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Frank Marino was the star of “An Night at La Cage” at the Riviera from 1985-2009.
Thursday, April 2, 2020 | 11:30 a.m.
Frank Marino has been portraying Joan Rivers in Las Vegas Strip reveals “La Cage” and “Divas Las Vegas” for more than 30 several years, but he continue to wasn’t certain how perfectly his act would healthy into an additional lengthy-functioning clearly show, “Legends in Concert,” till this Vegas entertainment marriage was total.
“I would usually go enjoy the clearly show as a enthusiast so I believe at first they just figured, let’s give him a position so he does not bother us each working day,” Marino jokes about signing up for “Legends” on a trial basis late last year. “But I’d enjoy it and I understood it would perform, I just didn’t know how very good it would perform. By the time we stopped working a several weeks ago, it went from very good to over and above terrific. It is a perfect marriage and you toss the Tropicana into that and you have got a vintage hotel, a vintage clearly show and a vintage headliner, furthermore they threw in the showgirls.
“I know a lot of individuals don’t like to use the phrase ‘classic,’ but this is traditional Vegas now.”
Marino has considering that joined “Legends” on a complete-time basis and talks about how the new gig has changed the clearly show, his act and his lifetime on the hottest episode of the Sunlight on the Strip podcast. He’s also flashing again to his early days executing in Las Vegas at the Riviera, sharing stories about Liberace, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dolly Parton, and sketching out his best night out on today’s Strip.
“When I began, the [ticket rate] of my clearly show was 6 bucks and ninety five cents and you got a absolutely free key rib supper with it,” he says. “That would not even include the taxes on my clearly show now and that’s the greatest improve I’ve found. What I miss is the women coming in donning wonderful gowns, fur coats and all their jewellery. It was a actually great night out.”
Listen to this and more on the Sunlight on the Strip, also readily available at Apple Podcasts.