Enjoyed reading your report on the Palazzo. My husband and I were also at the show. Our tickets cost $250 total and for that we got to sit on small plastic chairs in the bleacher section way in the back. There was literally 4,300 people in front of us (My hustband counted). Our guess is that they were all comped. This made a bad show even worse...and it was 3 hours long. By not having the TV screens on, Diana Ross looked like a little peanut to us.
CB
"Then the Sat. "Diana Ross" concert took a few oddball turns when the "house
band" on stage kept appearing between big-name acts (Wayne Brady, Andy Garcia
and a Cuban band, Seal, and Ross), so it ended up being about 1/3 of the
entertainment, and was pretty monotonous and not that good. A preview of
"Jersey Boys" was also included, and that looks great (show opens in April).
Surprisingly, people left the concert in droves when Diana started "singing" -
apparently lipsyncing pre-recorded music (no band or backup singers), or at
least singing with herself. Also the big screens overhead which were so helpful
earlier so that the huge audience could actually see the performers, suddenly
went to blank - whether because Ross is getting old (who could tell with all
that makeup and huge wig anyway) or because of lipsyncing (which was obvious
anyway). It was very annoying, which may also have led to the early exodus.
At the end of the show, the music ended, and Diana said "One more time..."
apparently expecting to go into a nice encore, only to have the music remain
off. She said "oh, no more music" - seemed confused - and exited through
the curtain without a goodbye, leaving the audience with jaws dropping open.
Very odd. "Host" Wayne Brady had his show going on, so he only did the
opening - which also seemed odd. Why not close his show and have him announce the
guests and do numbers or something in between, instead of the house band?
The show was too long and that house band really diluted the impact of the
better performers. Seal was the best thing, as everyone commented afterward as
we tried to figure out what was going on with the Diana Ross part."
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