Venetian Related Stories

Lead Photo Wayne Brady brings ‘%@it’ back to the Venetian

Joe Brown | Mon, Apr 5, 2010 (3:40 p.m.)

After an extended hiatus, the talented improv man has announced new dates at the Venetian.

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Lead Photo Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular

Richard Abowitz | Wed, Sep 23, 2009 (4:30 p.m.)

The show has survived the collapse of the Broadway West model, a nightclub revolution that pulled people’s money away from showrooms and, now, the recession.

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Lead Photo Hanging with the phans

Richard Abowitz | Wed, Sep 23, 2009 (3:10 p.m.)

Even in a recession, the first-ever Phantom convention was a moment true fans could not miss.

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Lead Photo Don’t stop till you get enough

Richard Abowitz | Thu, Jul 2, 2009 (midnight)

There was a time when Michael Jackson’s statue at Madame Tussauds wax museum, in the Venetian, wore a red-and-black outfit and black loafers. No more; wax Jackson now wears a militaristic spacesuit of white and gold.

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Lead Photo A rock and a Chinese place

Steve Friess | Thu, Apr 23, 2009 (midnight)

Sometime back in the 1990s, an eccentric fellow wanted to eat at a restaurant. He sent his advance team to scope out the place and its various exits, baffling the owners of the fine establishment.

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Lead Photo Anthony Crivello as the Phantom in Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular

Las Vegas Weekly Staff | Thu, Jan 29, 2009 (midnight)

Crivello, who won a 1995 Tony Award for his work in Kiss of the Spider Woman, has reunited with that production’s director, Hal Prince, in Las Vegas.

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Lead Photo Chance encounter

C. Moon Reed | Thu, Jan 15, 2009 (midnight)

It was a Dark and Stormy night: rum and ginger beer served over ice in red plastic cups. But by the time Emily and I reached the bar at the Grand Lux Café in the Venetian, the Dark and Stormies were history.

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Lead Photo Phantom: surviving and thriving on the Strip

Richard Abowitz | Wed, Nov 26, 2008 (midnight)

Panic was in the air when Phantom—The Las Vegas Spectacular first raised its curtain at the Venetian in June 2006. Producers were understandably nervous about what had once seemed a sure thing: one of the most successful musicals in history permanently showing at the most popular tourist spot on Earth.

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Lead Photo 40/40 Closes Its Doors

Team Hangover | Thu, Sep 4, 2008 (midnight)

After months of whispers that the 40/40 Club/ultra-sports bar and lounge would be closing, Palazzo reps addressed the issue last Wednesday: 40/40 will return to Palazzo ownership to carry on as a sports-enthusiast’s paradise but with the added boon of gaming.

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A&E

Film review: ‘Darling Companion’
“Darling Companion is awkward but also sweet, and it’s difficult to muster actual hatred for the movie.”
Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend brings together past and present legends
Get ready for a blast of burlesque this weekend
Brit Marling mesmerizes in ‘Sound of My Voice’
The Sundance sensation also co-wrote the sci-fi film.

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Cocktail of the Week May 30, 2012
by Sabrina Chapman

Todd English’s bourbon tea brings back memories

Leave it to chef Todd English to master a cocktail that’s sugar, spice and everything nice with a touch of hotness ... just the way Vegas likes it. At Todd ...
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