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Published Monday, June 29, 2015 | 11:27 a.m.
Updated Tuesday, June 30, 2015 | 9:53 a.m.
Monday By the Numbers focuses principally on the Spiegelworld Tent at Caesars Palace, where Melody Sweets of “Absinthe” performed her latest headlining show, “Melody Sweets’ Big Top Circus & Burlesque!”
This was the fourth such offshoot production piloted by Sweets, and they have become a real happening.
The midnight start and nitty-gritty vibe of the “Absinthe” tent helps set the vibe, and the recruiting of great artists, acrobats and cracking band make the $20 ticket a laughable bargain.
Let’s run with the stats:
32: Performers (six strolling artists outside the tent, seven band member, and 19 artists and acrobats in the featured acts).
0: Full rehearsals before the show opened just after midnight Friday.
1: Inflatable dolls used in the human-balancing act performed by Jimmy Slonina.
1: Time I have seen musicians David Perrico, Mike “Beans” Benigno, Eric Plante and Stephen Lee dressed as clowns.
Maybe a dozen: Times I have seen rock ’n’ roll tuba/bassist Ginger Bruner dressed as a clown.
4: Glow-in-the-dark, pink elephant thongs used in the show.
30: Balloons popped from the costume of the relentlessly entertaining Dirty Martini during her act.
1: Pasties that fell free during the show (during the performance by Luna Storme).
3 hours, 15 minutes: Hours it took for Skin City Body Painting to paint the quartet of “lions” in the show.
4: Salto gymnastic flips performed by aerialist act Duo Fevrier.
435: Fans in attendance.
8 1/2: Episodes of “Game of Thrones” reportedly viewed by high-wire artist Lijana Wallenda as she glued rhinestones to her costume.
6: Standing ovations during the show.
Transport yourself to the opulent and excessive Roman Empire at Caesars Palace. But the ever-changing Caesars Palace is far from ancient. The hotel and casino is constantly raising the bar for what visitors can expect in a Vegas resort experience.
Caesars Palace features 3,348 rooms and suites in five towers, including the new luxury boutique Nobu Hotel and Restaurant, which opened Feb. 4, 2013, in the totally remodeled Centurian Tower. Caesars features 129,000 square feet of gaming space, including the Strip’s largest poker room and a 250-seat sports book. Other amenities include about two dozen restaurants, a four-level shopping mall, four pools, a spa, Pure and Poetry nightclubs and Pussycat Dolls.
Dining options include restaurants from world-renown chefs Guy Savoy, Wolfgang Puck, Bobby Flay, Gordon Ramsay and, on Feb. 4, 2013, Nobu Matsuhisa.
You never know what characters you’ll run into at Caesars with regular performers like Jerry Seinfeld, Bette Midler, Elton John and maybe even the emperor himself.
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