Donny and Marie signed for Las Vegas Strip show
LAS VEGAS (AP) - April 25, 2008 The brother-sister duo, who starred in the "Donny & Marie"
variety show in 1976, will play Tuesday-Saturday shows for 26 weeks
spread over eight months at the Flamingo Showroom, a hotel official
said Friday.
The 90-minute show, beginning Sept. 9, will be presented by
Danny Gans and Chip Lightman of GansLight Entertainment. It is
being billed as a greatest-hits multimedia spectacle on a custom
stage with multiple video screens and a cast of dancers.
"My version of a variety show has been what Vegas has known
thus far," said Gans, an impressionist and comedian who has long
played in Las Vegas. "What we have now is a true variety show
which conveys the real essence of America and the country's love of
homegrown talent."
Tickets, which are priced at $85, $99 and $115, go on sale
Monday.
In the 1970s, Donny and Marie's musical family, The Osmonds,
shared the marquee at the old International hotel with Elvis
Presley. The International is now the Las Vegas Hilton.
"Donny and Marie are timeless entertainers and cultural
icons," said Don Marrandino, president of Flamingo Las Vegas.
Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
The Flamingo Showroom has been dark most of this month after
Toni Braxton was hospitalized April 7 with chest pain.
Braxton's Las Vegas act, "Toni Braxton: Revealed," is in a
two-year run that ends in August at the Flamingo. Braxton is due to
resume her show May 6 after canceling several shows and taking a
previously scheduled two-week break.
