Mesmerized to Re-Open at V Theater
First off, I apologize. I know many of you have emailed in wondering why I stopped blogging. Things have been crazy in my life lately. I took some time off of work to enjoy some personal time. My wife and I had a baby in early September, and things have been great with that. :-)
About Mesmerized, here's how it came about. For the majority of last year I performed in my own show that ran in producer David Saxe's V Theater at Miracle Mile in Planet Hollywoood Resort and Casino. We had a very successful run and in October last year, I decided to leave the show to pursue other projects. I opened my own hypnosis school with my original instructor John Zulli. John and I also designed a program called Pathway to Power and once those projects were launched, my time commitment to them lessened. I was ready to come back to the Las Vegas strip.
I performed in my own show at the LA Comedy Club in Planet Hollywood. I performed there for 2 months to showcase my abilities and invite other producers and hotels to see what I had to offer. I had some interest from some other properties and had the opportunity to put together a few deals. I was close to signing at another major property, and at the last minute something unique happened.
David Saxe called me last monday night. Due to unforseen circumstances, the show that was in the 10pm time slot immediately closed. Saxe calls me, and says, "Hey. How soon can you open your show?" In reality, I could open in one night. The technical aspect of the show is ready. All the lighting cues were still saved as Saxe's V Theater is where Mesmerized was last year. The sound techs still know the show. The spotlight operators are the same as last year. The stagehands are the same people. So, it really is a turn key operation at this point.
The only issue was ticket brokers and advertising. There is a 3 week turn around for any print work here in Las Vegas. LVM magazine, What's On magazine, Vegas2Go magazine, etc. So, the question was, I can open immediately, but if no one can sell tickets cause we need a few days for the brokers to input the inventory of show dates, and if the advertising does not come out for weeks, then what do we do?
David did not have any concerns about the advertising not coming out because the brokers all remember the show and can easily sell it describe it to consumers. So... after a 3 hour meeting with Saxe, we decided to go for it. I open tomorrow night. Saturday October 11, 2008. Yikes !
This might be the record for the shortest time to open a show. I did it in 9 days for the LA Comedy Club, but we are doing this one in 5! Wow!
Mesmerized is back! We hope to see you there soon!
Marc
About Mesmerized, here's how it came about. For the majority of last year I performed in my own show that ran in producer David Saxe's V Theater at Miracle Mile in Planet Hollywoood Resort and Casino. We had a very successful run and in October last year, I decided to leave the show to pursue other projects. I opened my own hypnosis school with my original instructor John Zulli. John and I also designed a program called Pathway to Power and once those projects were launched, my time commitment to them lessened. I was ready to come back to the Las Vegas strip.
I performed in my own show at the LA Comedy Club in Planet Hollywood. I performed there for 2 months to showcase my abilities and invite other producers and hotels to see what I had to offer. I had some interest from some other properties and had the opportunity to put together a few deals. I was close to signing at another major property, and at the last minute something unique happened.
David Saxe called me last monday night. Due to unforseen circumstances, the show that was in the 10pm time slot immediately closed. Saxe calls me, and says, "Hey. How soon can you open your show?" In reality, I could open in one night. The technical aspect of the show is ready. All the lighting cues were still saved as Saxe's V Theater is where Mesmerized was last year. The sound techs still know the show. The spotlight operators are the same as last year. The stagehands are the same people. So, it really is a turn key operation at this point.
The only issue was ticket brokers and advertising. There is a 3 week turn around for any print work here in Las Vegas. LVM magazine, What's On magazine, Vegas2Go magazine, etc. So, the question was, I can open immediately, but if no one can sell tickets cause we need a few days for the brokers to input the inventory of show dates, and if the advertising does not come out for weeks, then what do we do?
David did not have any concerns about the advertising not coming out because the brokers all remember the show and can easily sell it describe it to consumers. So... after a 3 hour meeting with Saxe, we decided to go for it. I open tomorrow night. Saturday October 11, 2008. Yikes !
This might be the record for the shortest time to open a show. I did it in 9 days for the LA Comedy Club, but we are doing this one in 5! Wow!
Mesmerized is back! We hope to see you there soon!
Marc
posted by Marc Savard at
7:36 AM
2 Comments:
Excellent news, i will be visiting from sask. bring back those dancing girls....lol brad miller
Congrats on the opening of your new show!!
Be huge,
Buzz
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