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.
Nevada Ballet Theatre and Cirque du Soleil merged their mojos for their annual “A Choreographers’ Showcase” at Treasure Island’s Mystere Theatre on Sunday (with a repeat performance scheduled this Sunday). The program stretched from challenging the mind to celebrating unbridled joy.
A unique theatrical experience unfolds. Table 8 Productions’ presentation of “Jonestown” puts us into the story as members of the megalomaniac Rev. Jim Jones’ Peoples Temple congregation, famous for committing mass suicide in 1978 by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid at its compound in Guyana.
The 1962 “Summit at the Sands” made showroom — and showbiz — history with its Rat Pack rendezvous. Now, almost two decades after the legendary Strip casino went boom, a “Summit About the Sands” — Saturday at the Nevada State Museum — explores its ongoing legacy.
The American String Quartet, arguably one of the world’s finest string quartets, gave a breathtaking performance Thursday at UNLV’s Doc Rando Recital Hall. It’s too bad so many valley residents missed it.
Events around town include theater (“Jonestown,” “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish”), music (jazz picnic at Winchester, Soul Man/Lady Soul at Cabaret Jazz) and Halloween fun (Henderson’s Zombie Run).
