Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Showroom for eight shows from Oct. 13-28 (tickets are on sale 10 a.m. Friday). In something of a letdown, Starr is not using “The Golden Drums,” which he’d joked about a few months ago, as the title of this show.

To accommodat­e Starr’s merry band of musical vets, PH theater is expanding to its original 1,500-seat capacity, which it seated for the early production shows “Stomp” and “Peepshow.” Its balcony was draped off to create a 7oo-seat capacity during the Frankie Moreno and Paul Zerdin residencie­s.

Starr is joined by the band he built in 2012, with Todd Rundgren, Gregg Rolie of Santana and Journey, Steve Lukather of Toto, Richard Page of Mister Mister, saxophonis­t Warren Ham of Olivia NewtonJohn’s band, and Gregg Bissonette of David Lee Roth’s band in the ’80s.

Starr has been a frequent headliner in Vegas since the late ’80s. Add Planet Hollywood to a far-flung list of All-Starr Band Vegas venues that includes the Aladdin Theater for the Performing Arts, Circus Maximus at Caesars Palace, the Rio Pavilion, the original Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel, Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms, Mandalay Bay Beach and Reynolds Hall at the Smith Center. SHECKY ON THE MEND

Shecky Greene’s wife, Marie, reports that the comic legend underwent successful surgery on his right femur, just below his artificial hip, last Friday, the day after he tumbled into the stage at the Italian American Club. It is likely he’ll require further surgery to repair the hip itself, but for now Marie says he is doing fine, resting and rehabilita­ting. Greene turns 91 on April 8. SCINTAS EXTEND

As anticipate­d (at least, by me), “The Scintas” show at Plaza Showroom has added dates through Dec. 31. The family act headed up by Frankie Scinta has done impressive business since opening in 2016. The show performs the final two weekends of the month from April through September, and every weekend in October and November. The crew has again set its New Year’s Eve performanc­e schedule from

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