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The members of the string quartet launching UNLV’s annual Charles Vanda Master Series on Saturday plan to catch Britney Spears’ “Piece of Me” at Planet Hollywood during their Vegas visit. But first, they have to play a piece of Britney’s.

The new Craig Ranch Regional Park Amphitheater continues its soft opening this weekend with a pair of concerts, but the venue inside the park is likely to steal the show, based on opening-weekend turnout.

Starting next year, Donny and Marie Osmond will have a new gig on the Strip. Or at least their likenesses will.

Multiple Emmy-winner Michael Stevens, who directed the PBS special that introduced The Smith Center to a national TV audience, died last week while undergoing cancer treatment in Los Angeles. He was 48.

“Miss Margarida’s Way” transports audiences back to eighth grade, where the tyrannical title character resorts to charm, intimidation and manipulation to assert her power over her unsuspecting “students.”

These days, Las Vegas has replaced Vienna as Luana DeVol’s city of dreams.