2011-12 theater season in Las Vegas

September

Current (open-ended run): The revue “Naked Boys Singing,” about a group of men who learn how to be emotionally vulnerable; at the Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., No. 16.

Current-Oct. 22: Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off,” about the frantic goings-on of backstage life; at the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Randall L. Jones Theatre, 351 W. Center St., Cedar City, Utah.

Sept. 1-11: Harvey Fierstein’s “Torch Song Trilogy Part 1,” about a young man’s difficult journey in finding peace; at the Onyx.

Sept. 2-3: Insurgo Theater’s “Four Clowns,” featuring the antics of, among others, The Saloon Door Slammers, Wassa Coulibaly (from “Zumanity”) and The Apocalyptic Optimist; at the Plaza, 1 S. Main St.

Sept. 2-11: Diana Son’s “Stop Kiss,” about a brief encounter that forever changes the lives of two women; at Las Vegas Little Theatre Studio, 3920 Schiff Drive.

Sept. 7-14: British National Theatre of America presents the panto “Aladdin,” by local Rich Perkin, about a young man who wishes himself from rags to riches; at the Summerlin Performing Arts Center, 1771 Inner Circle Drive.

Sept. 8-Oct.1 (or beyond): Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” about two men who keep anticipating the arrival of someone who never comes; at the Insurgo Theater, Plaza.

Sept. 9-25: Alistair Foot and Anthony Marriott’s “No Sex Please, We’re British,” about a newly married couple who unwittingly get involved with pornographic postcards; at Las Vegas Little Theatre mainstage.

Sept. 15: “1230 Las Vegas Clown Show,” featuring performers from Cirque du Soleil, “Le Reve,” “Crazy Horse Paris” and “Jubilee!”; at the Onyx.

Sept. 15-17: David Pumo’s Best-of-the-San-Francisco-Fringe-Festival’s “Love Scenes,” about a group of gay New Yorkers falling in and out of love; at the Onyx.

Sept. 16-17: Jade Productions’ “Showtune,” an original revue by John Gillespie that tells the story of the American musical from 1904 to the mid-1960s; at the Sanders Winery, 3780 E. Kellogg Road in Pahrump.

Sept. 16-25: Local playwright Paul Thornton’s “Phallusies,” who claims, “If you have a penis, or know someone who does, this play is for you”; at the Las Vegas Little Theatre Fischer Black Box, 3920 Schiff Drive.

Sept. 16-25: William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” about a wild woman who learns to be a good, subservient wife; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s Black Box, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway.

Sept. 18: David de Alba’s “Finocchio Club Backstage Memoirs,” about the author’s backstage anecdotes as a female impersonator; at the Onyx.

Sept. 22-Oct. 21: William Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale,” perhaps most famous for having a real bear in its list of characters; at the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Randall L. Jones Theatre.

Sept. 23-25: The cabaret show “Miss Coco Peru Does Las Vegas”; at the Onyx.

Sept. 23-Oct. 2: Joseph Scrimshaw’s “Adventures in Mating,” about a high-stakes blind date in which the audience determines the outcome; Poor Richard’s Players at theatre7, 1406 S. Third St.

Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Frederick Knott’s “Dial M for Murder,” a killer who-dun-it; at Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Randall L. Jones Theatre.

Sept. 24: Jade Productions’ “Showtune,” an original musical revue; at the Starbright Theatre, 2215 Thomas Ryan Blvd.

October

October 1-22: Las Vegas Shakespeare Company presents William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” about love and lust in the woods; at various Henderson locations.

Oct. 4-25: Butcher Block/Ragtag Entertainment’s “Sweeney Todd,” about a man who gets easily ticked off; at Green Valley Ranch Resort’s Ovation Room, 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson.

Oct. 7-16: Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” about a woman who pays a heavy price for getting off at the wrong stop; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s Judy Bayley Theatre, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway.

Oct. 7-16: Joseph Robinette’s “Charlotte’s Web” (based on the E.B. White book), about a pig who strikes up an unusual friendship; Rainbow Company, at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 Brush St.

Oct. 13-Oct. 31: Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, Melissa Morris and George Reinblatt’s “Evil Dead: The Musical,” about college students in the woods who accidentally unleash an evil force; at the Onyx.

Oct. 20-Nov.19: Signature Productions presents “Oh, What a Night!” a musical tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons; at Summerlin Performing Arts Center.

Oct. 21-Nov. 6: Jennifer Haley’s “Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom,” in which the line between virtual reality and reality reality becomes dangerously blurred; at Las Vegas Little Theatre’s Fischer Black Box.

Oct. 26-30: Nevada Conservatory Theatre presents a series of short one-acts; at the Paul Harris Theatre, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway.

November

Nov. 4-20: George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” about a suspicious famous man who suffers an injury that causes him to wreak havoc on an innocent household; at Las Vegas Little Theatre’s mainstage.

Nov. 4-19: George Kaufman and Moss Hart’s “You Can’t Take It With You,” about a family that can’t sit still; at the BackStage, College of Southern Nevada, on the Cheyenne campus, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas

Nov. 10-19: William Hauptman and Roger Miller’s “Big River,” a musical based on “Huckleberry Finn”; at the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts, Ninth Street and Clark Avenue.

Nov. 11-20: August Strindberg’s “Miss Julie,” about the daughter of a count who unsuccessfully tries to escape social mores; at the Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s Black Box.

Nov. 30-Dec. 3: Signature Productions’ “A Signature Christmas,” a revue that celebrates the holiday in song; at Summerlin Performing Arts Center.

December

Dec. 2-18: Sarah Ruhl’s “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” about a woman who doesn’t know what to do with the cellphone of a recently deceased stranger; at Las Vegas Little Theatre’s Fischer Black Box.

Dec. 2-18: A stage version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” about a man who learns that the way to people’s hearts is to give them your money; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s Judy Bayley Theatre.

Dec. 3: Composer and lyricist Neil Berg offers some holiday and Broadway tunes to try to turn the desert into Santaland; part of the New York Stage & Beyond series at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ Artemus Ham Hall.

Dec. 8-17: “Touched,” an original dance drama; at Las Vegas Academy.

Dec. 9-18: Lionel Bart’s “Oliver!” about singing and dancing thieves and murderers; Rainbow Company, at the Charleston Heights Arts Center.

Dec. 9-24: Sirc Michaels’ “Santa Claus vs. the Martians.” Need we say more? At the Onyx.

Dec. 15-31 (approximate): British National Theatre of America presents “Anastasia and the Snowman,” by local Jo Cattell, a Christmas fairy tale about dreams being granted; part of Opportunity Village’s Magical Forest event on their 6300 W. Oakey Blvd. campus.

January

Jan. 13-29: A.R. Gurney’s “Sylvia,” in which a couple must choose between a lovable dog and domestic bliss; at Las Vegas Little Theatre’s mainstage.

Jan. 20-Feb. 5: David Grimm’s “Measure for Pleasure,” a Restoration comedy meets modern sex farce in this exploration of the elusive nature of happiness; at Las Vegas Little Theatre’s Fischer Black Box.

Jan. 27-Feb. 5: Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull,” about the conflicts that threaten to tear a family apart; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s Judy Bayley Theatre.

February

Feb. 3-4: Utah Shakespeare Festival’s school tour of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” about a man who allows his wife too much say-so in his affairs; at the Nicholas Horn Theatre, College of Southern Nevada, Cheyenne campus.

Feb. 17-19: Rainbow Company’s 19th annual original musical revue about Nevada history; at the Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St. (open to the public).

Feb. 24-March 11: Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson’s “Jewtopia,” about a Jewish guy who can’t get a Jewish girl, and a gentile guy who desperately wants to marry a Jewish girl; at Las Vegas Little Theatre’s mainstage.

March

March 1-17: Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows and Frank Loesser’s “Guys and Dolls,” about how love can cure addicted gamblers; at Las Vegas Academy.

March 2-11: August Wilson’s “Seven Guitars,” a look at the events leading up to the sudden death of a blues singer; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s Judy Bayley Theatre.

March 2-18: Steven Dietz’s “Yankee Tavern,” about a mysterious patron who comes up with a mysterious (and perhaps true) conspiracy theory; at Las Vegas Little Theatre’s Fischer Black Box.

March 16-March 25: A.R. Gurney’s “Sylvia,” the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ attempt to outdo Las Vegas Little Theatre; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s Black Box (see the Jan. 13 entry).

March 18-22: A collection of short one-acts; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s Paul Harris Theatre.

March 26-April 28: Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meehan and Marc Shaiman’s “Hairspray,” about a young white girl who shocks 1960s Baltimore by having black friends — and dancing with them, too; Signature Productions at the Summerlin Performing Arts Center.

April

April 3-8: A musical version of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple,” about a black woman who finds her place in the world; at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, at Bonneville Avenue and Grand Central Parkway.

April 6-22: Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit,” about a home that seems possessed by ghosts of the past; at Las Vegas Little Theatre’s mainstage.

April 19-28: Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” about a girl who learns to grow up after she’s died; at Las Vegas Academy’s Dorothy Lowden Theatre.

April 20-29: John Morimer’s “A Voyage Round My Father,” about a son who tries to bring closure to a strange relationship; at the BackStage, the College of Southern Nevada, Cheyenne campus.

April 27-May 5: Las Vegas Little Theatre’s fourth annual New Works Competition, in which an original play will be given a full production; at the Las Vegas Little Theatre Fischer Black Box.

April 27-May 5: Stephen Sondheim/Larry Gelbart’s “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” about a Roman slave who will do anything, even sing and dance, to be free; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s Judy Bayley Theatre.

April 27-May 6: Ben Farrar’s unusual adaptation of “Sleeping Beauty,” featuring fighting ninjas, swordplay and a sleeping beauty who is anything but a victim; Rainbow Company, at Charleston Heights Arts Center.

May

May 4-20: Patrick Barlow’s zany look at all things Hitchcock in “The 39 Steps,” at Las Vegas Little Theatre’s mainstage.

May 19: Hal Holbrook returns for the third time to perform “Mark Twain Tonight,” a monologue featuring an old man who has a lot of wise things to say; part of the New York & Beyond series at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ Artemus Ham Hall.

May 22-27: Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s “Mary Poppins,” about a nanny who uses magic and song to keep her charges in line; at the Smith Center.

June

June 12-17: “Million Dollar Quartet,” about a legendary concert that never was; at the Smith Center.

June 13-30: Super Summer Theatre/P.S. Productions present a show yet to be announced; at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park.

June 21-Sept. 1, in repertory: William Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” about two middle-age housewives who manage to outfox the infamous rogue Falstaff; Fredrich Schiller’s “Mary Stuart,” about the power struggle between Elizabeth I and the title character; William Shakespeare’s “Titus Andronicus,” a drama about restitution and violence; Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison, Bob Martin, Don McKeller’s “The Drowsy Chaperone,” about a lonely man comforted by the coming-of-life of Broadway characters in his dingy apartment; Christopher Sergel’s version of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” a Depression-era tale of racism; and Bill Irwin and Mark O’Donnell’s adaptation of Moliere’s “Scapin” (running through Oct. 19, 2012), about a manservant who causes nonstop chaos; all at the Utah Shakespeare Festival.

July

July 11-28: Super Summer Theatre/British National Theatre of America presents Lionel Bart’s “Oliver!” about a bunch of kids who can’t like singing show tunes as they pickpocket; at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park.

July 18-22: “Memphis,” a musical about a 1950s DJ who almost makes it to the big time; at the Smith Center.

August

Aug. 8-25: Super Summer Theatre/Stage Door Entertainment present Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” about a young man who can’t get along with his brothers; at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park.

Aug. 28-Oct. 7: Steven Schwartz’s “Wicked,” a musical about the odd friendship between a good person and a bad green one who can defy gravity; at the Smith Center.