Artist: Danny
Gans at Mirage
Genera: Las Vegas
Background: One second he's Ricky Martin,
the next, Smokey Robinson, then Joe Cocker, James Brown, and
Blood, Sweat and Tears.
And that's just the first minute. You could come across George
Bush lamenting the politics of his son, "Dubya."
Or George Burns, who's gotten a hold of some Viagra.
But Gans does more than simply supply impressions. He becomes
his subject, his voice slipping easily from character to character,
adding his own comedic touches - a duet between Jimmy Stewart
and Kermit the Frog is priceless; Danny Gans's "Hakuna
Matata" as sung by Frank Sinatra, ingenious. Danny Gans
is a master at capturing the nuances of the artists he imitates.
And with a repertoire of more than 300 characterizations,
you never know who'll appear next.
In addition to performing dead-on impersonations of George
Bush, Billy Joel, David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen, Gans
also excels at more obscure impressions, including Macy Gray,
Billie Holliday and Darius Rucker of Hootie & the Blowfish.
Gans' own voice is pretty famous, too -- he sings a few of
his own songs during the show and in 2000, and he recorded
an album that climbed to #19 on the Christian pop charts.
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