{"id":26683,"date":"2021-02-16T11:01:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T19:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=26683"},"modified":"2021-02-16T11:13:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T19:13:01","slug":"criss-angel-and-franco-dragone-announce-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/criss-angel-and-franco-dragone-announce-something\/","title":{"rendered":"Criss Angel and Franco Dragone Announce Something"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can tell Las Vegas is healing because performers like Criss Angel are starting to send out baffling news releases again.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the longtime Strip magician (sorry, &#8220;magic&#8217;s most celebrated visionary&#8221;) Criss Angel announced he&#8217;ll be collaborating with Franco Dragone on something.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, &#8220;Franco Dragone, the creative mastermind behind world-renowned entertainment productions including &#8216;O,&#8217; &#8216;Mystere&#8217; by Cirque du Solei (sic), &#8216;Le Reve&#8217; and Celine Dion&#8217;s &#8216;A New Day.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is the first collaboration between Angel and Dragone and everyone involved is very excited about whatever the project might be.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, we have no idea because the announcement was light on details.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26692\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26692 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/criss_angel_horiz1.jpg\" alt=\"Criss Angel\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/criss_angel_horiz1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/criss_angel_horiz1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/criss_angel_horiz1-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We get the feeling Criss Angel frequently asks to speak to a manager.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The project, dubbed &#8220;Mr. Smiles &amp; Molly,&#8221; is scheduled to open later in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>We trust this is a show of some sort, and that it involves Ecstasy, but other than that, all we get is buzzwords.<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas performers never let a lack of information get in the way of an announcement.<\/p>\n<p>According to the announcement, &#8220;Mr. Smiles &amp; Molly&#8221; will be an &#8220;Interactive Immersive Euphoria.&#8221;\u00a0Remember, everything&#8217;s more exciting in title case.<\/p>\n<p>Our heart goes out to the P.R. firm forced to include that wording in the news release, although it&#8217;s an undeniable gift from the comedy heavens for snarky blogs and Twitter accounts. Allegedly.<\/p>\n<p>Also a gift is this chat between Angel and Dragone we estimate you&#8217;ll watch three minutes of, tops.<\/p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-uho-6tk9zje\" style=\"max-width:900px;\" class=\"arve\">\n<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &#039;none&#039;;autoplay &#039;none&#039;;camera &#039;none&#039;;ch-ua &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-read &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-write;display-capture &#039;none&#039;;encrypted-media &#039;none&#039;;gamepad &#039;none&#039;;geolocation &#039;none&#039;;gyroscope &#039;none&#039;;hid &#039;none&#039;;identity-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;idle-detection &#039;none&#039;;keyboard-map &#039;none&#039;;local-fonts &#039;none&#039;;magnetometer &#039;none&#039;;microphone &#039;none&#039;;midi &#039;none&#039;;payment &#039;none&#039;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &#039;none&#039;;publickey-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;screen-wake-lock &#039;none&#039;;serial &#039;none&#039;;sync-xhr;usb &#039;none&#039;;window-management &#039;none&#039;;xr-spatial-tracking &#039;none&#039;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-uho-6tk9zje\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/uho-6Tk9zJE?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505.8\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/uho-6Tk9zJE?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.casino.org\\\/vitalvegas\\\/criss-angel-and-franco-dragone-announce-something\\\/#arve-youtube-uho-6tk9zje\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/uho-6Tk9zJE?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>As for the big announcement, to presumably clarify, Dragone says the &#8220;new surreal pre-night club experience&#8221; will be a &#8220;bold fusion between the world of electronic music and theatre.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aha, electronic music. Told you Ecstasy would be involved! Confirmed!<\/p>\n<p>Also, what is a &#8220;pre-night club experience&#8221;? If it&#8217;s a &#8220;pre-night club experience,&#8221; is it even technically a show? Is it something you do before night? Did Dragone mean &#8220;pre-nightclub experience&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>So many questions, so little interest in the answers. Still, we like new things, so we&#8217;ll have to keep an eye on this one, whatever it might actually be.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody can say Criss Angel doesn&#8217;t constantly look for new ways to keep his &#8220;brand&#8221; relevant. While Angel&#8217;s time in Las Vegas hasn&#8217;t been without challenges (his show at Luxor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/criss-angels-mindfreak-live-close-luxor-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">closed in 2018<\/a>, presumably due to lagging ticket sales), he&#8217;s managed to survive in a competitive entertainment market.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21700\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21700 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/criss_angel_shade.jpg\" alt=\"Criss Angel\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/criss_angel_shade.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/criss_angel_shade-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/criss_angel_shade-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Criss Angel had a drama-filled public feud with Cirque, Dragone&#8217;s former stomping grounds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hitching his wagon to Franco Dragone, a creative force of nature with a solid track record, certainly won&#8217;t hurt Angel&#8217;s chances of a successful venture, no matter where it might land.<\/p>\n<p>Dragone has kept busy during the pandemic <a href=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/outdoor-entertainment-dragone-performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">redefining entertainment<\/a> or whatever.<\/p>\n<p>Our prediction: The collaboration between Criss Angel and Dragone is going to result in a metric buttload of glorious WTF.<\/p>\n<p>While we love to poke fun at Criss Angel, partly because he&#8217;s got all the charisma of pudding skin (not to mention his lackeys blocked us on Twitter), the magician has a lot of die-hard fans who will no doubt be excited to hear Angel could have yet another trick up his celebrated visionary sleeve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can tell Las Vegas is healing because performers like Criss Angel are starting to send out baffling news releases again. Today, the longtime Strip magician (sorry, &#8220;magic&#8217;s most celebrated visionary&#8221;) Criss Angel announced he&#8217;ll be collaborating with Franco Dragone on something. Sorry, &#8220;Franco Dragone, the creative mastermind behind world-renowned entertainment productions including &#8216;O,&#8217; &#8216;Mystere&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegas","category-lasvegasshows"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Criss Angel and Franco Dragone Announce Something<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our prediction: The collaboration between Criss Angel and Dragone is going to result in a metric buttload of WTF.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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