I recently traveled to Las Vegas for the second time in my life. During my first visit, I was mesmerized by the architecture, the endless shopping and top-of-the-line restaurants and the casinos(I had never been in a casino before). My second trip there was a little bit different. I knew what to expect and was not so mesmerized by everything, so I took more time to really observe my surroundings. I went to a show at the Wynn Hotel in Vegas where I stayed. There were signs all over the hotel about the Danny Gans show--a comedian, singer and all-around entertainer.
I went with my mother and she purchased good seats for us so we could really be in the center of the action. We were about ten rows up from the stage. We arrived twenty minutes before the show was scheduled to begin at 7:30. The theatre filled up rather quickly with all different kinds of people. There were many older people who were dressed from head-to-toe in elegant clothes. The woman sitting next to me had a pink dress on with pearls and her white curly hair looked perfect. Her husband was dressed in a black beautiful suit.
My mom sat to my left and the couple that sat beside her were in their thirties. They both were very fit and very good-looking. They were decked out in flashy jewelry and nice watched, but had an more casual attire-a nice shirt and I am sure designer jeans. After the people beside us took their seats the entire, the entire room was almost seated. There was a mix of emotions in the room-excited, happy, annoyed, no-emotion, so I was interested to see what the show would bring out of them.
The lights went down and the music started to play the YMCA- which many people were happy about. Two women stood up and started dancing to entire song, becoming the main entertainment before Danny Gans came on stage. Well, he finally he entered and gave one of the greatest shows I had ever seen. He could do hundreds of impersonations that sounded exactly like the real people. He did Jay Leno, Johnny Carson, Elvis and then he sang Frank Sinatra, Rod Stewart and even Tina Turner. He impersonated singers from the 1940s up to present day musicians. He had everyone laughing for nearly an hour and a half and mesmerized the crowd with his many voices.
I was impressed that he played a tribute to his family and never once made a crude joke like many comedians. It a class-act show, one that was definitely o.k. to see with my mother. It was a show for everyone. After the show entered, the curtain went down, the applause ceased and it was announced that Danny Gans had left the building, the crowd stood-up and got ready to file out.
I listened to the crowd around me. The young couple next to my mother and I were talking about how funny his jokes were about Bill Clinton and that they loved his impression of Jay Leno. The older couple beside me loved hearing the music from the 1950s and 60s and they could not believe that he sounded so much like each classic artist. The little girls walking up the stairs were saying the liked his Elvis wiggle and his giant black wig. A group of four women were walking out and said that hands-down his show was the best show that had ever seen in their 60 years. My mom could not stop talking about his amazing voice and how he perfectly captured every single persons voice. She said he sang every classic song she had ever loved.
I did not know every song or every artist he impersonated, but I knew a fair amount and I really enjoyed the comedy portion of the show. I realized that each of these people had enjoyed a different aspect of the show and that somehow a multi-talented man could reach out to every audience member, every age group and every type of person and give them something they wanted out of his show. His show meant something to every person sitting in the room, and that task is hard for anyone to accomplish. He truly was amazing. The feelings walking out of the arena were filled with excitement, smiles, laughs and praise.
I went with my mother and she purchased good seats for us so we could really be in the center of the action. We were about ten rows up from the stage. We arrived twenty minutes before the show was scheduled to begin at 7:30. The theatre filled up rather quickly with all different kinds of people. There were many older people who were dressed from head-to-toe in elegant clothes. The woman sitting next to me had a pink dress on with pearls and her white curly hair looked perfect. Her husband was dressed in a black beautiful suit.
My mom sat to my left and the couple that sat beside her were in their thirties. They both were very fit and very good-looking. They were decked out in flashy jewelry and nice watched, but had an more casual attire-a nice shirt and I am sure designer jeans. After the people beside us took their seats the entire, the entire room was almost seated. There was a mix of emotions in the room-excited, happy, annoyed, no-emotion, so I was interested to see what the show would bring out of them.
The lights went down and the music started to play the YMCA- which many people were happy about. Two women stood up and started dancing to entire song, becoming the main entertainment before Danny Gans came on stage. Well, he finally he entered and gave one of the greatest shows I had ever seen. He could do hundreds of impersonations that sounded exactly like the real people. He did Jay Leno, Johnny Carson, Elvis and then he sang Frank Sinatra, Rod Stewart and even Tina Turner. He impersonated singers from the 1940s up to present day musicians. He had everyone laughing for nearly an hour and a half and mesmerized the crowd with his many voices.
I was impressed that he played a tribute to his family and never once made a crude joke like many comedians. It a class-act show, one that was definitely o.k. to see with my mother. It was a show for everyone. After the show entered, the curtain went down, the applause ceased and it was announced that Danny Gans had left the building, the crowd stood-up and got ready to file out.
I listened to the crowd around me. The young couple next to my mother and I were talking about how funny his jokes were about Bill Clinton and that they loved his impression of Jay Leno. The older couple beside me loved hearing the music from the 1950s and 60s and they could not believe that he sounded so much like each classic artist. The little girls walking up the stairs were saying the liked his Elvis wiggle and his giant black wig. A group of four women were walking out and said that hands-down his show was the best show that had ever seen in their 60 years. My mom could not stop talking about his amazing voice and how he perfectly captured every single persons voice. She said he sang every classic song she had ever loved.
I did not know every song or every artist he impersonated, but I knew a fair amount and I really enjoyed the comedy portion of the show. I realized that each of these people had enjoyed a different aspect of the show and that somehow a multi-talented man could reach out to every audience member, every age group and every type of person and give them something they wanted out of his show. His show meant something to every person sitting in the room, and that task is hard for anyone to accomplish. He truly was amazing. The feelings walking out of the arena were filled with excitement, smiles, laughs and praise.
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