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Prison play starts with bang, then falls flat

By PAUL ATREIDES / RJ

November 18, 2013 - 11:10 am

Peter DeAnda’s play “Ladies in Waiting,” written in 1968, could be an inspired treatise on prison overcrowding, segregation, deplorable conditions of prison life, and how incarceration changes a person. With permission, or done by the playwright (in attendance opening night), the script has been restructured for this joint effort by the Off Strip and TwoCan production companies. It could remain relevant today in all aspects except for the forced segregation. But, under the direction of Audrei-Kairen, it doesn’t.

‘Of Mice and Men’ stands tall amid grim setting

By LISA BENNETT / RJ

November 18, 2013 - 11:08 am

“Of Mice and Men,” John Steinbeck’s tragic 1937 tale about the illusory nature of the American Dream, is classic because its idea of the fragility of human existence remains a universal truth which repeats itself time and again. Las Vegas Academy Theatre gives the play an atmospheric presentation which is as good, if not better, than any professional company could provide.

It’s not profound, but Boston Pops delights Las Vegas audience

By ALAN ADAMS SPECIAL TO THE / RJ

November 18, 2013 - 11:00 am

Open with Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide” Overture. Close two hours later with John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever” (a Boston Pops tradition). Fill the time in between with such offerings as the Largo from Dvorak’s “New World Symphony,” Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” Abba’s “Dancing Queen,” Harold Arlen’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and others equally as diverse.