He was given a head’s up about Sweets from the crew at 24 Oxford, researched her videos online and simply e-mailed her. John Mastro, the band’s manager and Goldblum’s friend for the more than two decades, pokes around a city in advance of the band’s booking. Goldblum’s team actually tracked down Sweets through a routine it employs at every tour stop.

Melody Sweets, the original Green Fairy in “Absinthe,” is the night’s guest star. Goldblum is onstage at with his Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. The actor who brought flight to “The Fly” and told us, “Life finds a way,” in Jurassic Park is an accomplished jazz man, performing two shows Friday at 24 Oxford at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. “I had my heart set on being an actor, as a career, but as I was practicing piano, I got a little good.” “I was taking piano lessons as a kid and, I fell hard for jazz,” Goldblum says. He’s the bandleader, headlining a club in Las Vegas, playing a musical style that has fascinated him since he was a child. He portrays a jazz entertainer, a pianist specifically. Jeff Goldblum is performing the role of his life, a long exercise in method acting. Acclaimed actor Jeff Goldblum and the The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra headlines 24 Oxford at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas for two shows Friday, March 11, 2022.

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