Laurie Simmons’ “Ringtone” and “Geisha Song” take over The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas’ towering Strip marquee once an hour, bringing the artist’s distinctive vision to a wider audience.
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The road to New York’s Metropolitan Opera leads through Denver — at least for the four winners of Nevada’s Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, who compete Feb. 7 and 8 at Denver University’s Gates Concert Hall for the chance to sing at the Met’s Grand Finals Concert.
Green Valley High School students are set to bring the sea to the desert. The school, 460 Arroyo Grande Blvd., plans to perform “The Little Mermaid” at 7 p.m. Jan. 29-31, 2 p.m. Jan. 31 and 7 p.m. Feb. 5-7. The show originally ran on Broadway from 2008 to 2012.
When Frances Hall was asked to write a play by the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee, she decided on a story of a family overcoming hardships. “I think these are real issues that people can relate to,” Hall says.
After a three-year hiatus, Theatre in the Valley is grateful for a new start and a permanent home.
The touring “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at The Smith Center fulfills its duty as a peppy song-and-dance rush — and not much more.
Faith Lutheran High School’s Conservatory of the Fine Arts plans to open its previously senior-only classes to all Las Vegas Valley high school students beginning next school year.
Pulitzer and Tony award-winning playwright Tracy Letts explores the collateral damage left over from the first Iraq war through the paranoid delusions of a Gulf War vet in his creepy play “Bug,” now being staged by Cockroach Theatre.
The program for Las Vegas Little Theatre’s presentation of “The Little Dog Laughed” warns about the play’s “full male nudity, strong language, and mature themes.” It’s not for the squeamish. But in the Hollywood satire, the profanities have a lyrical roll and the nudity is a natural, symbolic part of the story.
“It’s a real music school,” said Teddi Tarnoff, head of Las Vegas Valley School of Rock locations. “We’re teaching them songs, and they’re learning how to play in a band, but they’re getting as close to a real rock experience as humanly possible.”