The great comedian W.C. Fields is credited with the line, “Never work with children or animals.” He would have had trouble on Broadway this season.
Arts & Culture
Once upon a time, Broadway music was popular music — and vice versa.
Dubuque, Des Moines, Davenport, Marshalltown, Mason City, Keokuk, Ames, Clear Lake …
Lecture
A picture is worth a thousand words. A new gallery at the Hard Rock Hotel proves it can also be worth a thousand dollars.
There’s Vegas — the 24-7 spree that tourists see.
Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s 2013-14 season covers considerable ground, from Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs” to Bertold Brecht’s “Good Person of Szechuan,” from new comedies to longtime favorites such as “A Christmas Carol” and “Grease.”
The fourth annual Vegas Fringe Festival is back at Las Vegas Little Theatre with an eclectic selection of short plays that range from sketches written on a cellphone to a musical. Here are my favorites:
A husband-and-wife team with links to two of America’s most celebrated ballet companies will lead the Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre starting in August.
On the same day that people waited in long lines for the iPhone 5 to be released, women gathered outside Sin City Knit Shop waiting for the United States Postal Service to deliver the long-waited order of mukluk.
When it comes to theatrical feasts, the 2013 Vegas Fringe Festival lives up to the buffet metaphor with a wide-ranging performance menu, serving up everything from edgy premieres to family-friendly classics, musicals to improv.
Michael Vukadinovich’s comedy “Billboard,” at the Onyx Theatre through June 1, is about the extent to which commercialism has permeated our daily lives, with questions about the meaning of art and the objectification of the person thrown in for good measure.
In retirement, one gets to do what they enjoy, rather than working for someone else. Lamar Marchese is doing what he loves, which is photography. His exhibit, “Pow Wow Portraits,” is on display at the Rainbow Library through July 7.