![]() I think I can still sing about that car.” “I was hired to dance and sing about cars at an industrial show,” she once said. ![]() About 35 years ago she was an unbilled performer in a convention at the then-Las Vegas Hilton. The Riviera marked Rudner’s first foray as a regular Strip headliner, but it was not her first appearance on stage in Las Vegas. That led to a booking at MGM Grand’s then-Catch a Rising Star club, where she was noticed and later signed by the late Felix Rappaport as New York-New York’s comedy star. Near the start of her career, Rudner headlined 21 shows per week at Riviera Comedy Club. “I’m trying to be on stage as much as I can in Las Vegas because I’ve loved performing here so much.” “I had heard so many great things about the room and the hotel I had to look into it,” Rudner said in an interview last month. Rudner had not appeared at the South Point until her headlining shows this week. Bu the veteran Vegas comic not finished, returning July 11-13 and Nov. We have barely caught up with this run (similar to Rudner’s act, the news is coming from all angles). Rudner is back, closing a three-show series this week at South Point Showroom. It’s a mic-in-the-corner setup at Tom’s Urban, appropriate as we are just a few paces from where Rita Rudner was a headliner from 2001-07 in a custom-designed theater. The Kats Comedy Corner is currently holed up at New York-New York. Jon Lovitz is headlining the Laugh Factory at the Tropicana on July 28-31 and Aug.
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