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The Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender is scheduled for April 17-20 at The Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave. The event is set to include live music, a car show, burlesque performances, vendors and more.

“I think the interesting thing about the music for (Into the Heights) is that it’s predominantly rapping and hip-hop, which is very different from the traditional musical theater style,” said theater instructor Megan Ahern, who is directing the show at Las Vegas Academy, a public arts magnet high school. “It’s set in present-day Washington Heights (a neighborhood in New York City). It’s very urban-looking and all the dancing is hip-hop and salsa at its base because it’s a Hispanic community. We think it will be fun for the audience, something they haven’t seen before.”

Poor Richard’s Players’ current production is, “Red,” a six-time Tony Award-winning play set to be performed through Jan. 25 at the Onyx Theatre. “It’s a beautiful piece of work,” said founding member Benjamin Loewy, who is directing it. “The dialogue and the writing is so amazing. It just reached out and grabbed me. I’ve never been so passionate about directing a piece.”

WinterFest is scheduled from Dec. 12-14 at the Henderson Events Plaza, 200 S. Water St. The event transforms the Water Street District into an old-fashioned Christmas with activities and decorations and a giant snow globe aquarium courtesy of the cast from “Tanked.”