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Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers perform at Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012.
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For one night in March, the Colosseum at Caesars Palace will be the home of the Martins.
Steve Martin and Martin Short are performing a one-night headlining show, “An Evening You Will Forget For the Rest of Your Life,” on March 6. The night starring two of “The Three Amigos” is to be a mix of comedic and musical numbers, with an appearance by bluegrass banjo outfit Steep Canyon Rangers scheduled.
Tickets for the performance are available starting 10 a.m. Friday at the Colosseum box office, (866) 320-9763, TheColosseum.com and AXS.com. Prices are $179.50, $100, $79.50 and $49.50 (LET included, but added fees are not).
Over the past five years, Martin has appeared with The Rangers at Terry Fator Theater in the Mirage and also Reynolds Hall in the Smith Center for the Performing Arts.
Those shows have been laden with humor, as Martin once turned to all of the banjos set up behind him onstage and remarked, “Why do I need all these banjos? It’s just one big ego trip.”
During his years as a standup, he performed regularly in Las Vegas at hotels including the Riviera and Caesars. In his book “Born Standing Up,” it was a lackluster show at the Riv in the early 1980s that led Martin to stop performing standup and focus on film and books.
Short has headlined the Mirage, too, in a show that reprised his great characters from “Saturday Night Live” (Ed Grimley and Nathan Thurm, among them), his rotund Comedy Central celebrity interviewer Jiminy Glick and has recalled his films (“The Three Amigos,” “Father of the Bride,” these two with Martin.)
The two shared the stage in a sit-down, conversation format in November 2014 at Alex Theater in Glendale, Calif. The show, in which Martin interviewed Short, was part of “Live Talks L.A.,” in which celebrities take part in an “Inside the Actor’s Studio” format. That event was tied to Short’s autobiography, “I Must Say: My Life As a Humble Comedy Legend” (HarperCollins; $26.99.)
In appearances at the Mirage, Short has been played as bagpipes during a segment evoking the song “Amazing Grace” by yours truly. He’s not always in tune, believe me, but it is a loudly inspired moment.
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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