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Céline Dion towers over the Vegas Strip
Michael Giltz
An Advocate.com exclusive posted November 27, 2003
The only thing queerer than a gay man going to a
Céline Dion concert is a gay man taking his mother.
But if you’re in Las Vegas for your brother’s wedding celebration—and your mother saw glimpses
of Céline’s heart going on (and on) on Oprah —the extravaganza at Caesars Palace is a must-
see.
Certainly, Las Vegas seemed like the center of the world the weekend I visited. Michael Jackson,who was in town shooting a video when he was charged with child molestation, came right backhere from California after his arrest and release. (He led the media on an O.J.-like car ride
through town, shaking the hands of fans on the street when his car stopped at traffic lights.)
Siegfried and Roy are everywhere, thanks to billboards and ads sending encouragement and bestwishes to the erstwhile lovers after that life-threatening accident.
NBC has a promising new drama that is set on the Strip (“Las Vegas” on Mondays at 9 p.m.), the
latest in a recent string of shows doing so, including CSI, The Real World, a reality show about
showgirls, and of course, Showgirls. And Elton John promised to give Céline a few weeks off here
and there by committing to five concerts a week, five weeks a year during the next three years inthe Colosseum, the impressive new venue built just for her. (David LaChappelle will help keep the
sequins flying as John’s production designer and director.)
But it isn’t exactly a gay old time, even though Vegas switched its ad campaign from family-friendly back to Sin City. When they say "What happens here, stays here," it’s a reference to thestandard naughtiness of a businessman away at a convention. On countless street corners you’ll
find magazines and fliers touting escort services bursting with women for men. And bathrooms are
filled with ads from college girls just done with their studies and looking for fun. (What, thecollege boys are rushing off to grad school?)
The male strip shows advertised are of the Chippendales variety. One show—featuring malestrippers from Australia and called “Thunder From Down Under”—had ads featuring buff shirtless
men in the family-friendly, medieval-themed Excalibur hotel that said "What knights do at
night"—but I don’t think they meant it the way I took it.
You can certainly search out gay nightlife, but wander the main casinos (whether at themoderately priced Excalibur, which is a good bargain, especially if you’re bringing the moppets
along) and you’ll find yourself spotting the occasional gay person with all the regularity with whichyou’d find one at a Republican convention: They’re there, but they’re not exactly conspicuous.
Céline and the boys
And then there’s Céline, whose concerts are sold-out months in advance and gross more than $2
million a week—not counting the merchandising that must flood out of the Céline Dion store right
next to the Colosseum. Her crowd was distinctly well-dressed compared to the very casual—evensloppy—standards in the rest of Vegas. (Maybe those tickets peaking at $225 encouraged people
to make a night of it.) And the Colosseum had a nicely elegant feel, looking like a more intimate
version of Radio City Music Hall.
But why settle for elegant when you can have over-the-top? Created by Franco Dragone of Cirque
du Soleil, “A New Day…” features around 60 dancers, gymnasts, musicians, and singers on a
massive and deep stage that would be the envy of any Broadway house. Stairways glide up out ofthe ground just so Céline can walk up them triumphantly for a brief moment. Trees bloom,
massive prop instruments and street lamps float through the air, dancers dance, and at the center
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Back to topof it all is the diminutive, Calista-thin body of Céline.
Once in a great while you might lose track of her actual form, but that voice is always, massively,
front and center. It’s a formidable roller coaster of an instrument, with every swoop and dive
engineered and planned out at the start. You’re guaranteed to be taken for a ride, even if fans ofsubtlety or at least a hint of personality might long for something less mechanical.
The show begins with Céline crooning "Nature Boy," one of the few relatively quiet numbers (even
the ballads are booming affairs), and mostly, you’re tensely aware of how much power is in
reserve. But Céline is surprisingly adept at all the dancing and movement that’s called for,blending in well with the dancers that soon cavort across the stage.
Her stage demeanor is the real treat for anyone looking for guilty pleasures. Céline may be themost sincere person in the world, but her fierce professionalism ensures that every wink, every
line of dialogue feels scripted down to the last sigh. In true Vegas fashion, she insists that she
feels a lot of love in the room, loves us all very much, and is honored to be performing for us, the
people that she loves almost as much as she loves her husband-manager and son. If there’s a
casual aside, you just know she delivers it exactly the same way every single night, and you loveher for her being unable to pretend otherwise.
Time and again Céline will plant her legs defiantly like some Amazonian warrior and let loose witha thunderous volley. At other moments she ends a song by seeming to stumble out of a trance,looks around dazedly and is surprised to see us. Oh, am I still singing in front of a crowd? sheseems to be thinking. I’d forgotten where I was. Wasn’t that marvelous? I don’t know how it
happens. Should I sing another one?
And she does. One number follows another, with each tune inspiring a production more grand than
the one before. During one dizzying moment (a song dedicated to all the parents of the world and
all the children of the world, which pretty much covers everyone), Céline sings a song for her sonwhile a massive tree appears in the background, and two workmen floating across stage in midair
carry a grand piano between them. For one brief moment you’d swear avant-garde stage director
Robert Wilson had turned to making music videos.
Whether she’s singing standards like "At Last," a Stevie Wonder classic like "I Wish," the Chryslerad campaign number "I Drove All Night," or that little ditty from Titanic, you forget individual
songs and simply soak in the spectacle that certainly delivers a bang for its buck. (Though the one
"sexy" number, with male dancers shirtless and writhing on the floor around Céline, is about as
steamy as a duet between Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme.)
The guys, warming up
It’s no particular slam on Céline to say the star of the show is what is billed as the largest indoor
LED screen in North America, which fills the entire back of the stage; this state-of-the-art screen
is filled with images of stunning clarity and depth throughout the show. In one number Célineseems to be standing in a massive outdoor Gothic cathedral with a storm-tossed sky roiling in the
background; in another she’s in Times Square; in yet another she’s gliding through space with a
massive moon looming up close and then fading far, far away.
At one point the real Céline is standing onstage left in profile, but a camera is projecting her imageonto the screen. The result? She is looming over herself and all the dancers, staring straight out
into the audience with such intensity that you have no choice but to focus on the cyber-Céline
rather than the life-size one now lost in the shuffle.
This screen and the astonishingly convincing scenes it creates are breathtaking: Once thetechnology becomes more affordable, it seems inevitable this will revolutionize theatrical
productions on Broadway and the road. One giggles to think what Elton John and David
LaChappelle will do with it once they get a chance to play with this marvelous new toy.
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Céline Dion towers over the Vegas Strip
Michael Giltz
An Advocate.com exclusive posted November 27, 2003
The only thing queerer than a gay man going to a
Céline Dion concert is a gay man taking his mother.
But if you’re in Las Vegas for your brother’s wedding celebration—and your mother saw glimpses
of Céline’s heart going on (and on) on Oprah —the extravaganza at Caesars Palace is a must-
see.
Certainly, Las Vegas seemed like the center of the world the weekend I visited. Michael Jackson,who was in town shooting a video when he was charged with child molestation, came right backhere from California after his arrest and release. (He led the media on an O.J.-like car ride
through town, shaking the hands of fans on the street when his car stopped at traffic lights.)
Siegfried and Roy are everywhere, thanks to billboards and ads sending encouragement and bestwishes to the erstwhile lovers after that life-threatening accident.
NBC has a promising new drama that is set on the Strip (“Las Vegas” on Mondays at 9 p.m.), the
latest in a recent string of shows doing so, including CSI, The Real World, a reality show about
showgirls, and of course, Showgirls. And Elton John promised to give Céline a few weeks off here
and there by committing to five concerts a week, five weeks a year during the next three years inthe Colosseum, the impressive new venue built just for her. (David LaChappelle will help keep the
sequins flying as John’s production designer and director.)
But it isn’t exactly a gay old time, even though Vegas switched its ad campaign from family-friendly back to Sin City. When they say "What happens here, stays here," it’s a reference to thestandard naughtiness of a businessman away at a convention. On countless street corners you’ll
find magazines and fliers touting escort services bursting with women for men. And bathrooms are
filled with ads from college girls just done with their studies and looking for fun. (What, thecollege boys are rushing off to grad school?)
The male strip shows advertised are of the Chippendales variety. One show—featuring malestrippers from Australia and called “Thunder From Down Under”—had ads featuring buff shirtless
men in the family-friendly, medieval-themed Excalibur hotel that said "What knights do at
night"—but I don’t think they meant it the way I took it.
You can certainly search out gay nightlife, but wander the main casinos (whether at themoderately priced Excalibur, which is a good bargain, especially if you’re bringing the moppets
along) and you’ll find yourself spotting the occasional gay person with all the regularity with whichyou’d find one at a Republican convention: They’re there, but they’re not exactly conspicuous.
Céline and the boys
And then there’s Céline, whose concerts are sold-out months in advance and gross more than $2
million a week—not counting the merchandising that must flood out of the Céline Dion store right
next to the Colosseum. Her crowd was distinctly well-dressed compared to the very casual—evensloppy—standards in the rest of Vegas. (Maybe those tickets peaking at $225 encouraged people
to make a night of it.) And the Colosseum had a nicely elegant feel, looking like a more intimate
version of Radio City Music Hall.
But why settle for elegant when you can have over-the-top? Created by Franco Dragone of Cirque
du Soleil, “A New Day…” features around 60 dancers, gymnasts, musicians, and singers on a
massive and deep stage that would be the envy of any Broadway house. Stairways glide up out ofthe ground just so Céline can walk up them triumphantly for a brief moment. Trees bloom,
massive prop instruments and street lamps float through the air, dancers dance, and at the center
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Editor's Letter
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A-List: Nathan LaneToo Girly to Be Girls?Work It Out
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Southwest SojournWeHo Without Wheels
A Quieter Riot
Of Pastors and
Politicians
And on a Lighter Note
The Cult of Grey
GardensThe New Annuity
My Little Dumpling
Back AttackBoot BoysUp in Smoke
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Back to topof it all is the diminutive, Calista-thin body of Céline.
Once in a great while you might lose track of her actual form, but that voice is always, massively,
front and center. It’s a formidable roller coaster of an instrument, with every swoop and dive
engineered and planned out at the start. You’re guaranteed to be taken for a ride, even if fans ofsubtlety or at least a hint of personality might long for something less mechanical.
The show begins with Céline crooning "Nature Boy," one of the few relatively quiet numbers (even
the ballads are booming affairs), and mostly, you’re tensely aware of how much power is in
reserve. But Céline is surprisingly adept at all the dancing and movement that’s called for,blending in well with the dancers that soon cavort across the stage.
Her stage demeanor is the real treat for anyone looking for guilty pleasures. Céline may be themost sincere person in the world, but her fierce professionalism ensures that every wink, every
line of dialogue feels scripted down to the last sigh. In true Vegas fashion, she insists that she
feels a lot of love in the room, loves us all very much, and is honored to be performing for us, the
people that she loves almost as much as she loves her husband-manager and son. If there’s a
casual aside, you just know she delivers it exactly the same way every single night, and you loveher for her being unable to pretend otherwise.
Time and again Céline will plant her legs defiantly like some Amazonian warrior and let loose witha thunderous volley. At other moments she ends a song by seeming to stumble out of a trance,looks around dazedly and is surprised to see us. Oh, am I still singing in front of a crowd? sheseems to be thinking. I’d forgotten where I was. Wasn’t that marvelous? I don’t know how it
happens. Should I sing another one?
And she does. One number follows another, with each tune inspiring a production more grand than
the one before. During one dizzying moment (a song dedicated to all the parents of the world and
all the children of the world, which pretty much covers everyone), Céline sings a song for her sonwhile a massive tree appears in the background, and two workmen floating across stage in midair
carry a grand piano between them. For one brief moment you’d swear avant-garde stage director
Robert Wilson had turned to making music videos.
Whether she’s singing standards like "At Last," a Stevie Wonder classic like "I Wish," the Chryslerad campaign number "I Drove All Night," or that little ditty from Titanic, you forget individual
songs and simply soak in the spectacle that certainly delivers a bang for its buck. (Though the one
"sexy" number, with male dancers shirtless and writhing on the floor around Céline, is about as
steamy as a duet between Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme.)
The guys, warming up
It’s no particular slam on Céline to say the star of the show is what is billed as the largest indoor
LED screen in North America, which fills the entire back of the stage; this state-of-the-art screen
is filled with images of stunning clarity and depth throughout the show. In one number Célineseems to be standing in a massive outdoor Gothic cathedral with a storm-tossed sky roiling in the
background; in another she’s in Times Square; in yet another she’s gliding through space with a
massive moon looming up close and then fading far, far away.
At one point the real Céline is standing onstage left in profile, but a camera is projecting her imageonto the screen. The result? She is looming over herself and all the dancers, staring straight out
into the audience with such intensity that you have no choice but to focus on the cyber-Céline
rather than the life-size one now lost in the shuffle.
This screen and the astonishingly convincing scenes it creates are breathtaking: Once thetechnology becomes more affordable, it seems inevitable this will revolutionize theatrical
productions on Broadway and the road. One giggles to think what Elton John and David
LaChappelle will do with it once they get a chance to play with this marvelous new toy.
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