated play on which he based the legendary movie, Palminteri vividly depicts a young boy’s rough childhood in the 1960s-era Bronx and the unforgettable people he encountered. A classic coming-of-age story about reaching your true potential and trusting your heart, A BRONX TALE is directed by four-time Tony Award-winner Jerry Zaks. See it! It’s only here for a short time.
Step into a world steeped in a rich tradition of Chinese culture, mystery and creativity. Direct from China, DAO—The Asian Celebration offers acrobatics, dance and martial arts in fusion with stunning costumes, exquisite stage design and beautiful music. DAO is mind and body in motion. The world-class and superbly skilled ensemble elevates their disciplines to pure artistry. DAO—The Asian Celebration delivers the most creative high-energy acts cumulating in a fast paced and awe-inspiring production. Artistic Director, Hou Chunyan left his home of Wu Qiao, People’s Republic of China to tour and perform in numerous productions including the premier of Disney Studio’s animated film classic “Mulan,” the United Nations Peace Summit and several shows in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dao—The Asian Celebration opens on May 12 and continues Wednesday through Monday (dark Tuesday) at 8 p.m. in the Mardi Gras Theatre, Level 3 at the Riviera Hotel and Casino.
VEGAS! THE SHOW is produced by legendary Las Vegas Producer David Saxe. Choreographed by famed Broadway choreographer Tiger Martina, the show embodies the best of Las Vegas at its core. The show is heavily music based with showgirls and dancing and the music that led the way for performers today. This is the first Las Vegas produced show on the strip in nearly a decade. The show brings back the best of what makes Vegas, Vegas! The show will be opening in mid-June at the new Saxe Theatre in the Miracle Mile Shops in Planet Hollywood.
The San Gennaro Feast is at the Silverton from May 5th to the 9th. The festival is the biggest Italian Feast in town is now even bigger. The Annual San Gennaro Feast is now a festival that is held twice a year and held in honor of the Saint San Gennaro. The festival features a wide variety of ethnic food vendors, live national acts hourly on the main stage, amusement rides and game fun for the whole family. The festival is one of the most popular festivals for locals and visitors from all over the world. Each festival expects to out-do the last...and the food is wonderful.
Helldorado Days, this May 13–16, is an outdoor community event celebrating Las Vegas’s tribute to the Wild West and produced by the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge No. 1468. Helldorado Days which began in 1935, is the longest running civic event in the history of Las Vegas, originally created as a means to encourage tourism to the city upon completion of the Boulder Dam. With over 40,000 people in attendance, Helldorado Days offers a 4-day pro rodeo, a parade, carnival, treasure hunt for gold, whiskerino contest, golf tournament, poker tournament, art show and auction, trail ride, exhibits and food. For 4 days Downtown Las Vegas is transformed into Helldorado Days as the event takes over several vacant downtown blocks and builds a rodeo arena and carnival from the ground up. Helldorado Days is a non-profit community event. The members of Elks Lodge No. 1468 are committed to assisting children and veterans in need and have given back over $75,000 in 2009 and over $4 million to the community since 1935.
May brings out some of the best people to kick off the summer season, and the offerings are huge...
CONTINUING EVENTS INCLUDE:
Las Vegas 51s AAA Baseball
Cashman Center Through—Sep 29
Las Vegas Locos UFL Football
Sam Boyd Stadium Through—Dec 1
Pool Parties at the Riviera Hotel & Casino Oasis Pool Complex
Riviera Hotel & Casino Through—Sep 2
Supernatural Santana: A Trip Through the Hits
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Through—May 2
Daylife Sundays at Wet Republic at MGM Grand
MGM Grand Hotel Through—Sep 5
Rehab Sundays at the Hard Rock Beach Club
Hard Rock Hotel Through—Sep 5, 2010 $20 Ladies; $40 Guys
Sunset Sundays at Tao Beach
Venetian Resort Through—Aug 5
THE FIRST WEEK BRINGS OUT...
Barry Manilow
Paris Las Vegas Mar 5–8
A Bronx Tale
Venetian Resort Through—May 9
Lily Tomlin: Not Playing With a Full Deck
MGM Grand Through—May 5
Gold Strike National Competition of the “Old West”
Gold Strike Hotel Through—May 2 Free
Jerry Seinfeld
Caesars Palace Apr 30–May 1
Rondell Sheridan
South Point Casino Apr 30–May 2
“People Are Crazy Musicfest” w/ Billy Currington, David Nail & Mark Willis
Sunset Station May 1
Candlebox
Silverton Hotel May 1
Conan O’Brien
Palms Casino May 1–2
Latin Legend Live
Cannery Casino May 1
Little River Band
Green Valley Ranch May 1
Lupe Fiasco
Mandalay Bay May 1
Mayweather vs. Mosley
MGM Grand May 1—$150, $300, $600, $1000, $1250
Petula Clark
Las Vegas Hilton May 1
THE SECOND WEEK HAS...
San Gennaro Feast
Silverton Hotel May 5–9
12th Annual Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival
Sunset Station May 6–9
Girl’s Night: The Musical
MGM Grand May 6–26
Vegas Uncorked
Multiple Strip Venues May 6–9
Ditch Fridays at the Palms
Palms Casino May 7–Sep 10
Four Tops
Orleans Hotel May 7–9
Jabbawockeez
MGM Grand May 7–26
Maxxis Mini moto SX
Orleans Hotel May 7
New Kids on the Block
Palms Casino May 7–8
Ray Romano & Kevin James
Mirage May 7–8
Thrice, Manchester Orchestra and O’Brother
Mandalay Bay May 7
Tony Orlando
South Point Casino May 7–9
West Coast Regional Finals Rodeo
South Point Casino May 7–8
Cher
Caesars Palace May 8–30
Gabriel Iglesias
Buffalo Bill’s Resort May 8
Jazz in the Park Series: Jimmy Scott
Clark County Amphitheatre May 8—Free
Merle Haggard
Cannery Casino May 8
Millennium Events presents MMA XPLOSION
South Point Casino May 8
Monster Energy Supercross Finals
Sam Boyd Stadium May 8
Psychic Medium John Edward
Flamingo Las Vegas May 8
Steve March Torme
Suncoast Hotel May 8–9
Amateur National Arenacross Championships
Sam Boyd Stadium May 9
THE THIRD WEEK INCLUDES...
Bullet For My Valentine w/ Chiodos, Airbourne, and Arcanium
Mandalay Bay May 12
Miss USA 2010—Preliminary
Planet Hollywood May 12
Wild Child—Tribute to the Doors
Las Vegas Hilton May 12
Air Combat USA
North Las Vegas Airport May 14–16
Alonzo Bodden
South Point Casino May 14–15
Flyleaf
Hard Rock Hotel May 14
Friday Night Fights—Diaz vs. Ngoudjo
Buffalo Bill’s Resort May 14
Jay Leno
Mirage May 14–15
Kenny Chesney
Hard Rock Hotel May 14–15
Tim Conway & Friends featuring Chuck McCann & Louise DuArt
Las Vegas Hilton May 14–15
Toots & the Maytals
Hard Rock Hotel May 14
America
Cannery Casino May 15
Hombres G
Mandalay Bay May 15
Jazz In The Park Series: Spyro Gyra
Clark County Amphitheatre May 15—Free
Kids Artistic Revue Dance Competition
Cashman Center May 15–16
Ronnie Milsap
Eastside Cannery May 15
Smothers Brothers
Orleans Hotel May 15–16
The Scintas
Suncoast Hotel May 15–16
Miss USA 2010
Planet Hollywood May 16
Paramore w/ Relient K and fun
Hard Rock Hotel May 16
THE FOURTH WEEK WILL FEATURE...
Minus the Bear
Mandalay Bay May 19
The Joshua Tree—U2 Tribute Band
Las Vegas Hilton May 19
Cheech & Chong
Mirage May 21–22
Connie Francis and Dionne Warwick
Las Vegas Hilton May 21–23
Craig Ferguson
Venetian Resort May 21–22
David Sanborn
South Point May 21–23
De La Soul
Hard Rock May 21
HomeShow Extravaganza
Cashman Center May 21–23
Steve Miller Band
M Resort May 21
Tom Papa
Orleans Hotel May 21–22
As I Lay Dying w/ Demon Hunter, blessthefall, and War of Ages
Mandalay Bay May 22
Carrie Underwood w/ Craig Morgan
Orleans Hotel May 22
Cypress Hill
Mandalay Bay May 22
Jazz in the Park Series: Nick Colionne
Clark County Amphitheatre May 22—Free
MMA Xplosion—Next Generation Fighter
Hard Rock May 22
Sawyer Brown and Bucky Covington
Buffalo Bill’s Resort May 22
Styx & Foreigner with special guest Kansas
Mandalay Bay May 22
Teen Idols
Cannery Casino May 22
The Robert Cray Band
Red Rock Casino May 22
Best in Show
Orleans Hotel May 23
THE LAST WEEK OF MAY WILL HAVE...
Cosmopolitan Magazine Annual Bikini Bash presented by Nivea
Planet Hollywood May 24
Enrique Bunbury
Mandalay Bay May 24
World Dominoes Championship 2010
Las Vegas Hilton May 25–29
Hotel California—A Salute to the Eagles
Las Vegas Hilton May 26
David Copperfield
MGM Grand May 27, 2010—Jun 16
Wayne Brady
Venetian Resort May 27–31
Air Supply
Orleans Hotel May 28–30
Angels & Airwaves w/ Say Anything
Hard Rock May 28
George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic
Red Rock Casino May 28
Gerald Albright, Jeff Golub, Kirk Whalum & Peter White
Boulder Station May 28
Janie Fricke
Sunset Station May 28
Ralphie May, Adult Humor
South Point Casino May 28–30
Rusted Root
Hard Rock May 28
Almost Elton John
Suncoast Hotel May 29–30
Barenaked Ladies
Mandalay Bay May 29
Chelsea Handler
Caesars Palace May 29
Jazz In The Park Series: Nathan Tanouye & The Las Vegas Jazz Connection
Clark County Amphitheatre May 29—Free
Lewis Black
Mirage May 29–30
Loverboy
Red Rock Casino May 29
Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
Hard Rock May 29
Smokey Robinson
Buffalo Bill’s Resort May 29
Star Wars: In Concert
Orleans Hotel May 29
Tahitian Dance Competition
Cox Pavilion May 29–30
The Original Time Band
Las Vegas Hilton May 29–30
The Whispers & Stephanie Mills
Las Vegas Hilton May 29–30
UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans
MGM Grand May 29
OK Go and The Cab
Red Rock Casino May 30
Pitbull
Mandalay Bay May 30
Russell Peters
Hard Rock Hotel May 30
AND THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE BRINGS:
Tech N9NE w/ Brotha Lynch Hung, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, More . . .
Mandalay Bay Jun 1
Fan Halen
Las Vegas Hilton Jun 2
National Barrel Horse Association “Super Show” & Western Gift Show
South Point Casino Jun 3–6 Free
The Bamboozle Roadshow
Hard Rock Jun 3
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Mandalay Bay Jun 4
Craig Ferguson
Venetian Resort Jun 4–5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Hard Rock Jun 4
Gin Blossoms
Hard Rock Jun 4
Imelda Papin
Orleans Hotel Jun 4
Jon Reep
South Point Casino Jun 4–6
Korn’s Ballroom Blitz
Palms Casino Jun 4
Boz Scaggs
Mandalay Bay Jun 5
Don Rickles
Orleans Hotel Jun 5–6
Goo Goo Dolls
Palms Casino Jun 5
Jazz in the Park Series: Christian Scott
Clark County Amphitheatre Jun 5—Free
Tracy Morgan
Hard Rock Jun 5
For dates and times, be sure to log onto the Las Vegas Online Entertainment Guide: lvol.com.
Igoshows.com is, of course, the place to read the reviews of all of the shows that are in town so that you can be better informed as to what you should expect from a certain production. The reviews are updated as needed to give you the knowledge you need to spend your entertainment dollars better.
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