2014 Las Vegas Fall Theater Preview
Las Vegas Little Theatre
3920 Schiff Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89103
(702) 362-7996
www.lvlt.org
Date: Sept. 12-18, 2014
Founded in 1978, Las Vegas Little Theatre is Southern Nevada's oldest community theater and "Mrs. Mannerly," written by Jeffrey Hatcher, begins its 2014-15 season. Hatcher explores his youth in his semi-autobiographical play beginning in 1967 as an awkward and pudgy 10-year-old growing up in the factory town of Steubenville, Ohio and attending Mrs. Mannerly's School of Manners to his adult years reconnecting with the feisty Mrs. Mannerly.
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
361 Symphony Park Ave.
Las Vegas, NV 89106
(702) 749-2012
www.thesmithcenter.com
Date: Sept. 4-14, 2014
"Kinky Boots," Broadway's newest smash hit, kicks off its national tour at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts. Winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical, the show follows a struggling shoe factory owner who works to turn his business around with help from Lola, a fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos. Pop star Cyndi Lauper wrote the Tony-winning score celebrating everyone's difference.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Nevada Conservatory Theatre in Black Box Theater
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154
(702) 895-3011
www.unlv.edu/nct/2014-2015
Date: Sept. 19-28, 2014
Written by South African playwright Athol Fugard in 1990 as the revolution was mounting to end apartheid, "My Children! My Africa!" takes place in 1984 in a segregated classroom in a small town in South Africa. A black male teacher forms a debate team with a star, a white female student. While inside the classroom, the teacher can present that nonviolence is the answer; outside he is challenged by racism, unrest and the growing movement to end apartheid. It is through the story of this teacher and one student that the microcosm of the country is presented.
Cockroach Theater
Art Square
1025 S. 1st. St., Suite 110
Las Vegas, NV 89101
(702) 818-3422
www.cockroachtheatre.com
Dates: Oct. 10-26, 2014
Cockroach Theater in Art Square begins its 2014-2015 with "No Exit," written in 1944 by French author Jean Paul Sarte. Depicting the afterlife, three characters are locked in a room together to pay for their moral crimes and are told it is for eternity. As quoted, "Life after death isn't quite what we expected. Hell is not a lake filled with lava, nor is it a torture chamber overseen by pitchfork wielding demons." The play is known for its famous response by one of its characters, "Hell is other people."
Spring Mountain Ranch State Park
Highway 159
Blue Diamond, NV 89004
(702) 594-7529
www.supersummertheatre.org
Dates: Sept. 4-20, 2014
Categorized as black humor, "Arsenic and Old Lace," written in 1939 by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, follows Mortimer Brewster as he deals with two murderous aunts, an uncle who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt as he digs the graves of the roommates in the basement and another uncle who believes he is an associate of Dr. Einstein. Spring Mountain Ranch State Park holds its performances outdoors and attendees can bring a blanket.
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