Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino announces September 2018 entertainment
LAS VEGAS – August 30, 2018 – The iconic Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino entertains guests with a wide variety of award-winning entertainment. All tickets can be purchased at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino Box Office at (800) 222-5361 or online at WestgateLasVegas.com. Find the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
INTERNATIONAL BAR
Live Entertainment
Time: 5 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Tickets: No cover
Description: Live performances from rotating artists, nightly.
INTERNATONAL THEATER
Barry Manilow
The Hits Come Home
Dates: Thursday, Sept. 27 through Saturday, Sept. 29
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Westgate International Theater
Tickets: Tickets will range in price from $39.75 to $329.75 plus tax and applicable fees.
Description: GRAMMY®, TONY®, and EMMY® Award-winning singer-songwriter, arranger, producer and musician Barry Manilow is returning to Las Vegas with a brand new stage production to perform his extensive catalog of hits as the exclusive headliner at the Westgate International Theater at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. The legendary entertainer will return to where he previously made his spectacular residency debut on February 24, 2005. The 85-minute show will celebrate his well-loved greatest hits.
Having sold more than 85 million albums worldwide, Barry Manilow is one of the world’s all-time bestselling recording artists. The award-winning musician has had an astonishing 50 Top 40 singles including 12 #1s and 27 Top 10 hits. He is ranked as the #1 Adult Contemporary Artist of all time, according to Billboard and R&R magazines.
Tickets for tickets through February 2019 are currently on sale. Dates include November 1-3, November 15-17, February 14-16 and February 21-23.
Minors must be accompanied by an adult 18 years or older
SOUNDTRACK: Your Songs. Our Stories. The Show.
Featuring Clint Holmes and Earl Turner
Dates: Friday, Sept. 7 through Saturday, Sept. 8; Thursday, Sept. 13 through Saturday, Sept. 15; Friday, Sept.21 through Saturday, Sept. 22. Final performance will be Saturday, Sept. 22.
Time: 7 p.m. The Sept. 14 performance will be at 8 p.m.
Venue: Westgate International Theater
Tickets: Tickets are $48, $58, $78 and $98 plus tax and fees
Description: SOUNDTRACK: Your Songs. Our Stories. The Show. combines the talents of two of Las Vegas’ most beloved and highly-regarded entertainers, Clint Holmes and Earl Turner. Based on the music of our lives, past and present, Earl and Clint combine their unique energy, voices, humor and life experiences to bring new life to the music that makes up the soundtracks of our lives. The audience will reminisce to songs that make us all ‘remember when’ and celebrate the music of some of today’s great contemporary artists. These two entertainers have often shared each other’s stages as headliners and for more than two decades, lent their voices to each other’s award-winning shows. Now, having combined their talents on the same stage and in the same show, there is no doubt in Las Vegas as to the city’s most entertaining and organic vocal experience. Featuring a live eight-piece band and the musical direction of Christian Tamburr, a three-time Down Beat Magazine Music Award winner, this musical performance rocks the historic International Westgate Theater.
Whether on the stage solo or complimenting one another, these artists bring back a feeling of “old Vegas” in a show that brings audiences the best of yesterday and today. Featuring hit songs from Michael Jackson, Al Green, Bruno Mars, Blake Shelton, Bill Withers and Irving Berlin, among others, the show also highlights female vocalist Serena Henry, whose credits include performing with Gladys Knight and Smokey Robinson. This high-energy performance pays tribute to musical greats such as Stevie Wonder and Prince, as well as Las Vegas legends, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. SOUNDTRACK: Your Songs. Our Stories. The Show.showcases an ever-changing repertoire of iconic musical favorites, including “You’ve Got a Friend” and “Yesterday.”
Clint Holmes is simply one of the country’s finest vocalists. A consummate entertainer, performer and recording artist, Holmes scored a number-one hit in 1972 with “Playground in My Mind.” He has established a long resume of accolades and accomplishments, including “Singer of the Year” in both Las Vegas and New York City. His latest album Rendezvous was nominated for two Grammy® Awards in 2018.
Earl Turner, a multi-talented singer, songwriter, musician, dancer and actor, saw the Las Vegas Review-Journal name him “Male Vocalist of the Year” and “Las Vegas’ Most Dynamic Performer.” A 30-year veteran of Las Vegas showrooms and countless casino theaters across the country, Turner was honored when Harrah’s New Orleans Hotel and Casino named a showroom for him during his multi-year engagement and he was inducted in the New Orleans Music Hall of Fame.
Minors must be accompanied by an adult 18 years or older
WESTGATE CABARET
George Wallace
Dark Saturday, Sept. 1 through Saturday, Sept. 15
Date: Tuesday through Saturday
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Westgate Cabaret
Tickets: $65, $75 and $95 plus tax and fees
Description: “The New Mr. Vegas” is back. Renowned comedian and longtime star of stage and screen, George Wallace, is returning to Las Vegas with a new residency show at the intimate Westgate Cabaret atWestgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. Wallace, who has been selling out comedy clubs and concert venues all over the world, derives his comedy from the everyday and simply shares moments of life. He finds humor everywhere he turns–from media to relationships to dialogue clichés. At all costs, he avoids standard opening lines and is known to be an ace at reading an audience. Among other comics, Wallace is known as “the guy who can roll the room over if it’s dead.”
Wallace began his career in comedy as a writer for “The Redd Foxx Show” and made a huge splash on the stand up scene as one of 150 competitors on the cable television special “The Big Laugh Off.” Wallace captured first prize, which included club gigs all over the country. Recently, Wallace appeared in the hit show “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” with Jerry Seinfeld and starred alongside Morgan Freeman in the film “Just Getting Started.” He will be appearing in the upcoming movie “The Last Laugh,” alongside Richard Dreyfus and Chevy Chase.
Minors must be accompanied by an adult 18 years or older
The Magic of Jen Kramer
Dark Wednesday, Sept. 5 through Saturday, Sept. 8
Date: Wednesday through Saturday
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Venue: Westgate Cabaret
Tickets: $19.99 and $29.99 plus tax and fees
Description: Celebrated magician Jen Kramer made her Las Vegas debut at the renowned Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, becoming the only female, headlining magician in Las Vegas. Featuring mind-boggling sleight-of-hand, comedy and audience participation, The Magic of Jen Kramer turns the impossible into the impossible-to-ignore.
Jen Kramer is magic. She wows audiences with her contagious smile and world-class sleight-of-hand. The Magic of Jen Kramer features mind-boggling magic and mentalism, comedy and audience participation. You’ll be amazed as Jen predicts what you’re thinking, makes a signed hundred-dollar bill magically appear inside a tube of lipstick and even creates a larger-than-life social media page on stage. Named “Female Magician of the Year” by the International Magicians Society, Jen graduated with honors in Theater from Yale University and has been featured on Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Masters of Illusion on The CW.
Minors must be accompanied by an adult 18 years or older
SEXXY
Dark Wednesday, Sept. 5 through Saturday, Sept. 8
Date: Wednesday through Saturday
Time: 10:00 p.m.
Venue: Westgate Cabaret
Tickets: $39.79 plus tax and fees (General Admission) and $59.77 plus tax and fees (VIP).
Description: Leave your inhibitions at the door as you enter this erotic, forbidden, tantalizing world of everything SEXXY. Created, award-winning choreographed and directed by Jennifer Romas, SEXXY brings guests through a journey of sensual, sexual, fun and enticing vignettes that will arouse a standing ovation in one way… or another! Named “Best Burlesque Choreography” in Vegas SEVEN’s 2015 of City Awards, Awarded Best Of 2017, SEXXY is the perfect show for “party goers” kicking off an evening.
Guests must be 18 years or older.
WESTGATE POOL
Mermaid School
Dark Saturday, Sept. 22
Date: Saturdays and Sundays
Time: 9 a.m.
Venue: Westgate Pool
Tickets: Classes are $25 per session per mermaid. Passes can be purchased in person at Serenity Spa or by phone at 702-732-5648. Fins are available for rental or purchase inside the Cabana Shop and Serenity Spa.
Description: Class in in session! Held at the newly-renovated, third-floor Westgate Pool, Mermaid School is taught by renowned mermaid expert Mermaid Farasha, founder of Las Vegas Mermaids. Each 90-minute Mermaid School session will include stretching poolside and instructions on tail safety, tail removal in the water, treading water in tail, breathing instructions and dolphin kick/mermaid undulation. Classes will conclude with a mermaid code of ethics discussion, including mermaid manners and kindness, and a Mermaid Meditation cool down.
Class openings are limited and participants must be between seven and 12 years old, must be a skilled swimmer and must have their parents or legal guardian present.
ABOUT WESTGATE LAS VEGAS RESORT & CASINO
Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, a legendary world-class destination, offers a unique blend of amenities and excitement with all your favorite table games, hottest slots on the market, incredible restaurants, endless entertainment, more than 225,000 square feet of meeting space and the world’s largest Race & Sports SuperBook®, which is home to Nevada’s largest wagering system and more than 4,500 square feet of state-of-the-art HD video screens, in a comfortable, smoke-free environment. Westgate Las Vegas provides a range of culinary adventures with eight restaurants, including the world-famous Benihana, the award-winning Edge Steakhouse and the newest addition Fresco Italiano.
The home of legendary performer Barry Manilow, the property features entertainment options in the International Theater and the Westgate Cabaret and has recently undergone a more than $150 million renovation, that has encompassed every square inch of the property, including the addition of 300 timeshare villas, the all-new International Bar, a fully renovated pool deck, 1,200 remodeled Signature Rooms and the luxurious Serenity Spa, which was recently awarded the 2017 Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Award. For more information or to book accommodations, call toll free at (800) 732-7117 or log on to WestgateLasVegas.com.
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