Legends In Concert
Legends In Concert is a live tribute artist production with shows primarily located in Las Vegas, Nevada, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Branson, Missouri, Mashantucket, Connecticut, and Atlantic City, New Jersey. Legends In Concert features live concerts paying tribute to musical icons of today and yesterday. The show boasts a wide collection of musical impersonators who resemble and sing like the original artists while being backed by a live band and dancers. Performances are scheduled year round across the globe and its four primary locations in the United States.
Internationally acclaimed Legends In Concert is known as the pioneer of live celebrity impersonator shows and possesses the greatest collection of celebrity impersonators ever assembled. Featuring live concert shows of famous musicians and celebrities of yesterday and today with concert venues in Myrtle Beach, Branson, Las Vegas, Seattle, Atlantic City, Foxwoods and Coushatta.
Legends in Concert has earned entertainment industry awards including "Show of the Year," and "Entertainers of the Year" proving this is the world’s greatest live tribute show. The live impersonator show with music legends, such as Elvis Presley, The Blues Brothers, Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Cher, Madonna and many more celebrities that appeal to music fans of all ages making Legends in Concert a must see live concert show.
With an always-evolving cast of legendary superstars with original choreography and extravagant costumes, Legends In Concert is the original and largest live celebrity tribute show in the world.
Most recently, Legends In Concert has forged a partnership with Elvis Presley Enterprises, helping host several preliminary rounds of the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest.[1][2]
History
Legends In Concert was founded in 1983 in Las Vegas, Nevada. During that same year, Legends' first show was performed at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show is currently owned and produced by On Stage Entertainment, Inc. 2008 marked the 25th Anniversary for Legends In Concert entertainment productions.
The Legends In Concert show has expanded its production to The Legends In Concert Theater in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater in Branson, Missouri; Norwegian Cruise Lines newest ship Norwegian Epic; Blue Chip Casino, Hotel and Spa in Michigan City, IN; Coushatta Casino in Kinder, LA; Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT; and Resorts Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The pilot production of Legends In Concert in Las Vegas, Nevada moved from its original location at the Imperial Palace and Hotel Casino to Harrah's Las Vegas on February 23, 2009.[3]
The Surfside Beach show, which has been in that location since 1995, moved to the former Club Kryptonite location next to Planet Hollywood at Broadway at the Beach in nearby Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on March 17, 2011. The final show in the old location was October 6, 2010.[4][5]
Awards
- The Seattle Times:"The audience pleasing show is slick, smooth and fast-paced, with a seasoned band backing talented (surprisingly so, to a cynic)superstar imitators."[7] by Tom Scanlon(October 2000)
- Frommers 2004: "Is a crowd pleaser…arguably the best of the impersonator shows…"[8]
- Las Vegas Review Journal: "Constant change keeps Legends In Concert fresh."[9] by Mike Weatherford(December 2001)>
- Las Vegas Review Journal: "'Legends In Concert has held its own through 21 years of change on the Strip."[10] by Mike Weatherford(July 2004)
- The New York Daily News: "FAKE, BUT REAL GOOD. The 'Legends' impersonators at Resorts are worth the trip."[11]
- Los Angeles Times: "Just like the superstars it re-creates so magnificently, Legends is sure to become a legend in its own time!"
- The Boston Globe: "...the lure of nostalgia suggests there will always be fans willing to see "tributes" to the like of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, and Roy Orbison."[12]
- Las Vegas Traveler:"All the music, both instrument and voice, is live (none recorded)."[13]
- Branson Courier:"Legends In Concert, now celebrating it's [sic] 25th Anniversary – is the world's greatest live tribute show."[14] by Special Release to Branson Courier(September 2008)
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Legends In Concert lights up Lumiere Theatre."[15]by Kevin C. Johnson(September 2008)
- Kingman Daily Miner:"In addition to the superstar re-creations,the extravaganza has always featured a troupe of outstanding dancers and background singers."[16](July 1993)
- GoVegas.About.com:"The most sincere form of celebrity flattery."[17] by Kate Silver, for About.com
- Themeparks.About.com:"Legends In Concert offers the next best thing, tribute artists....who look, sound, sing and move like the real deal."[18] by Arthur Levine, About.com
- "Las Vegas Sun":"Constant change helps ‘Legends in Concert’ thrive"[19] by Jerry Fink May 5, 2009, lasvegassun.com
References
- ^ http://elvis.com/news/full_story.asp?id=1481
- ^ http://elvis.com/news/full_story.asp?id=1516
- ^ http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/feb/24/legends-parade-who-drives-golf-cart-elvis-course/
- ^ Spring, Jake (October 1, 2010). "Legends in Concert moving to Myrtle Beach from Surfside Beach". The Sun News. http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/10/01/1726556/legends-moving-to-mb.html. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
- ^ Spring, Jake (March 18, 2010). "Legends reveals revamp at new Myrtle Beach location". The Sun News. http://www.thesunnews.com/2011/03/18/2045491/legends-reveals-revamp.html. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/3/prweb111890.htm Town Of Surfside Beach, SC
- ^ Scanlon, Tom (October 13, 2000). "Garth, Tina, Elvis – live and impersonated on Auburn Strip". The Seattle Times. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20001013&slug=4047991.
- ^ http://www.choicehotels.com/ires/en-US/html/CityInfoFrommers?hotel=NV409&evid=136364&catid=2245&city_code=FSG
- ^ http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2001/Dec-14-Fri-2001/weekly/17640361.html
- ^ http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Jul-16-Fri-2004/weekly/24283773.html
- ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/2006/08/20/2006-08-20_fake_but_real_good_the_legends_impersona.html New York Daily News, August 20, 2006
- ^ Author: Steve Morse, Globe Staff, March 29, 1990
- ^ http://las-vegas-hotels.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g45963-d257192/Las-Vegas:Nevada:Legends.In.Concert.html
- ^ http://www.bransoncourier.com/branson-entertainment/-993.html
- ^ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-blender/the-blender/2008/09/legends-in-concert-lighting-up-lumiere-theatre/
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vqYNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tFUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6916,108108&dq=legends+in+concert
- ^ http://govegas.about.com/lw/Travel/North-America-and-Caribbean/Legends-in-Concert-at-the-Imperial-Palace.htm
- ^ http://themeparks.about.com/od/findusthemeparks/a/MyrtleBeach_2.htm
- ^ http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/05/constant-change-helps-legends-thrive/#
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