![]() ![]() The strategy is akin to seeing two performances in a single sitting. It means you’re in the theater for about an hour (including the pre-show presentation co-starring Christina Balonek as Phyllis Vanillis) before Tape Face actually begins his act. In today’s pandemic protocols, you arrive at Harrah’s Showroom at an assigned, color-coded seating time to obey COVID requirements. The Tape Face character appeared in short segments until growing into an entity of its own. A fellow comic suggested Wills pull gaffer tape over his mouth. ![]() He was onstage playing the non-verbal character in his usual act, but could not resist speaking. Wills winds the crowd through Tape Face’s history. The show opens with a lengthy, spoken monologue and some Q&A by Wills, Tape Face’s creator. Another figure looks like a veteran Vegas lounge performer who shall remain nameless. It’s an odd scene, keeping with the character’s slogan, “Stay Weird,” and when Brad Garrett saw a photo of all those heads, he said, “It’s just the end of the friggin’ world.”īut you have to laugh at the masked figure wearing a Guns N’ Roses tour shirt long, black wig and blue-paper face mask. The 50-capacity crowd is set distantly behind the 100 mannequins he has filling the Entertainment Moat in the section in front of the stage. He and his team continue to work effectively through COVID restrictions at Harrah’s Showroom. Wills portrays our favorite comic mime, Tape Face. (John Katsilometes/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Wills is adding a lot of talk to the tape. Christina Bolonek, aka Tape Face sidekick Phyllis Vanillis, is shown at Harrah's Showroom is shown on Saturday, Nov. ![]()
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