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With new technology, Cockroach Theatre dusts off classic “Death of a Salesman”
Stage Comments Updated: May 01, 2013 7:51pmAt 7:30 on a Monday night, Art Square Theatre’s dressing room inhales and exhales actors. It’s days from opening night of Cockroach Theatre’s Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer-winning...
Shakespeare Company facility opening delayed
Stage Comments Apr 17, 2013 5:49pmThe venue formerly known as the Reed Whipple Cultural Center faces a transformation, though ground on the 50-year-old property has yet to be broken for construction.Back in September, CityLife...
Review: Gothic goof-spoof ‘Irma Vep’ will make you laugh
Stage Comments Apr 03, 2013 4:38pmA smidge of Keats, a smattering of Poe, a splash of John Waters and you’ve got The Mystery of Irma Vep, Charles Ludlam’s campy gothic “thriller” performed by two actors as six characters in three...
Two actors give Latinos greater visibility in the local theater community
Stage Comments Updated: Mar 14, 2013 5:44pmBroadway was nicknamed “The Great White Way” for the bright lights and big marquees that marked New York City’s biggest playhouses. You could apply that same phrase to Vegas’ theater scene as well —...
Neigh-sayers: The controversies of ‘Equus’
Stage Comments Mar 06, 2013 6:01pmIf you harbor pre-conceived notions about the play Equus, you’re not alone. Peter Shaffer’s 1973 play still manages to raise eyebrows some 40 years after its London premiere, earning its...
‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ is just the Valentine’s Day alternative we need
Stage Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2013 4:33pmGranting new meaning to the phrase “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours,” Cockroach Theatre’s production of Gruesome Playground Injuries not only lives up to its name, it also offers a heartfelt...
Very-Shakespearian, very-long ‘For the Joy of the Sting’ is original and clever
Stage Comments Updated: Feb 13, 2013 2:14pmModernized or playfully tweaked versions of the Bard’s classics come a dime a dozen — an all-female telling of King Lear, Hamlet’s Claudius cast as a corporate CEO, anything starring Leonardo...
A Clockwork Orange at the Onyx is ambitious, imperfect
Stage Comments Updated: Feb 06, 2013 3:00pmFriday night’s sold-out Onyx Theatre crowd was ready for a night of horror-show ultraviolence at the Korova Milkbar, anxious to see how A Clockwork Orange: A Play With Music would work on the stage....
Review: Humor and humanity at the heart of anti-corporatist play ‘The Proletariat’
Stage Comments Jan 16, 2013 5:31pmYou probably already know this as a Nevada worker, but according to a recent Economic Policy Institute study, workers in right-to-work (RTW) states like ours make an average of 3.2 percent less than...
Q and A: Ernest Hemmings, writer/director of ‘The Proletariat’
Stage Comments Updated: Jan 16, 2013 6:16pmSo, does one invite their co-workers to something like this?Abso-fucking-lutely! When we did the first read-through, everyone in the room ended up recounting these really horrific stories of being...
