17, at Ridley’s Comedy Castle, 310 S Troy St., Royal Oak. * If you go: Hypnotist Kevin Lepine performs an adult comedy-hypnosis show, “Hypnosis Unleased,” at 7:30 p.m. “If my show doesn’t make him laugh and forget all of that, and make him forget that he could have done 525 other things that night (TripAdvisor lists 526 activities in Vegas) he is going to be upset that he wasted his money.” He had to work five hours to take his wife. “If my show is $40 a ticket a husband making $20 an hour had to work three hours after taxes to afford one ticket. “Remember right now people are lucky to get a week off and lucky to be able to afford show tickets,” he says. He also understands giving the audience its money’s worth. Lepine’s performance combines stand-up comedy, razor sharp wit and compassion for his volunteers. I want them to have fun, because if the crowd sees them having fun, they are going to have fun.” I want them to feel like a superstar, not a victim. “My goal isn’t to pick someone from the crowd and then make them look stupid.
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“The real skill is finding which personality to work with every night,” he says. A Cappella for Autism returning to CVHS, Apr. Local students encouraged to enjoy sober prom, graduation, Apr. Top high school seniors honored at Macomb County All-Academic banquet, Apr. Hundreds of kids square off on Science, May, 2017.
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One of the reasons for his success is the way he interacts with and treats his audience. Optimist Clubs honor students and citizens, June 2017. The Lepine-Goldman Theater opened in October 2015. In 2015, Binions offered Lepine not only a regular gig but his own theater. He moved to Vegas in 2010.ĭubbed the “Rock Star of Hypnosis” because of his fast-paced energy, he is a two-time Best of Vegas winner, chosen by readers of the Las Vegas Review Journal. Lepine, 42, lived all over the Detroit area and graduated from East Detroit High School in 1993. In light of what has happened, I can imagine the visceral reaction, even though it’s for comedy,” he said in a recent interview with the Macomb Daily. “For example, I will permanently remove using my finger as a gun and going ‘bang’ when I put someone to sleep.
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1 massacre of 58 people at an outdoor country music festival in Las Vegas. He didn’t need any advice when he decided to make changes in his show following the Oct. He’s been a guiding hand in my career ever since and has given me a lot of advice along the way.” For some reason, Mark answered the phone and said as long as I didn’t drink I could perform. “I was only 18 and I called the club to see if I could perform at open mic. “That’s where it all started for me,” says Lepine.