If only composer Andrew Lloyd Webber had listened to that great sage of the stage, Dirty Harry Callahan.
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In 1960 Las Vegas, music meant Liberace. Or Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and their fellow Rat Packers. Or the various orchestras accompanying their Strip showroom stints. But on one night in 1960, music meant Leonard Bernstein.
Las Vegas may be far from the Emerald Isle, but a free, all-ages St. Patrick’s Day Festival will transform downtown’s Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., from 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday, with music by local bands Darby O’Gill and the Little People and Killian’s Angels and award-winning Irish band Socks in the Frying Pan, pictured.
When composer Andrew Lloyd Webber contacted lyricist Glenn Slater’s agent to ask about collaborating on a “Phantom of the Opera” sequel, Slater had an instant response.
Canyon Springs High School in Las Vegas hosted different Mexican folk dancing groups on Friday night.
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