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14 George Wallace Has Audience in Stitches By: Dianne Davis / That’s Entertainment What do Atlanta, hemorrhoids, Bloomingdales, Jerry Seinfeld and the Bonanza Gift shop on the strip have in common? If you read the headlines then you know: George Wallace - “The New Mr. Vegas” – covers all of these topics and more in his new hilarious act in the Westgate Cabaret Showroom. George doesn’t tell jokes, he shares his attitudes toward life. He started off telling us that, “I just come out here and make up s**t.” And that’s pretty much the extent of his profanity. He doesn’t need offensive words or sexual references to make us laugh. George, a patriot who has traveled the world entertaining our troops, gets strong applause when he announces that, “I let service people in for free” Right. Then he continues that he doesn’t tell you that until you are in. He amused us with his references to stupid people. Like the guy who asked him - in Las Vegas, “Mr. Wallace, you in town?” Or try this one – The guy who said, “I met Red Foxx before he died.” Um, yea, right. To the guy from Oregon, he proclaimed, “You ain’t seen no blacks before, have you?” About politics he says… very little! George Wallace knows that you are there to be entertained, not to talk politics. He is a skilled performer in a dapper suit who connects with the audience. We saw George years ago and this act is totally different. I expect it will be different next week too. This veteran doesn’t memorize anything, he just looks at the world and finds the humor. If you love good ol’ fashion humor, visit George Wallace at the Westgate Tuesdays through Thursdays at 8 p.m. Dianne Davis is also a reporter for Sun City Anthem TV (SCA- TV) specializing in entertainment, and LV Associate Editor of lasvegassplash.com. She hikes, travels with her husband Burt, and works on her stand-up comedy. Photo courtesy: Ira Kuzma August 2018 I Kissed Cindy Williams By: Sam Wagmeister / People & Places Dreams come true. It took 45 years but I finally kissed Cindy Williams! Not the Shirley Feeney Cindy Williams but the Laurie Henderson Cindy Williams. There she was, waiting for me - and the other 250 or so invited guests in the lobby before the 5,000 th performance of Menopause the Musical at Harrah’s Laurie…I mean Cindy…didn’t remember the first time we “met.” I do. August 11, 1973. I was sitting in the middle of the Old Orchard Theater in Skokie, IL - opening weekend of American Graffiti. Laurie/ Cindy was up there on the screen, fresh, innocent and heartbroken believing her boyfriend was heading off to college. Today that same freshness that Williams brought to the classic film brightens the stage in her extended guest stint in the longest running musical ever to hit Las Vegas. Menopause opened in 2006 at the Las Vegas Hilton before moving to Luxor in 2010. It remained there for five years. The cast then headed to their current location. Four diverse women meet at a department store bargain bin scuffling over the goodies. Vita Drew is the hippie Earth Mother; Lori Legacy is the perky Iowa housewife; Lisa Mack depicts the highpowered professional woman and Jacquelyn Holland-Wright portrays a sexy soap star fretting over her age. Drew and Legacy have been with the cast throughout the show’s run. As they tussle for the bargain, one suffers a hot flash. The others quickly commiserate through parodies of Baby Boomer-era songs. Each of the women has a scene stealing, show-stopping solo in the charming musical. Holland-Wright titillates the audience when “We’re Havin’ a Heat Wave” becomes “I’m Havin’ A Hot Flash.” If there has been criticism, it’s been that Menopause is a “women’s’ show.” Wrong! The humor is for everyone who grew up in the era when you could understand a tune’s lyrics. Williams originally joined the cast mid-2016 for a guest run. Audience demand created extended stays before other commitments took her on the road. Her return adds to the sparkle, delighting audiences. By the way, the best part of kissing Cindy - she kissed me back!
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