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March 28, 2024

Monday By the Numbers: Celine’s standing O’s, ‘Baz’s’ run at Light, AFAN and a whole lotta tail

Celine Dion Returns to Caesars

Mikayla Whitmore

Celine Dion performs at the Colosseum on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, in Caesars Palace.

Celine Dion Returns to Caesars

Celine Dion performs at the Colosseum on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, in Caesars Palace. Launch slideshow »

Monday By the Numbers this week visits the Colosseum, Light, the Spiegeltent and the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel.

These are spaces. The humans are Celine Dion, the cast of “Baz,” Melody Sweets and the crowd at the annual AFAN Black & White Party.

Let’s roll:

Approximately 15: Standing ovations for Celine Dion, as I count majority house as standing ovations, in her return to the Colosseum on Thursday night.

25: Full songs and tunes sampled in medleys by Celine.

500: Approximate seating capacity for the next venue being sought by “Baz” after it closed Sunday night at Light in Mandalay Bay.

9 1/2: Weeks “Baz” ran at Light.

2: Times veteran Las Vegas-based publicist Michael Caprio cried during Sunday’s final “Baz” performance.

6: Length, in feet, of the tail of the snake costume worn by Sweets in Friday midnight’s “Coney Island! Burlesque at the Beach!” at the “Absinthe” Spiegeltent.

15: Consecutive kickflips performed, in succession, by The Risley Brothers during the show.

19: Days until Wayne Newton’s Casa de Shenandoah attraction opens to the public.

3,000: Attendees at this year’s AFAN Black & White Party at the Joint on Saturday night.

$140,000: Amount raised at this year’s Black & White event.

30: Anniversary to be celebrated by the AFAN event next year.

13: Anniversary celebrated by Fright Dome at Circus Circus, which opens Oct. 2.

20: Music videos in which Chippendales at the Rio guest star and host Tyson Beckford has appeared (including “Unbreak My Heart” by Toni Braxton, “Toxic” by Britney Spears and “Infinity” by Mariah Carey).

Follow John Katsilometes on Twitter at Twitter.com/JohnnyKats. Also, follow “Kats With the Dish” at Twitter.com/KatsWiththeDish.

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