Gladys Knight

Showroom
Flamingo
3555 S. Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89109

Price: $68.50 (Balcony seating), $79.50 (Main floor seating)
Price Note: May not include all taxes and fees.
Payment Options: AMEX, VISA, MASTERCARD, CASH
Show Times: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday
Show Dates: Ongoing
Dark: Sunday and Monday; Dec. 24-31, 2003
Reservations: Reservations Suggested
Age Restrictions: Must be 5 years of age or older

Review:
Knight a testament to ingenuity

Gladys Knight is back where she belongs - in her own showroom at the Flamingo Las Vegas.

Call it divine intervention if you will, but the Flamingo provided Knight and her famous Pips the first main showroom in which they ever performed.

Knight certainly looks at it that way. In a sentimental journey through her musical career, the soulful singer pays tribute to those who have made her success possible along the way - even her "pesky" brother, Merald (or as she calls him, "Bubba").

Then she gets down to business. Her most famous hits, "Midnight Train to Georgia," and "Friendship Train" - are crowd pleasers. But by getting the big ones out of the way and leaving the audience to wonder what she's got up her sleeve for the rest of the show, Knight is brilliant.

One such showstopper is a tribute to Motown. In a "free-for-all" featuring her wonderful back-up singers, Knight & Co. paid homage to The Temptations ("Get Ready," and "My Girl"), Martha & the Vandellas ("Dancin' in the Streets") and Marvin Gaye ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine").

Knight also recounted a lesson from Sammy Davis Jr., in which the late singer told her that she could "make any song her own." Knight did just that performing her versions of Davis' "Candy Man," "What Kind of Fool Am I"" and "Mr. Bojangles" (featuring an encore performance by Bubba).

Although Knight is grateful for her musical success, she told the audience that music is not the most important thing in her life. Rather, said Knight, it's "the spirit my family lived by."

A formal gospel singer, Knight honored her background in her closer, a tribute to gospel music. "It's the reason why I sing," she told the crowd. Knight led a choir of her robed back-up singers in the final segment, which includes an emotional version of Boyz II Men's "End of the Road" - the show's most memorable song.

The show is a success in that it lets Knight stand out - and man, the woman can wail. Save for the Motown segment, the band is set on a multi-level platform, and the floor is left solely to Knight - as it should be.

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