Melody Sweets is turning Myron's at The Smith Center into a haunted cabaret for one night only, bringing music, burlesque, comedy and a Halloween-themed theatrical spectacle to the intimate Downtown venue. The show, titled Fangs, Feathers & Fabulosity!, is set for October 31, pairing the Las Vegas entertainer's powerhouse vocals and dark humor with a killer band and a cast of legendary characters.
According to KTNV, the production will feature burlesque performers Buttercup, Maude Zoleum and Cervena Fox alongside Sweets. The one-night show is set at Myron's.
Sweets's Absinthe History
Sweets originated the role of the Green Fairy in Absinthe when it debuted at Caesars Palace in 2011, according to BroadwayWorld. Her Halloween show brings her to Myron's for an intimate performance.
Sweets spent 6.5 years as the original Green Fairy, from April 2011 to October 2017, performing at Caesars Palace, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Absinthe was named the top show in Las Vegas history during her tenure in the role, per her own website.
Absinthe’s Las Vegas run has continued well beyond Sweets’s tenure: the show opened outside Caesars Palace in 2011 and marked its 5,000th performance there on March 6, 2020. It remains on the Strip, where Spiegelworld describes it as an adults-only blend of circus acts, burlesque and comedy. That long-running residency gives Sweets’s return to the Green Fairy’s world a local through line, even as this Halloween performance shifts the spectacle to a Downtown cabaret room. Spiegelworld’s history of the production records its opening and milestone performance.
A Dark Theatrical Sound
The Halloween show draws on a macabre musical palette, invoking artists such as Alice Cooper, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Eartha Kitt and Nancy Sinatra. She'll be backed by a live six-piece band featuring musicians Robert John Kley, Sergio Adame, Andrew Weir, Andrew Friedlander, Marshawn Fondren and Michael Spadoni, as credited by BroadwayWorld.
Myron's provides an intimate setting for the performance.
Myron’s scale helps explain the contrast with the Strip’s larger productions: The Smith Center lists the room at 236 seats across 3,700 square feet, with a U-shaped second tier and assigned seating. The venue was designed for cabaret and live music in close quarters, making a six-piece band and burlesque cast a different kind of experience from a large theater spectacle. The Smith Center’s seating information describes the room’s layout and capacity.
A Halloween Cabaret at Myron's
Live shows remain part of the city’s visitor mix, though recent visitor-profile data show a decline: 21% of Las Vegas visitors attended a show or other entertainment in 2024, compared with 26% in 2023. The drop gives added context to the city’s crowded entertainment calendar, where intimate, one-night performances compete alongside long-running productions. The 2024 Las Vegas Visitor Profile Study also found that international visitors were more likely than others to attend a show.
Sweets is bringing a Halloween cabaret and burlesque production to Myron's.
Hoodline reported that Sweets was scheduled to be part of the entertainment for Aid for AIDS of Nevada's 40th annual Black & White Party, scheduled for September at KAOS Nightclub, with Morgan McMichaels scheduled to headline. AFAN is Nevada's oldest AIDS service organization, founded in 1984.
AFAN’s party appearance connected Sweets to an organization with a long-standing role in Southern Nevada: founded in 1984, Aid for AIDS of Nevada describes itself as the state’s oldest and largest AIDS service organization, providing support and advocacy for adults and children affected by HIV/AIDS. The 40th annual Black & White Party was set for Sept. 19, 2026, at KAOS Nightclub, with Sweets among the announced performers and proceeds supporting AFAN’s mission. AFAN’s history and services and the announced party lineup provide the organizational context.
