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A jazz Side Man faces irrelevance in Las Vegas Little Theatre’s ho-hum season opener
Stage Comments Sep 19, 2012 5:50pmLas Vegas Little Theatre opened its 35th season last weekend with Warren Leight’s Tony-winning 1998 play Side Man, directed by Rob Kastil. Leight’s autobiographical memory play tells the story of a...
A return to Dynasty: This intense production of Hamlet is like a 1980s nighttime soap
Stage Comments Sep 12, 2012 5:13pmThere’s a whole lot of Hamlet hitting Vegas stages this fall — and Table 8 Productions’ pared-down version at the Onyx is going to be a pretty tough act to follow. Whatever motivated this cast (maybe...
Downtown’s newest resident: Shakespeare
Stage Comments Sep 12, 2012 5:05pmJust as the theater world comes down from its post-Smith Center opening high, the Las Vegas Shakespeare Company ups the ante, announcing last Friday the details of a $45-million Reed Whipple Cultural...
Bard to the bone: David McKee’s production diary takes us behind the scenes of an intense, stripped-down version of “Hamlet”
Stage Comments Updated: Sep 19, 2012 4:59pmLast August, CityLife drama critic David McKee traded in his aisle seat for the role of Polonius in a production of Hamlet directed by Troy Heard, now running at Onyx Theatre. What follows is his...
Atlas Theatre is a few tweaks away from a powerhouse version of “Closer”
Stage Comments Sep 06, 2012 11:42amWHEN DELIVERED WELL, British playwright Patrick Marber’s Closer will make you wince. It’ll leave you feeling battered and even embarrassed, like a voyeur witnessing a gruesome accident from an...
You needn’t be a Broadway aficionado to enjoy “Wicked”
Stage Comments Updated: Sep 12, 2012 2:38pmWicked isn’t the first traveling Broadway show to have an extended stay in Las Vegas, but it’s the first of its caliber to arrive at the city’s most talked-about new venue, providing a pitch-perfect...
Fall culture guide: On stage
Stage Comments Aug 29, 2012 9:05pmWickedBilled as the untold story of the witches of Oz, predating Dorothy’s untimely drop-in, the highly popular musical kicks off The Smith Center’s first full Broadway season. It’s a wise move on...
Fun and balanced : Mamet’s “November” jabs at both political parties
Stage Comments Aug 22, 2012 5:56pmIn a battleground state like Nevada, staging a political play in 2012 about an incumbent president making a last-ditch effort to sway votes could prove risky. But by choosing a David Mamet comedy...
Review of Summer Camp the Musical
Stage Comments Aug 15, 2012 4:54pmIf you love ’80s teen comedies, Summer Camp the Musical will be some kind of wonderfulBy Kelle ShillaciOptions are limited when it comes to summer theater: Pack up the kids and hightail it to Spring...
Final words from our departing stage critic
Stage Comments Aug 15, 2012 4:53pmIt’s been a highly enjoyable three-plus years since CityLife theater critic Dave Surratt passed the torch to myself — a journey ranging from epiphanies (The Chairs) to piffle (Summers of Fear). Sadly...
