Blogs: Joe Brown - Las Vegas Sun

“Madness” ends too soon in Las Vegas

By Joe Brown · July 14, 2009 · 2:07 PM

"Thank you for calling 'Shear Madness,' America's longest-running comedy." That's the recorded voice you're greeted with when you call the Las Vegas franchise of the comedy murder mystery, which opened in May at a custom-built theater at the Town Square shopping center. They may want to change that outgoing message. After only 11 weeks, "Shear Madness," which received positive reviews after its Vegas debut, will go dark following this Sunday's performance. The interactive show, which is still running after more ...

Kathy Griffin carted off Las Vegas stage

By Joe Brown · July 3, 2009 · 10 PM

OK, here's the thing: Say you're Emmy-winning, Grammy-nominated comedian Kathy Griffin, and you've just unveiled your own wax figure at Madame Tussauds the night before doing two back-to-back standup shows ...

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Michael Jackson: ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’

By Joe Brown · June 25, 2009 · 3:07 PM

Michael Jackson died 20 years ago. That is to say that the creatively dynamic pop dynamo known as Michael Jackson ceased to exist as a vital, influential artistic force sometime ...

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“Badly behaved audiences, performers, critics…”

By Joe Brown · June 24, 2009 · 4:47 PM

Can't promise this will be the last Patti LuPone-related post, but here's a very thoughtful take from the U.K. on the questions LuPone raises about audience behavior. Anyone wanna bet ...

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Patti LuPone swipes at Kardashian, Hilton, Electra

By Joe Brown · June 24, 2009 · 3:04 PM

After Broadway star Patti LuPone's smackdown of a rude audience member at a Las Vegas showroom last weekend, La LuPone has been all over the blogs, with fans and fellow ...

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Patti LuPone stops the show — this time in Vegas

By Joe Brown · June 21, 2009 · 10:18 PM

She did it again. Broadway star Patti LuPone hadn't even finished lowering her arms in the iconic introduction to the song "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina," when she waved to ...

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One night only: The coolest show in Vegas

By Joe Brown · April 7, 2009 · 3:52 PM

Insider alert: One of the most impressive shows I've seen lately was staged off the Strip. Two weeks ago, on his off night from "Jersey Boys" at the Palazzo, Erich ...

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Where Americans want to live: Las Vegas makes the Top 20

By Joe Brown · January 29, 2009 · 12:56 PM

In a national study released today, Las Vegas ranks among the top 20 major U.S. cities in which Americans would like to live. We're number 20. Hey, we'll take it. ...

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Rudner extends Harrah’s run until the end of time

By Joe Brown · January 16, 2009 · 10 AM

Comedian Rita Rudner, who has been doing her act on the Strip since what seems like the beginning of time (about eight years, in Las Vegas time), recently announced that ...

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‘TiVo for porn’ a hit at Vegas adult expo

By Joe Brown · January 9, 2009 · 2:49 PM

Internet porn-delivery startup FyreTV just finished its beta testing program, and being geeks who make their living by dreaming up a new way of delivering porn, of course they get big yucks out of calling it the “master beta.”

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