“Frankie and Nina’s Big Italian Wedding,” an interactive lunch show, is “loosely based on the Romeo and Juliet theme. It’s two families that hate each other, but they get over it,” said actor and director Jon Paul Raniola.
Arts & Culture
The city of Las Vegas unveiled the First Street Art Trail Nov. 6 with four, of what officials hope to become many more, art projects.
Director Philip Shelburne takes advantage of “The Last Five Year’s” difficult structure to highlight the yearning of a couple in love in a charming staging of the off-Broadway musical from Nevada Conservatory Theatre.
The Swiss-based troupe Mummenschanz has been winning fans since the ’70s, when such legendary TV figures as “Tonight Show” host Johnny Carson and Kermit the Frog (on “The Muppet Show”) praised their unique combination of mask and mime.
Light, and enlightenment, inspire “EnLIGHTen” activities at November’s First Friday in the downtown Arts District, just one of many arts events around town.
The world’s rarest postal stamp, the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, will go on display at the National Postal Museum in Washington starting in April, the Smithsonian Institution said on Thursday.
There’s plenty of professional theater in Las Vegas. While we can be grateful for that, and for those who decide to make their living at it, the lesson we get to take away from this is to remember true talent is everywhere.
Saxophonist Paul Taylor’s about to have a “full-circle moment” Friday night when he headlines a concert at UNLV’s Artemus Ham Hall that brings him back to campus 36 years after he first arrived there on a full music scholarship.
The Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival offers both fans and potential fans a survey of all things comics, including the chance to meet creators, attend workshops, watch tutorials, buy collectibles, and even watch live performances.
You never forget love at first sight — not even when the object of affection is a play rather than a person. That’s exactly what happened to Dr. Keith Boman when he saw “The Last Five Years” six years ago at CSN and vowed to bring a professional production to Las Vegas.
Howard Chaykin has delivered with consistent wit and style for 40-plus years — except for that ‘Star Wars’ book that embarrasses him.
Walking into Pinot’s Palette at The District at Green Valley Ranch, guests feel more at home than in any art studio. From the extra elbow room down to the bathroom mirrors, owners Reed and Judy Alewel didn’t cut any corners when it came to pleasing their customers.
Halloween and Day of the Dead activities join opera and choral concerts and Sesquicentennial events on this week’s arts and leisure calendar.
