This week’s 5 best bets for arts & culture in Las Vegas
‘The Wiz’
Time to ease on down the road (the Yellow Brick Road, that is) and rediscover “The Wiz” at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday in The Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall. Broadway in the Hood presents the Tony-winning “Wizard of Oz” musical, featuring a cast of 250 and a live orchestra; for tickets ($19-$69), call 702-749-2000 or visit www.thesmithcenter.com.
Famous faces
It’s your last shot to see images of legends from Winston Churchill to Muhammad Ali, because “Yousuf Karsh: Icons of the 20th Century” ends its run Monday at Bellagio’s Gallery of Fine Arts, which is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets are $14 to $16; for details, call 702-693-7871 or visit bellagio.com/bgfa.
‘Farragut North’
Cutthroat backroom politics undermine a wunderkind press secretary for a presidential candidate in a tight primary race in the oh-so-topical “Farragut North,” which kicks off Las Vegas Little Theatre’s Fischer Black Box season this weekend. (If the plot sounds familiar, it should; the play inspired the movie “Ides of March.”) You can see the original at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 18 at 3920 Schiff Drive; for tickets ($14-$15), call 702-362-7996 or click on www.lvlt.org.
International art competition
Jana’s RedRoom in the Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., celebrates the 46 winners of its first international juried art competition, which drew more than 350 entries from 35 states and 11 countries). The gallery is open from 4 p.m. to midnight during First Friday; regular hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Call 702-454-3709 or visit janasredroom.com for details.
‘Second Chance’
Super Summer Theatre teams up with the senior troupe Speeding Theatre Over 55 for a series of black box productions that launches this weekend with “Second Chance,” a one-act about a widow whose desire for a new life dismays a longtime friend. Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at SST’s studio, 4340 S. Valley View Blvd., Suite 210. Tickets ($5) are available at the door; call 702-594-7529 or visit www.supersummertheatre.org for more information.
