Springfield To Take Stage in Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) â€” Rick Springfield plans to try his luck in Las Vegas. <br><br>The rocker and former soap opera star will take the stage as the lead in the show ``EFX'' at the MGM Grand hotel-casino.

Wednesday, December 6th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

LAS VEGAS (AP) â€” Rick Springfield plans to try his luck in Las Vegas.

The rocker and former soap opera star will take the stage as the lead in the show ``EFX'' at the MGM Grand hotel-casino. He makes his debut Jan. 30, the same day his new album will be released.

Springfield said the role will allow him to do what he loves most â€” mix theater and music.

``I hope we'll be able to make `EFX' more exciting and bigger with the creation of show-oriented rock music,'' Springfield said Tuesday.

Springfield will replace Broadway star Tommy Tune, whose last performance in the $75 million production will be Jan. 13.

In ``EFX,'' the star leads the audience on a journey exploring the worlds of the wizard Merlin, the showman P.T. Barnum, illusionist Harry Houdini and science-fiction author H.G. Wells.