Here’s the latest in theater, music and more
Theater
‘FOXFINDER’ DEBUTS
AT ART SQUARE
The third time’s the charm — for both “Foxfinder” and the local theater troupe producing it, A Public Fit, which follows two staged readings with its first fully staged drama, the third U.S. production of “Foxfinder.”
Award-winning British dramatist Dawn King’s futuristic parable, set in rural England, focuses on a totalitarian government’s invasive search for the cause of a strange string of bad luck, which leads to a feverish hunt to explain the unknown. Ann Marie Pereth directs.
“Foxfinder” continues at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Art Square Theatre, 1025 S. First St.; additional performances are at 8 p.m. Nov. 20-22 and 2 p.m. Nov. 23. For tickets ($25), visit www.artsquaretheatrelv.com or phone 702-818-3422.
Theater
‘SEA GULL’ SAILS
ONTO CSN STAGE
One renowned playwright interprets another as Anton Chekhov’s “The Sea Gull” — as translated by Jean-Claude Van Itallie — opens a five-performance run Friday at the College of Southern Nevada’s Cheyenne campus.
Written in 1895, Chekhov’s classic explores love, missed connections and what it means to be an artist in the theater, at a Russian estate where a group of family and friends (including a renowned actress, her sensitive wannabe-writer son and a charming, successful author) spend the summer.
CSN’s production, directed by Sarah O’Connell, uses a 1973 English translation by Jean-Claude Van Itallie, one of the original playwrights at New York’s experimental LaMama theater.
Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in CSN’s BackStage Theatre, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas; “The Sea Gull” continues at 7 p.m. Nov. 20-22 and 2 p.m. Nov. 23. For tickets ($12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors), call 702-651-5483 or visit www.csn.edu/pac.
Music
KIDS’ OPERAS SPIN
STORYBOOK TALES
If you think opera’s not for children, think again — as UNLV Opera presents a double bill of Seymour Barab’s “Little Red Riding Hood” and Maurice Ravel’s “The Bewitched Child.”
In the former, Lacy Burchfield plays Little Red, with Nicole Thomas as Red’s Mother — and Grandmother — and Xavier Brown as the Big Bad Wolf. Ravel’s fantasy focuses on a naughty child (performed by Olivia Sirota) whose bedroom becomes a haven for singing objects, from math homework to plants and animals.
Performances continue at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Paul Harris Theatre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. For tickets ($8-$10), call 702-895-2787 or visit www.unlv.edu/pac.
Music
WINCHESTER HOSTS
TRIO OF CONCERTS
Whether your musical taste runs to Latin rhythms, blues or holiday favorites, the Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive, has a concert for you this weekend.
At 7 p.m. Friday, the Strip Kings — blues guitar and harmonica wizard Al Ek, piano, guitar and accordion player Billy Truitt, bassist Rob Edwards and drummer Jim Lovgren — will perform blues, zydeco, roots rock and rockabilly.
At 2 p.m. Saturday, the musical itinerary leads through Latin America, as Duo Oriental (alias guitarists and singers Sergio Eduardo and Marcos Machin) presents sambas, waltzes, boleros and more.
Winchester’s musical weekend concludes at 2 p.m. Sunday with the Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society’s 22-voice Musical Arts Singers performing folk songs, spirituals and sea chanteys, plus Broadway and holiday favorites.
For tickets for all three programs ($10 in advance, $12 on the day of the show), call 702-455-7340 or visit www.clarkcountynv.gov.
Theater
PULITZER WINNER
PULLS INTO ONYX
The troubling relationship between a young girl and an older man drives “How I Learned to Drive,” Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, which opens a seven-performance run Friday at the Onyx Theatre.
Presented by RagTag Entertainment and Off Strip Productions, Vogel’s play leavens its serious subject matter with comical elements as its central character, the insecure Li’l Bit, ages from 11 to 18, when she finally ends her strained, sexual relationship with her uncle Peck. Joe Hynes directs a cast led by Brenna Folger and Glenn Heath. “How I Learned to Drive” will be staged at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave. Performances continue at 8 p.m. Nov. 20-22 and 2 p.m. Nov. 23. For tickets ($19 general, $14 for students, seniors and military), call 702-732-7225 or click on www.onyxtheatre.com.
Music
BOSNIAN GUITARIST
PLAYS UNLV RECITAL
UNLV’s Allegro Classical Guitar Series continues at 8 p.m. Wednesday with a recital by celebrated Bosnian guitarist Denis Azabagic, the youngest musician ever to win the prestigious Jacinto and Inocencio Gurerrero Foundation’s international guitar competition.
Azabagic will perform in the Dr. Arturo Rando-Grillot Recital Hall at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. For tickets ($40, with discounts for seniors, military, those with disabilities, UNLV faculty and staff and all students), call 702-895-2787 or visit www.unlv.edu/pac.
Comedy
KINSEY SICKS
SPOOFS AGAIN
They may be in drag, but the Kinsey Sicks are hardly a drag as they return to The Smith Center to spoof reality TV in the over-the-top musical “America’s Next Top Bachelor Housewife Celebrity Hoarder Makeover Star Gone Wild!”
As Rachel, Winnie, Trixie and Trampolina hit the jungle, they face challenges ranging from singing and dancing to dating and dieting. (Not to mention the large insects.)
They’ll hit the stage at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Troesh Studio Theater at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, 361 Symphony Park Ave.; performances continue at 8 p.m. Nov. 21-23. Tickets ($35-$40) are available by phone (702-749-2000) or online (www.thesmithcenter.com).
— By CAROL CLING
