Entertainment notes: Le Reve, Carmen, MJ and more

1. Le Reve at Wynn is going dark March 6 to April 5 while the theater gets a revamp. According to the press release the result will be more VIP seating and fewer seats. Instead of 2,087 seats, the new theater will have only 1,606 seats. The down time for Le Reve will overlap with the launch of Spamalot at Wynn allowing advertising and marketing muscle to be fully applied on behalf of the Broadway musical. Le Reve has some dedicated partisans but has yet to find an identity beyond being known as the Cirque-like show that isn't really a Cirque show.

 

2. In his column today, Mike Weatherford reports that this fall the musical "Jersey Boys" is going into a theatre at the Palazzo Tower at Venetian.

 

 

3. Tonight The Fashionistas is scheduled to open at Empire Ballroom, a freestanding club on the Strip. The critically acclaimed erotic show created by adult film mogul John Stagliano spent over a year at Krave at the Aladdin before making this move.

 

4. The Aladdin meanwhile is crawling toward its new identity as Planet Hollywood. (The reality over at the resort is still Aladdin yet the press releases say Planet Hollywood.) And, so yesterday came the announcement that "Faster Than Magic" a new production magic show will begin previews in April. "Faster Than Magic" stars magician Hans Klok (according to the press release, like David Hasslehoff, Klok is huge in Europe) and Carmen Electra. Electra is quoted in the press release: “I’ve been approached many times to perform in Las Vegas and it’s always been a dream of mine to do that. But it had to be the right show at the right time with the right people. When I had the chance to see Hans perform, I was blown away and knew that this was the right show.” Actually, the duo were to launch a show together at the Aladdin in 2001. That never happened because the Aladdin filed for bankruptcy that same year.

 

5. Where is the Michael Jackson show? So far there have been no announced takers for wanna-be headliner Michael Jackson who continues shopping, meeting and eating around Vegas.