Las Vegas Weekly

April 15, 2009 · 11:13 AM

Liberace Museum celebrates 30 years of glitz and glamour

By Robin Leach

Miss Texas USA Brooke Daniels robes herself in one of Liberace's many capes.

Photo: Miss USA

It’s just 30 cents today for locals to enter the Liberace Museum as it celebrates its 30th anniversary all day long. From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today, there will be free performances on the famed sparkling glass pianos there. Liberace students and winners of the Liberace piano-playing competitions in past years will play throughout the day.

To also mark the 30th anniversary, the museum will debut an anniversary exhibit that will run through May 31, and I’ve given the OK for my old Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous interview I did with Liberace back in 1984 to play. Thanks to YouTube, here’s the video:

At 1 p.m. today, Jersey Boys pianist and composer Philip Fortenberry will perform his cabaret show Liberace and Me. At 5 p.m., the public is invited to watch the red carpet arrivals of many local celebrities for the fundraising concert “Liberace Through the Years: The Friends and the Music.” At 7 p.m.,Jersey Boys cast members Keith Thompson, Erich Bergen and Philip will join our former Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt and her husband Dennis Bono in a performance.

Photo: Darren Decker

Miss Rhode Island USA Alysha Castonguay and Miss New Hampshire USA Christy Dunn admire Liberace's extravagant wardrobe.

We’ll be on hand for all the celebrations and will have the full photo report. Click HERE for our Editor Johnny Kats’ 30 Things About Liberace and two videos.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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