2011-12 theater season in Las Vegas

Here's a month-by-month look of what's currently on the boards. Note that most theaters perform only on selected nights during the dates of their run, and at various times. Schedules also can change, sometimes without notice.

September

Current (open-ended run): The revue "Naked Boys Singing," about a group of men who learn how to be emotionally vulnerable; at the Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., No. 16.

Current-Oct. 22: Michael Frayn's "Noises Off," about the frantic goings-on of backstage life; at the Utah Shakespeare Festival's Randall L. Jones Theatre, 351 W. Center St., Cedar City, Utah.

Sept. 1-11: Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song Trilogy Part 1," about a young man's difficult journey in finding peace; at the Onyx.

Sept. 2-3: Insurgo Theater's "Four Clowns," featuring the antics of, among others, The Saloon Door Slammers, Wassa Coulibaly (from "Zumanity") and The Apocalyptic Optimist; at the Plaza, 1 S. Main St.

Sept. 2-11: Diana Son's "Stop Kiss," about a brief encounter that forever changes the lives of two women; at Las Vegas Little Theatre Studio, 3920 Schiff Drive.

Sept. 7-14: British National Theatre of America presents the panto "Aladdin," by local Rich Perkin, about a young man who wishes himself from rags to riches; at the Summerlin Performing Arts Center, 1771 Inner Circle Drive.

Sept. 8-Oct.1 (or beyond): Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," about two men who keep anticipating the arrival of someone who never comes; at the Insurgo Theater, Plaza.

Sept. 9-25: Alistair Foot and Anthony Marriott's "No Sex Please, We're British," about a newly married couple who unwittingly get involved with pornographic postcards; at Las Vegas Little Theatre mainstage.

Sept. 15: "1230 Las Vegas Clown Show," featuring performers from Cirque du Soleil, "Le Reve," "Crazy Horse Paris" and "Jubilee!"; at the Onyx.

Sept. 15-17: David Pumo's Best-of-the-San-Francisco-Fringe-Festival's "Love Scenes," about a group of gay New Yorkers falling in and out of love; at the Onyx.

Sept. 16-17: Jade Productions' "Showtune," an original revue by John Gillespie that tells the story of the American musical from 1904 to the mid-1960s; at the Sanders Winery, 3780 E. Kellogg Road in Pahrump.

Sept. 16-25: Local playwright Paul Thornton's "Phallusies," who claims, "If you have a penis, or know someone who does, this play is for you"; at the Las Vegas Little Theatre Fischer Black Box, 3920 Schiff Drive.

Sept. 16-25: William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," about a wild woman who learns to be a good, subservient wife; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre's Black Box, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway.

Sept. 18: David de Alba's "Finocchio Club Backstage Memoirs," about the author's backstage anecdotes as a female impersonator; at the Onyx.

Sept. 22-Oct. 21: William Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale," perhaps most famous for having a real bear in its list of characters; at the Utah Shakespeare Festival's Randall L. Jones Theatre.

Sept. 23-25: The cabaret show "Miss Coco Peru Does Las Vegas"; at the Onyx.

Sept. 23-Oct. 2: Joseph Scrimshaw's "Adventures in Mating," about a high-stakes blind date in which the audience determines the outcome; Poor Richard's Players at theatre7, 1406 S. Third St.

Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Frederick Knott's "Dial M for Murder," a killer who-dun-it; at Utah Shakespeare Festival's Randall L. Jones Theatre.

Sept. 24: Jade Productions' "Showtune," an original musical revue; at the Starbright Theatre, 2215 Thomas Ryan Blvd.

October

October 1-22: Las Vegas Shakespeare Company presents William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," about love and lust in the woods; at various Henderson locations.

Oct. 4-25: Butcher Block/Ragtag Entertainment's "Sweeney Todd," about a man who gets easily ticked off; at Green Valley Ranch Resort's Ovation Room, 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson.

Oct. 7-16: Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire," about a woman who pays a heavy price for getting off at the wrong stop; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre's Judy Bayley Theatre, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway.

Oct. 7-16: Joseph Robinette's "Charlotte's Web" (based on the E.B. White book), about a pig who strikes up an unusual friendship; Rainbow Company, at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 Brush St.

Oct. 13-Oct. 31: Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, Melissa Morris and George Reinblatt's "Evil Dead: The Musical," about college students in the woods who accidentally unleash an evil force; at the Onyx.

Oct. 20-Nov.19: Signature Productions presents "Oh, What a Night!" a musical tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons; at Summerlin Performing Arts Center.

Oct. 21-Nov. 6: Jennifer Haley's "Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom," in which the line between virtual reality and reality reality becomes dangerously blurred; at Las Vegas Little Theatre's Fischer Black Box.

Oct. 26-30: Nevada Conservatory Theatre presents a series of short one-acts; at the Paul Harris Theatre, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway.

November

Nov. 4-20: George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's "The Man Who Came to Dinner," about a suspicious famous man who suffers an injury that causes him to wreak havoc on an innocent household; at Las Vegas Little Theatre's mainstage.

Nov. 4-19: George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "You Can't Take It With You," about a family that can't sit still; at the BackStage, College of Southern Nevada, on the Cheyenne campus, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas

Nov. 10-19: William Hauptman and Roger Miller's "Big River," a musical based on "Huckleberry Finn"; at the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts, Ninth Street and Clark Avenue.

Nov. 11-20: August Strindberg's "Miss Julie," about the daughter of a count who unsuccessfully tries to escape social mores; at the Nevada Conservatory Theatre's Black Box.

Nov. 30-Dec. 3: Signature Productions' "A Signature Christmas," a revue that celebrates the holiday in song; at Summerlin Performing Arts Center.

December

Dec. 2-18: Sarah Ruhl's "Dead Man's Cell Phone," about a woman who doesn't know what to do with the cellphone of a recently deceased stranger; at Las Vegas Little Theatre's Fischer Black Box.

Dec. 2-18: A stage version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," about a man who learns that the way to people's hearts is to give them your money; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre's Judy Bayley Theatre.

Dec. 3: Composer and lyricist Neil Berg offers some holiday and Broadway tunes to try to turn the desert into Santaland; part of the New York Stage & Beyond series at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' Artemus Ham Hall.

Dec. 8-17: "Touched," an original dance drama; at Las Vegas Academy.

Dec. 9-18: Lionel Bart's "Oliver!" about singing and dancing thieves and murderers; Rainbow Company, at the Charleston Heights Arts Center.

Dec. 9-24: Sirc Michaels' "Santa Claus vs. the Martians." Need we say more? At the Onyx.

Dec. 15-31 (approximate): British National Theatre of America presents "Anastasia and the Snowman," by local Jo Cattell, a Christmas fairy tale about dreams being granted; part of Opportunity Village's Magical Forest event on their 6300 W. Oakey Blvd. campus.

January

Jan. 13-29: A.R. Gurney's "Sylvia," in which a couple must choose between a lovable dog and domestic bliss; at Las Vegas Little Theatre's mainstage.

Jan. 20-Feb. 5: David Grimm's "Measure for Pleasure," a Restoration comedy meets modern sex farce in this exploration of the elusive nature of happiness; at Las Vegas Little Theatre's Fischer Black Box.

Jan. 27-Feb. 5: Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull," about the conflicts that threaten to tear a family apart; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre's Judy Bayley Theatre.

February

Feb. 3-4: Utah Shakespeare Festival's school tour of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth," about a man who allows his wife too much say-so in his affairs; at the Nicholas Horn Theatre, College of Southern Nevada, Cheyenne campus.

Feb. 17-19: Rainbow Company's 19th annual original musical revue about Nevada history; at the Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St. (open to the public).

Feb. 24-March 11: Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson's "Jewtopia," about a Jewish guy who can't get a Jewish girl, and a gentile guy who desperately wants to marry a Jewish girl; at Las Vegas Little Theatre's mainstage.

March

March 1-17: Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows and Frank Loesser's "Guys and Dolls," about how love can cure addicted gamblers; at Las Vegas Academy.

March 2-11: August Wilson's "Seven Guitars," a look at the events leading up to the sudden death of a blues singer; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre's Judy Bayley Theatre.

March 2-18: Steven Dietz's "Yankee Tavern," about a mysterious patron who comes up with a mysterious (and perhaps true) conspiracy theory; at Las Vegas Little Theatre's Fischer Black Box.

March 16-March 25: A.R. Gurney's "Sylvia," the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' attempt to outdo Las Vegas Little Theatre; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre's Black Box (see the Jan. 13 entry).

March 18-22: A collection of short one-acts; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre's Paul Harris Theatre.

March 26-April 28: Mark O'Donnell, Thomas Meehan and Marc Shaiman's "Hairspray," about a young white girl who shocks 1960s Baltimore by having black friends -- and dancing with them, too; Signature Productions at the Summerlin Performing Arts Center.

April

April 3-8: A musical version of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple," about a black woman who finds her place in the world; at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, at Bonneville Avenue and Grand Central Parkway.

April 6-22: Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit," about a home that seems possessed by ghosts of the past; at Las Vegas Little Theatre's mainstage.

April 19-28: Thornton Wilder's "Our Town," about a girl who learns to grow up after she's died; at Las Vegas Academy's Dorothy Lowden Theatre.

April 20-29: John Morimer's "A Voyage Round My Father," about a son who tries to bring closure to a strange relationship; at the BackStage, the College of Southern Nevada, Cheyenne campus.

April 27-May 5: Las Vegas Little Theatre's fourth annual New Works Competition, in which an original play will be given a full production; at the Las Vegas Little Theatre Fischer Black Box.

April 27-May 5: Stephen Sondheim/Larry Gelbart's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," about a Roman slave who will do anything, even sing and dance, to be free; at Nevada Conservatory Theatre's Judy Bayley Theatre.

April 27-May 6: Ben Farrar's unusual adaptation of "Sleeping Beauty," featuring fighting ninjas, swordplay and a sleeping beauty who is anything but a victim; Rainbow Company, at Charleston Heights Arts Center.

May

May 4-20: Patrick Barlow's zany look at all things Hitchcock in "The 39 Steps," at Las Vegas Little Theatre's mainstage.

May 19: Hal Holbrook returns for the third time to perform "Mark Twain Tonight," a monologue featuring an old man who has a lot of wise things to say; part of the New York & Beyond series at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' Artemus Ham Hall.

May 22-27: Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's "Mary Poppins," about a nanny who uses magic and song to keep her charges in line; at the Smith Center.

June

June 12-17: "Million Dollar Quartet," about a legendary concert that never was; at the Smith Center.

June 13-30: Super Summer Theatre/P.S. Productions present a show yet to be announced; at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park.

June 21-Sept. 1, in repertory: William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor," about two middle-age housewives who manage to outfox the infamous rogue Falstaff; Fredrich Schiller's "Mary Stuart," about the power struggle between Elizabeth I and the title character; William Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus," a drama about restitution and violence; Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison, Bob Martin, Don McKeller's "The Drowsy Chaperone," about a lonely man comforted by the coming-of-life of Broadway characters in his dingy apartment; Christopher Sergel's version of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," a Depression-era tale of racism; and Bill Irwin and Mark O'Donnell's adaptation of Moliere's "Scapin" (running through Oct. 19, 2012), about a manservant who causes nonstop chaos; all at the Utah Shakespeare Festival.

July

July 11-28: Super Summer Theatre/British National Theatre of America presents Lionel Bart's "Oliver!" about a bunch of kids who can't like singing show tunes as they pickpocket; at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park.

July 18-22: "Memphis," a musical about a 1950s DJ who almost makes it to the big time; at the Smith Center.

August

Aug. 8-25: Super Summer Theatre/Stage Door Entertainment present Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice's "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," about a young man who can't get along with his brothers; at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park.

Aug. 28-Oct. 7: Steven Schwartz's "Wicked," a musical about the odd friendship between a good person and a bad green one who can defy gravity; at the Smith Center.