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This Today night at 8 p.m., exactly 28 years to the month after the passing of Wladziu Valentino Liberace, old friends, former show business colleagues and admirers of the flamboyantly affable entertainer, widely known as Mr. Showmanship, will once again light the candelabra and return music and frivolity into his home. The former Walter Busterkeys inspired the glitz and glamour of many a performer including current day music icons Elton John and Lady GaGa. The celebration is called 'Music, Memories and The Mansion: A Night with Liberace' to benefit Opera Las Vegas, a nonprofit company dedicated to bringing world-class opera to Southern Nevada.

This Saturday night at 8 p.m., exactly 28 years to the month after the passing of Wladziu Valentino Liberace, old friends, former show business colleagues and admirers of the flamboyantly affable entertainer, widely known as Mr. Showmanship, will once again light the candelabra and return music and frivolity into his home. The former Walter Busterkeys inspired the glitz and glamour of many a performer including current day music icons Elton John and Lady GaGa. The celebration is called 'Music, Memories and The Mansion: A Night with Liberace' to benefit Opera Las Vegas, a nonprofit company dedicated to bringing world-class opera to Southern Nevada.

She dazzled musical-goers as Christine in Phantom -- The Las Vegas Spectacular. She delighted listeners with pianist Philip Fortenberry on her 2011 album Holidays from the Heart. She charmed critics like Las Vegas Sun columnist John Katsilometes, who called her 'a graceful performer whose voice is at once lilting and limitless,' and Desert Companion magazine, which named her Best Torch Singer earlier this year. Now Kristen Hertzenberg returns to Cabaret Jazz at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts tonight, September 27 at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Backed by an eight-piece band, Hertzenberg unveils Spellbound, a love-haunted set of blues, rock, jazz, folk, and country.

She dazzled musical-goers as Christine in Phantom -- The Las Vegas Spectacular. She delighted listeners with pianist Philip Fortenberry on her 2011 album Holidays from the Heart. She charmed critics like Las Vegas Sun columnist John Katsilometes, who called her "a graceful performer whose voice is at once lilting and limitless," and Desert Companion magazine, which named her Best Torch Singer earlier this year. Now Kristen Hertzenberg returns to Cabaret Jazz at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts on September 27 at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Backed by an eight-piece band, Hertzenberg unveils Spellbound, a love-haunted set of blues, rock, jazz, folk, and country

On Friday August 15 singer/actress Rebecca Spencer made her Los Angles concert debut with Fair Warning at Upstairs at Vitello's with her long-time collaborator Philip Fortenberry as musical director, also making his LA debut.

Broadway performer and BackStage Bistro Award-winning recording artist Rebecca Spencer will celebrate her Los Angeles concert debut with a performance of FAIR WARNING at Upstairs at Vitello's tonight, August 15 at 8:00pm.

Due to popular demand, virtuoso pianist Philip Fortenberry will perform “The Man at the Piano” concert at The Smith Center's 250-seat Cabaret Jazz showroom on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 5, at 2:30 p.m.

Broadway performer and BackStage Bistro Award-winning recording artist Rebecca Spencer will celebrate her Los Angeles concert debut with a performance of FAIR WARNING at Upstairs at Vitello's on Friday, August 15 at 8:00pm.

Phantom's Kristen Hertzenberg will play Cabaret Jazz at Las Vegas' beautiful Smith Center for the Performing Arts tonight, February 1 at 7pm.

Phantom's Kristen Hertzenberg will play Cabaret Jazz at Las Vegas' beautiful Smith Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, February 1 at 7pm.

Due to popular demand, virtuoso pianist Philip Fortenberry will perform "The Man at the Piano," concert at The Smith Center's 250-seat Cabaret Jazz showroom on Monday evening, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m.

On June 19, the attraction in Cabaret Jazz was Jim Caruso's Cast Party, with Billy Stritch on the piano. It is not only a fun way to pass a few hours, but it is the perfect showcase for all the first-rate talent in Las Vegas.

When Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch walked into the new Cabaret/Jazz room at the new Smith Center in Las Vegas, they had no idea they would soon be inundated with performances by some of the most thrilling talent the town has to offer. ?Headliners, jazzers, vocal groups, dancers, and stars of the musicals on the strip signed up for impromptu performances at Cast Party, the New York open mic that regularly tours the country. Scroll down for photos from the concert!

Was that really Michael Douglas tickling the ivories on HBO's new Liberace biopic BEHIND THE CANDELABRA? According to an interview in The Las Vegas Sun, the true musician was Philip Fortenberry, a Juilliard-trained Liberace virtuoso

Rebecca Spencer, who premiered the role of Madame Giry to critical acclaim in Phantom-The Las Vegas Spectacular, will don the black dress again when she joins the world tour of The Phantom of the Opera this month in Manila and early 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. Spencer portrayed Madame Giry for more than two years in Sin City.

Rebecca Spencer, who premiered the role of Madame Giry to critical acclaim in Phantom-The Las Vegas Spectacular, will don the black dress again when she joins the world tour of The Phantom of the Opera in August in Manila and early 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. Spencer portrayed Madame Giry for more than two years in Sin City.

Three sensational artists come together for a one hour concert at The Laurie Beechman Theatre on 1-10-2012.

Three sensational artists come together for a one hour concert at The Laurie Beechman Theatre on 1-10-2012.

Kristen Hertzenberg, Christine in Phantom-The Las Vegas Spectacular, and Philip Fortenberry, a concert pianist and 'Jersey Boys' Associate Conductor are releasing their debut album 'Holidays from the Heart.' Fortenberry has recorded several solo albums in the past, but for Hertzenberg, this is the first.