Defending The Caveman @ Harrahs

Last night Jason and I decided to 'cave' in and go see Defending the Caveman. The tickets are ALWAYS available on Houseseats.com. We ran into Rosy and Jon there! Ha! great minds think alike.

My theory? Its a Broadway comedy so it can't be too bad right? Hmmm I am rethinking Broadway. Now based on the fact that it claims to be from Broadway I immediately thought it was a stage production....The show starts with a video montage of a husband and his wife and daily life...ok so now what? The stage is set looking like a scene out of The Flinestones...a stone couch and a stone TV with petroglyphs on the "wall". The husband from the video comes out and starts doing....essentially? Stand up comedy. The premise....men and women are two different cultures and let me explain to why. To give him credit...there were some comical parts, typically when I related to what he was saying, and I'd jab Jason in the side and giggle. That was it.

Le Reve @ Wynn

We got lucky on Monday and Le Reve was available on Houseseats.com at Wynn Las Vegas!! I quickly grabbed Jason's 2 tickets and told Rosy, she requested her 4 and invited Rose and Bill to join us. I have always wanted to see Le Reve, so I was super excited. The show was amazing!!! Definitely lived up to Cirque du Soleil standards and then some. The theater is configured in the round. The first 2 rows all the way around are "splash zone" seats and are discounted. Who would have ever thought that the first 2 rows would be the cheapest? Our seats were about 10 rows up from the bottom and perfect. The most expensive are the very last rows along the top. They are reclining chairs, with champagne and tv screens to view the show.

The show was so mesmerizing. So many things going on and yet I found it a lot more enjoyable than Ka which also was extremely action packed. Where with Ka, I felt like there was too much going on and I wasn't able to enjoy it, Le Reve was perfect. The theater seating I think had a lot to do with it. The "stage" is nothing short of amazing. It changes so many times I am still wondering how. I would love to see O now and compare the two.

Nathan Burton @ Flamingo Hilton

The Nathan Burton Comedy Magic show At the Flamingo Hilton. We snagged the tickets from Houseseats.com. This show is a late afternoon show, more geared toward the family audience. The showroom seating was all around the stage, making Nathan visible to everyone. He had 2 showgirls and a guy dancer in his act. The humor is more PG-13 so its definitely one of the only shows on the strip that parents could feel at ease taking their kids to. The magic was a little redundant...we've all seen the majority of the tricks, making his showgirls disappear and reappear, etc. Nathans humor really kept the show going, he is extremely entertaining.

Free Beer! The Improv Show @ Town Square

Free Beer! The Improv Show is always on Houseseats.com. Its at The Stage Door Theater at Town Square. I see it every weekend on the website and never thought to go see what it was all about. After seeing Craig Gass on Friday at the theater, we all decided to go see it on Saturday night. I am so glad we did! For those of you who actually pay the $20 ticket price, it includes 1 free beer. Since our tickets were free, we didn't get the free beer. Once seated we noticed 2 pieces of paper on each of our tables. One said "Favorite Punch Line" and one said "Favorite Line From a Book". We were to fill them out and stick them in a bucket that was sitting on the stage. The show is an improv show fairly similar to "Who's Line Is It Anyways" with Drew Carey if anyone remembers that TV show. There are 2 teams of comedians, each team plays a "game" of sorts. The papers we filled out were used for a skit, they continued to pick up the papers and had to use the line in the skit. It was so funny!! The show was awesome and I would love to go back since each and every week is different!!!

Craig Gass @ Town Square

Craig Gass is a stand up comedian that was performing at The Stage Door Theater at Town Square. Rosy and Jon got the tickets off Houseseats.com and Jason and I said we'd love to go. I had never heard of Craig Gass before but apparently he has been in Sex in The City, The Family Guy, he will have his own Sirius satellite show on the Howard 100 channel amongst other things. The theater was DEAD!! There were about 25 of us so already this was a little awkward for the comedians. Craig had 3 very funny opening acts and then he came on. He is hilarious!!! He chose to make light of the situation due to the lack of audience and made fun of his agent for booking him there. It was great!! I look forward to hearing his show on satellite and would recommend seeing him if he comes back to Vegas!!

The Guy Fieri Roadshow @ Mandalay Bay

The Guy Fieri Roadshow at The House of Blues inside The Mandalay Bay was another crazy find on Houseseats.com. I would have never guessed these tickets would show up on there. I love Guy Fieri's Food Network shows. Diners, Drive-ins & Dives is so great, it constantly makes me hungry and any chance to try out these locations I take it! I wasn't sure what to expect of his roadshow but I knew the seats were standing room only. While I love Guy's TV shows, I am not too sure about the live show. We stood around waiting for quite a while for it to begin. A cooking show has 2 opening acts BTW?! One was the executive chef from the culinary school at UNLV, the second was a mixologist. Guy and his crew finally came on stage and started cooking amongst other things. It was crazy! There wasn't much emphasis on the food itself to be honest, which was a little disappointing. There were games, singing, a performer? Odd. I think a cooking roadshow would be a lot more entertaining if you got to try the food. Just a thought :) Still a fan Guy, just a suggestion for your next tour.

Gordie Brown Live @ Golden Nugget

Gordie Brown is at the Golden Nugget. He is along the same lines as Danny Gans was. Its a music show filled with impressions of actors, and musicians with a comedic twist to it all. The show was great! Not something that I would normally have chosen to see, you don't hear too much about it and its not in a prime location. It was a pleasant surprise. The Golden Nugget has had quite a bit of work done to it, and looks great! The showroom is new as well. Gordie Brown does a great job with his impressions. I would recommend this show as a great option for a fun night out!