Legends In Concert is a live tribute artist production with shows primarily located in Las Vegas, Nevada, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Branson, Missouri, Mashantucket, Connecticut, and Atlantic City, New Jersey. Legends In Concert features live concerts paying tribute to musical icons of today and yesterday. The show boasts a wide collection of musical impersonators who resemble and sing like the original artists while being backed by a live band and dancers. Performances are scheduled year round across the globe and its four primary locations in the United States. Most recently, Legends In Concert has forged a partnership with Elvis Presley Enterprises, helping host several preliminary rounds of the . [1] [2]

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History

Legends In Concert was founded in 1983 in Las Vegas, Nevada. During that same year, Legends' first show was performed at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show, originally created and produced by Productions, is currently owned and produced by On Stage Entertainment. 2008 marked the 25th Anniversary for Legends In Concert entertainment productions.

The Legends In Concert show has expanded its production to The Legends In Concert Theater in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, in Branson, Missouri, Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT, and Resorts Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The pilot production of Legends In Concert in Las Vegas, Nevada moved from its original location at the Imperial Palace and Hotel Casino to Harrah's Las Vegas on February 23rd, 2009. ^[3]

Awards

• 2007 Tribute Show of the Year -
• 2004,2005 Celebrity Impersonation Show of The Year -
• March 15^th - 20^th, 2004 Proclaimed as "Legends In Concert Week" in honor of the theaters 10^th Anniversary ^[4]
• John Stuart, Legends In Concert creator and former producer, nominated by The Las Vegas Review-Journal as "being one of the individuals whom had the biggest impact on the formation of Las Vegas over the city's first 100 years." ^[5] (October 1999)

Press Comments

• The Seattle Times :"The audience pleasing show is slick, smooth and fast-paced, with a seasoned band backing talented (surprisingly so, to a cynic)superstar imitators." ^[6] by Tom Scanlon(October 2000)
• Frommers 2004 : "Is a crowd pleaser…arguably the best of the impersonator shows…" ^[7]
• Las Vegas Review Journal : "Constant change keeps Legends In Concert fresh." ^[8] by Mike Weatherford(December 2001)>
• Las Vegas Review Journal : "'Legends In Concert has held its own through 21 years of change on the Strip." ^[9] by Mike Weatherford(July 2004)
• The New York Daily News : "FAKE, BUT REAL GOOD. The 'Legends' impersonators at Resorts are worth the trip." ^[10]
• Los Angeles Times : "Just like the superstars it re-creates so magnificently, Legends is sure to become a legend in its own time!"
• The Boston Globe : "...the lure of nostalgia suggests there will always be fans willing to see "tributes" to the like of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, and Roy Orbison." ^[11]
• Las Vegas Traveler :"All the music, both instrument and voice, is live (none recorded)." ^[12]
• Branson Courier :"Legends In Concert, now celebrating }} 25th Anniversary - is the world's greatest live tribute show." ^[13] by Special Release to Branson Courier(September 2008)
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch : "Legends In Concert lights up Lumiere Theatre." ^[14]by Kevin C. Johnson(September 2008)
  • Kingman Daily Miner :"In addition to the superstar re-creations,the extravaganza has always featured a troupe of outstanding dancers and background singers." ^[15](July 1993)
  • GoVegas.About.com :"The most sincere form of celebrity flattery." ^[16] by Kate Silver, for About.com
  • Themeparks.About.com :"Legends In Concert offers the next best thing, tribute artists....who look, sound, sing and move like the real deal." ^[17] by Arthur Levine, About.com
  • "Las Vegas Sun":"Constant change helps ‘Legends in Concert’ thrive" ^[18] by Jerry Fink May 5, 2009, lasvegassun.com

  References

  1. http://elvis.com/news/full_story.asp?id=1481
  2. http://elvis.com/news/full_story.asp?id=1516
  3. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/feb/24/legends-parade-who-drives-golf-cart-elvis-course/
  4. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/3/prweb111890.htm Town Of Surfside Beach, SC
  5. http://www.1st100.com/part3/others.html
  6. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20001013&slug=4047991
  7. http://www.choicehotels.com/ires/en-US/html/CityInfoFrommers?hotel=NV409&evid=136364&catid=2245&city
  8. http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2001/Dec-14-Fri-2001/weekly/17640361.html
  9. http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Jul-16-Fri-2004/weekly/24283773.html
  10. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/2006/08/20/2006-08-20_fake_but_real_good_the_legends_impers
  11. Author: Steve Morse, Globe Staff, March 29, 1990
  12. http://las-vegas-hotels.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g45963-d257192/Las-Vegas:Nevada:Legends.In.Concert.ht
  13. http://www.bransoncourier.com/branson-entertainment/-993.html
  14. http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-blender/the-blender/2008/09/legends-in-concert-lighting-up-lumi
  15. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vqYNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tFUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6916,108108&dq=legends+in+con
  16. http://govegas.about.com/lw/Travel/North-America-and-Caribbean/Legends-in-Concert-at-the-Imperial-Pa
  17. http://themeparks.about.com/od/findusthemeparks/a/MyrtleBeach_2.htm
  18. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/05/constant-change-helps-legends-thrive/#