1/26/2024 0 Comments Atomic salon vegasThe quintet dresses Jake and Elwood Blues, performing such acts as a flaming limbo routine and five-man human pyramids in a Prohibition Era set.Ī post shared by John Katsilometes on at 12:56pm PDTīrought to the stage by Italian production company Circo E. The Black Blues Brothers musical comedy tribute performed street acrobatics to the music of the Blues Brothers, or songs featured in “The Blues Brothers” movie (“Flip, Flop & Fly,” “Sweet Home Chicago,” “Shake Your Tail Feather” by Ray Charles). “Where is it, the WiFi? It’s here! In the air! I’ll open the door and let it out!” He’s not played Vegas ever, but would be a good fit as host or middle comic at the city’s comedy clubs, for starters. Australian comic Sam Taunton, performing in a curtained Edinburgh University classroom or conference room, performed a great stretch about WiFi. We’re checking back again Thursday for another look-see.ĭuring my spree of shows I’ve enjoyed the diversity for which Edinburgh is famous. Fringe audiences are said to be a tough nut to crack for comedy, but the audience Tuesday loved the production. Spiegelworld has found a show that matches the high standards of lowbrow comedy and dazzling acrobatics set by “Absinthe” and “Opium” on the Strip. This ditty might need some editing (at least in the title) before it hits the Strip.Ī post shared by John Katsilometes on at 4:24pm PDTĮlsewhere, saloon proprietor Madame Boozy Skunkton, played by onetime “Zumanity” clown character Petra Massey of Spymonkey, puts out an actual bush fire onstage and notes, “This is a brothel! It’s no place for romance!” Ace comedy director Cal McCrystal, who celebrated his 60th birthday on Tuesday, littered the script with hokey zingers: “I’m like a saloon door, I swing both ways!” And nun character Sister Maria Immaculator Chorizo Perez Perez Perez Lopez performs “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy” with a ping-pong ball and a xylophone, which seems innocent enough (cough). But the opening song, performed by Colin Cahill as Blue Jackson the Singing Cowboy, addresses a cowpoke’s dual thirst for lust and fisticuffs. We’ll post a full accounting of the opening night performance and an interview with Mollison in a subsequent post. The show is playing at Palais du Variete Spiegeltent, with a nearly in-the-round design and atmosphere - folding chairs, a small central stage - similar to the “Absinthe” Spiegeltent. 8 at its renovated Atomic Saloon (the old Act space) at The Venetian’s Grand Canal Shoppes. Founder Ross Mollison led the group, rejoicing in the slamming opening performance of the show, which will open Sept. performance for an audience peppered with Spiegelworld staffers. The VIP premiere of “Atomic Saloon Show” was Tuesday night, a 10:10 p.m. I said I’d pass along that phase to our tourism officials. I told him where I was from and about the club, and he said, “You need money for honey in Las Vegas.” Then he pointed at my open umbrella, which is from - I’m not kidding - Kaos Nightclub and Dayclub in Las Vegas. The espresso is flowing, we’re between drizzles and someone with a brogue accent (I think Scottish) asked, “What is chaos about, sir?” I said, “Once more?” which I say a lot during this trip. (John Katsilometes/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Scotland - The Kats! Bureau is Assembly George Square Gardens, the heart of Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Leather-kilt action while on line at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Aug.
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