Kats: ‘Legends’ goes full-‘Divas’ with Adele, Gaga, Cher, Celine

Every nighttime volition beryllium ladies nighttime for “Legends successful Concert” astatine the Tropicana’s Legends In Concert Theater successful 2022.

The longest-running, ongoing accumulation amusement successful Las Vegas is dialing up an offshoot production, “Legendary Divas” starring Frank Marino arsenic Joan Rivers. It volition beryllium the accumulation company’s archetypal all-women lineup.

The amusement opens Feb. 2 with tributes to Cher, Celine Dion, Lady Gaga and Adele. The production’s docket is open-ended, moving 7:30 p.m. regular (dark Tuesdays). Tickets volition tally $54.99-$104.99 (not including fees), with the onsale day to beryllium announced.

“We are thrilled to instrumentality for the 4th play successful our namesake theater, astatine Tropicana Las Vegas,” Brian Brigner, the show’s COO, said successful a statement. “This all-new amusement feels similar the eventual solemnisation of women.”

The show’s Dion, Elisa Furr, prevailed connected the E! contention amusement “Clash of the Cover Bands” successful November, topping Aretha Franklin creator Elaine Gibbs by nailing, “My Heart Will Go On.” Cher volition beryllium performed by Lisa McClowry. Tierney Allen, a crab subsister during COVID, is backmost arsenic Lady Gaga. Janae Longo takes connected the show’s newest pistillate tribute, Adele.

Expect a rotation of pistillate superstars passim the run, which has nary announced extremity date.

The “Legendary Divas” big is himself a legendary diva. Marino, precocious of “Divas Las Vegas,” is returning to the “Legends” cast, aft saying goodbye (temporarily) successful December. With Marino-as-Rivers astatine the helm, “Legendary Divas” volition service arsenic the lone “Legends” amusement successful Las Vegas.

Marino was connected “The Joan Rivers Show” connected Fox. The thought of yet winding up successful “Legends” came to him successful a chat with the legendary comic.

“Joan said to me, ‘You marque a surviving impersonating me. God forbid I ever pass,’” Marino says.“And I said, ‘If you were to ever pass, I’d person to articulation ‘Legends In Concert.’”

Across its main theater, Tropicana has go Tribute Central, with “Legends” notched betwixt “MJ Live” (which opens Feb. 7, moving from The Strat) and Jason Tenner’s Prince homage, Purple Reign. The edifice is besides inactive location to the engaged Laugh Factory drama club, wherever impressionist legend Rich Little anchors a lineup that besides features Jon Lovitz arsenic recurring headliner, comic and magician Murray Sawchuck.

The caller “Legends” amusement volition travel the acquainted “Legends” format with a unrecorded vocals, a unrecorded band, showgirls and backing singers. This diverts from the “Divas Las Vegas” format, wherever the characters each proudly lip-synced their numbers.

The accumulation is the latest concern of 2 enduring Vegas amusement brands. “Legends” opened astatine Imperial Palace successful 1983. Marino opened successful “Evening astatine La Cage” successful September 1986, and has since fronted “Divas Las Vegas” astatine Linq Hotel and yet “Legends,” from August 2019 done past December.

Marino inactive plans to circuit “Divas” this month, and big his “Diva-Licious Drag Brunch” shows astatine DW Bistro.

“I love, love, emotion the ‘Legends’ amusement and the hotel, I’ve been having the champion clip with them,” Marino said Tuesday. “This is simply a cleanable fit. It’s a matrimony I anticipation ne'er ends.”

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