began a six-month run at the resort that year. Havana Night Club premiered at the Stardust in 2004, featuring more than 50 Cuban dancers, musicians, and singers, It was directed by Kenny Ortega, and co-produced by Siegfried & Roy. The show previously premiered in 1999 and toured around the world, but the Las Vegas version was modified extensively by Ortega, who spent a year working on it. The show's Las Vegas debut was postponed because of issues concerning travel visas, and the Stardust briefly considered hiring a replacement act. Havana Night Club eventually opened in August 2004, after a three-week delay. Magician Rick Thomas began performing at the Stardust in March 2005, and Newton ended his show a month later, saying that he wanted to move on. Newton's commitment to USO tours was a factor in his Stardust departure. Steve and Eydie were the final entertainers to perform at the Stardust, on October 28, 2006. Cultural references In literature Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas, written by Nicholas Pileggi, chronicles the period when the Stardust and other casinos were run by Frank Rosenthal and Anthony Spilotro on behalf of the Chicago and Kansas City Mafia during the 1970s and early 1980s. The Odds: One Season, Three Gamblers and the Death of Their Las Vegas, by Chad Millman, chronicles a year in the lives of Stardust race and sportsbook manager Joe Lupo and assistant manager Bob Scucci, as well as professional sports bettor Alan Boston and wannabe sports bettor Rodney Bosnich. The Stardust was chosen due to its status at the time as the "home of the opening line". The Stardust of Yesterday: Reflections on a Las Vegas Legend, written by Heidi Knapp Rinella and edited by Mike Weatherford, is a complete history of the hotel and casino. Rinella and Weatherford were staff writers for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Siegfried & Roy provided the book's foreword, sharing their many memories of the resort. Learning from Las Vegas included several studies of the 1968 roadside sign for the Stardust. Onscreen In 1977, Rosenthal debuted a live talk show that was taped inside the Stardust. The resort was also a regular filming location for the 1980s television series Crime Story. The Stardust sign makes brief appearances in the music video for "House of Mystic Lights", a 1988 song by C. C. Catch. Several films were shot at the Stardust in the 1990s,