"BestOfVegas"
09/17/08 -see other reviews-
 Attitude - 3 Eye Candy - 3 Price - 2
"A Trip Through Time"
From Mike Weatherford, Las Vegas Review-Journal
"Staying Power: Long-running 'Evening at La Cage' still offers a trip back through time
It's remarkable enough that "An Evening at La Cage" is now the fourth longest-lasting show on the Strip. But more amazing is the lack of turnover, and how long some of the performers have been putting on the makeup and gowns.
Sure, the big illusion is men in drag, just as it was when the show opened at the Riviera in 1985.
But now, anyone who has been around a few years can be just as intrigued by the time-travel effect of the whole thing. In a city where so much geography has changed, here's one journey to the past you can still take.
The trip begins as you make your way through the Riviera, all aglow with mirrors and chandeliers and old-school signs such as "Barber Salon."
You find your way to a zebra-striped booth for the tributes to everyone from Diana to Dolly, divas who are mostly as ageless as the performers lip-syncing to their hits.
Bette Midler and Cher had big comebacks this year at Caesars Palace, but at "La Cage" they've never gone anywhere. Michael Jackson's career isn't tarnished either, because here it remains locked in the "Thriller" era. (Yes, it defies the concept to have Lane Lassiter doing a Jacko tribute in a female impersonator show, but that's the way it is and the way it's always been).
The longevity of host Frank Marino -- who has been there almost all of the 23 years -- and some of his co-stars completes the illusion."
Weatherford gave the show a B-. For the entire review, Click Here
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