A theater ticket often doubles as a ticket to another world. And this week, local audiences have their choice of two vastly different, but equally distinctive, destinations: Mametland and Runyonland.
Arts & Culture
Technically, Halloween’s almost a week away, but the creepy clock’s already ticking with weekend haunts planned at a variety of venues.
When Broadway’s Betty Buckley played The Smith Center’s Cabaret Jazz last year, she focused on “Ah, Men! The Boys of Broadway” — but included one tune sung by a woman. The other woman.
Meet Betsy Lucas, who had her first ballet lesson at age 4. Nineteen years later, she’s performing with the Nevada Ballet Theatre.
This weekend’s Life Is Beautiful had the big idea to combine rock stars and culinary celebrities, and some of the musicians playing it are happy to raise a fork to the idea.
Think of it as a fun weekend outing for the family. Think of it as a way of appreciating Native American culture. Think of it, even, as an educational afternoon for the kids.
Once upon a time, and for a very long time, the words “string quartet” signified one thing: formally dressed musicians performing familiar classical works. Four decades ago, however, the Kronos Quartet started shaking things up — and they haven’t stopped since.
Do you laugh at “Fifty Shades of Grey” at your own peril?
mention e e cummings to most people and theyll think if they think of anything at all of the poets idiosyncratic use of punctuation capitalization and grammar which if nothing else makes him perhaps the spiritual godfather of todays mobile phone texters
In the often cursed genre of movies-turned-musicals, “Sister Act” doesn’t exactly merit a “hallelujah” chorus, but it more than deserves an “amen.” Or two.
They didn’t know she could sing. That’s what Audra McDonald’s fans emailed and tweeted after she hit the concert trail following a four-season run on ABC’s “Private Practice.”
Street theater. Street art. And, speaking of art, a gallery that was a motel in its previous life. That’s the eclectic picture planned for the upcoming Life Is Beautiful festival, which will take over 15 blocks of downtown Las Vegas Oct. 26 and 27.
The opera scene in Las Vegas remains in flux despite a cultural renaissance fueled by The Smith Center for the Performing Arts and the burgeoning Arts District.
Banksy, the British graffiti artist causing a sensation in New York City, says he sold a few of his artworks over the weekend for up to $60 apiece, far below the thousands they typically fetch.
You don’t have to know the 1992 movie “Sister Act” to enjoy the musical adaptation that hits The Smith Center Tuesday for an eight-performance run.
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