After a four-year engagement at Harrah’s Las Vegas, tribute show Legends in Concert will celebrate the beginning of its third decade on the Las Vegas Strip with a new long-term home at Flamingo Las Vegas beginning February 2013. As previously announced, the show’s last performance at Harrah’s Las Vegas will be Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012.
“Many shows come and go in Las Vegas, but we are thrilled to keep Legends in Concert in the Caesars Entertainment family and help the show celebrate 30 extraordinary years in Las Vegas with a new experience for its fans and our guests,” said Rick Mazer, president of Flamingo Las Vegas.
“Las Vegas is the Entertainment Capital of the World and in such a dynamic city, we considered Flamingo Las Vegas the perfect location to present our enhanced show, and concluded the experience will be the ultimate ‘total reward’ for our incredibly talented cast, legion of loyal fans and new guests,” said Brian Brigner, chief operating officer of On Stage Entertainment, producers of Legends.
Legends in Concert features live re-creations of superstars of yesterday and today, backed by a live band and the Legends singers and dancers. The show features such gone-but-not-forgotten greats as Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Liberace, Marilyn Monroe, Whitney Houston and many others. The show began injecting more current pop culture in recent years by also paying tribute to living superstars of the day with re-creations of Rod Stewart, Elton John, Steven Tyler, Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Whoopi Goldberg, Cher, Madonna, Adele and Britney Spears, among others.