Those were the days, 1968 in fact, as Bonnie was indeed a few weeks pregnant with David when she closed her time with “Folies” at the Tropicana.
“I was being thrown around like a rag doll in ‘Folies,’ the guys were throwing me over their heads.” “And I say, ‘That’s probably from when I was jumping up and down when I was pregnant with you in ‘Folies Bergere,’ ” says Saxe, mother of Las Vegas producer David Saxe, Melinda “The First Lady of Magic” Saxe and longtime Vegas dancer Suzanne Saxe-Picozzi. Once in a while, Bonnie Saxe says, her son has “one of his moments.” 28, 2009 at The Tropicana Hotel and Casino. 'Dancing with the Stars' Cheryl Burke performs with Wayne Newton during the grand opening of his new Las Vegas show, Once Before I Go, Wednesday, Oct.