How Liberace and Elvis Set the Stage for Celine, Elton and Adele
Entertainers of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s pioneered the lucrative business of extended residencies at Las Vegas theaters, which is flourishing again.
Liberace and Elvis at the Riviera on Nov. 14, 1956.
Source: Las Vegas News Bureau
This story is the third in a series we’re calling Déjà Vu, highlighting how events making headlines today have played out differently in the past—and what that may tell us about the future.
Halfway through her new show at the Venetian Las Vegas, Christina Aguilera breaks into her take on the Mae West smoker A Guy What Takes His Time. Wearing a silver-beaded dress and thigh-high black boots, she struts through the audience posing for photos. “How we doing over there?” Aguilera asks one fan trying to angle his camera phone. “Nice, lovely,” she says of the picture another one takes.