The Buffalo News had a nice write-up about Wayne Newton’s performance at the Fallsview Casino:
You can thank Wayne Newton for Cirque du Soleil. You can thank him for the Celine Dion extravaganza and the Elton John blockbuster. For the Blue Man Group, the theme park explosion and the nightclub and restaurant boom in the City of Sin. You can thank Wayne Newton for all that Las Vegas and its star-studded strip has become.
But I don’t see why you’d want to.
With due respect to the pizzazz of Mr. John’s and Ms. Dion’s shows, there’s a brand of Las Vegas that’s today far removed from the utter showmanship entertainers like Mr. Newton bestowed upon the Nevada oasis in the days of lounge acts and comedy-filled variety shows. It hasn’t been the same since.