THE PHAT PACK (The Smith Center)

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The Smith Centerpresents
THE PHAT PACK
Bruce Ewing • Randal Keith • Ted Keeganwith Musical Director, Joey Singer
Inspired by the spirit of the Rat Pack,three singers from “Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular”realized that the bulk of their careers were supported by three shows.Ted Keegan spent years playing the Phantom in “Phantom of the Opera”on the road & on Broadway.Randal Keith spent years playing Jean Valjean in “Les Miserables”on the road and on Broadway.Bruce Ewing sang 3 of the 4 roles in “Forever Plaid”on the road and in Las Vegas.And now, all they want to do is sing the songs they want to sing & have fun!Together with musical director Joey Singer (Musical Director for Debbie Reynolds,)THE PHAT PACK sings Musical Theater, American Standards,Las Vegas Hits and some new, fun original music.It’s all about great singing, creating good music, and having fun!
Sunday, July 222:30 & 7:00
The Smith CenterCabaret / Jazz
more information:http://www.thesmithcenter.com/events/the-phat-pack/

Back to Kris

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Hi All,



PHANTOM - Las Vegas will be ending its run on Sept. 2, 2012.
I'm leaving the show and Las Vegas on July 28th to start work on a new show, ALLEGIANCE, A NEW AMERICAN MUSICAL, at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. Rehearsal starts July 31 with performances beginning Sept. 7 and opening on Sept. 19. Plays to Oct. 28.It's a new musical about a Japanese American family and the "relocation / interment" during WW II.Old Globe Theatre website:http://www.theoldglobe.org/tickets/production.aspx?PID=9747Show website:http://www.allegiancemusical.com/
The Broadway Vegas blog is now back in the hands of its creator, Kristen Hertzenberg.
It's been a pleasure serving the Las Vegas entertainment community.
All the best,Scott Watanabe

Special Farewell Composers Showcase

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A note from the producers:We will sadly be saying farewell to many of our talented friends at Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular, who have been such a staple and core of our showcase for the last six years.  This will be the last Composers Showcase before the scheduled closing of Phantom on September 2nd!  The Showcase will go on, but we will miss this extraordinarily gifted group of artists!

PK Music and The Smith Center for the Performing Arts presentThe Composers Showcase of Las Vegas
Cabaret JazzThe Boman Pavilion at the Smith Center361 Symphony Park AvenueLas Vegas, NV  89106
Wednesday, August 8th, 201210:30 pm (after Theatre)Doors open at 9:30
The Composers:Jolana Adamson   Angela Chan   Uli GeissendoerferWayne Green   Rylan Leo Helmuth   James Matteson    David Mauk   Danny Roque   Keith Thompson  

The Performers:John Paul Almon   Megan Arnoldy   Tony Blosser   Kris Coleman  Sarah Elizabeth Combs  Douglas Crawford   Pascale Elia
Mike Erickson  Bruce Ewing   Ben Hale   Kristen Hertzenberg 
Joe Hynes  Randal Keith  Brianne Kelly Morgan 
Brenda Mandabach   Lawson Skala   Joan Sobel  Nikka Wahl 
Tina Walsh   Danielle White   John Leslie Wolfe
The Players:Jim Belk   Tish Diaz   Philip Fortenberry   Keith Hubacher   Derek Jones  Charles McNeal   Geoff Neuman  Rebecca Ramsey
Ryan Rose  Eric Tewalt   Joe Thomasula   Moonlight Tran

 Tickets: $20Call for Reservations:  702-749-2000or online at www.thesmithcenter.comWalk-ups welcomeCash Bar/Late Night Menu Available

MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN... at The Smith Center

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The Smith Center - Troesh Studio Theater
Sept. 28 at 7pmSept. 29 at 3pm and 7pmSept. 30 at 3pm
Ticket prices: $29 - $39
Steve Solomon’s three-time award winning show has met with rave reviews and great audience acclaim throughout the United States, overseas and becoming one of the longest-running one-man shows in Broadway history. Once again, we meet the people that we’re all too familiar with; the family members that make you remember why you left home in the first place. It’s a laugh-filled fest of everybody you know, have known, and some you’d want to forget but can’t, all brought to life on stage by the comic magic of Steve Solomon.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

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Super Summer Theatre presents


Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Produced and Directed by Stage Door Entertainment

Based on the biblical story of Joseph and his 
"coat of many colors" as told in Genesis,this was the first Andrew Lloyd Webber 
and Time Rice musical to be performed publicly. 

Opening night: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Performances are Wednesday-Saturday at 8pm
August 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2012 
Spring Mountain Ranch State Park
6375 Highway 159


Guests are encouraged to throw down a blanket, or bring/rent a chair in general-admission grass seating where many share a picnic dinner, indulge in treats from the concession stand and enjoy the outdoors before settling in under the stars for some super theatre. 


Tickets can be purchased in advance for $12 at the UNLV Performing Arts Box Office, Prestige Travel’s Summerlin location at 7550 W. Lake Mead Blvd. (Buffalo and Lake Mead) or online at unlvtickets.com or ShowTix4u.com . 


Park entrance after 5 pm is free with show ticket. 
Parking lot opens at 5 pm. Meadow opens at 6 pm. 
A limited number of tickets are available at the gate the night of the show for $20. 

Wright Way Youth Theatre Seminar Aug.13-16

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YOUTH SUMMER SEMINAR (Broadway Auditions Seminar with Agents/Casting Directors)
Dates: August 13-16, 2012Time: 6-10pmInstructor: Rance Wright
This summer Las Vegas will open up the first ever YOUTH SUMMER SEMINAR with Broadway Industry (casting directors/agents). This seminar is a 4 day seminar for individuals who are 22 years and under. This is a wonderful opportunity for young, aspiring talent to get exposure on a national level. Sign up ASAP as spots are filling up fast and are limited! 
Cost: $750.00 (union) $800.00 (non-union). Casting Directors and Agents: TBA.

More information:http://www.wrightwaymasterclasses.com/national_schedule.php

SUMMER CAMP! THE MUSICAL

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Table 8 Productions presents the World Premiere of the raunchy, rockin’ comedy 
Summer Camp! The Musical
Book by Troy Heard, Music by Angela Chan, Lyrics by Heard and Chan. 
Opening Night: Friday, August 10, 2012Plays at 8pm Fridays through Sundays through August 26
The Onyx Theatre in Commercial Center 953 E. Sahara Ave. #16
Directed by Heard with musical direction by Chan.

It’s Summer 1982: Reagan’s in the White House, the Russians are building the bomb, and rustic Camp Tigglebitties is a hormonal hotbed where ubernerds Nolan and Dwight vow to lose their virginity to the gorgeous Lacey St. Clair...at the possible expense of their friendship. Serious questions are raised: can Dwight enlist help from Obi-Wan? Who will win the Kotex 500? And what IS The Mook?

“Summer Camp! is a musical homage to the classic genre of the early 1980s cinema popularly known as the Teen Sex Comedy,” says Heard, who was selected Best Director of 2011 by NPR’s Desert Companion magazine. “I remember staying up late many Saturday nights to watch Porky’s, Meatballs and Revenge of the Nerds on HBO. And like any red-blooded, prepubescent male I always thought there was way too much story between the shower scenes. This is my chance to fix that...while amping the awesomeness by adding musical numbers in different 80s rock-and-roll styles.”

“We’ve also jumped on the audience interaction bandwagon with this one,” Heard says. “There’s a splash zone, of course, but since this is a sex comedy and not a horror spoof like Evil Dead, Summer Camp! is definitely adults only!”

Tickets are $15.00 and are available at the door and on www.onyxtheatre.com. 

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at The Smith Center

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August 14-19, 2012The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
Winner of three 2010 Tony Awards® including the award for BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL, this hilarious new production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES was the biggest hit of the 2010 Broadway season, leaving audiences in stitches night after night!LA CAGE, starring George Hamilton, tells the story of Georges, the owner of a glitzy nightclub in lovely Saint-Tropez, and his partner Albin, who moonlights as the glamorous chanteuse Zaza. When Georges’ son brings his fiancée’s conservative parent’s home to meet the flashy pair, the bonds of family are put to the test as the feather boas fly! LA CAGE is a tuneful and touching tale of one family’s struggle to stay together … stay fabulous… and above all else, stay true to themselves!With a glorious score of hummable melodies and a dynamite cast featuring the “notorious and dangerous Cagelles,” LA CAGE is an indisputable musical comedy classic… and this extraordinary new version shows you why!AGE RECOMMENDATION: 10+http://www.thesmithcenter.com/events/la-cage-aux-folles/

MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN... at The Smith Center

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The Smith Center - Troesh Studio Theater
Sept. 28 at 7pmSept. 29 at 3pm and 7pmSept. 30 at 3pm
Ticket prices: $29 - $39
Steve Solomon’s three-time award winning show has met with rave reviews and great audience acclaim throughout the United States, overseas and becoming one of the longest-running one-man shows in Broadway history. Once again, we meet the people that we’re all too familiar with; the family members that make you remember why you left home in the first place. It’s a laugh-filled fest of everybody you know, have known, and some you’d want to forget but can’t, all brought to life on stage by the comic magic of Steve Solomon.

Barbara Cook at The Smith Center

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August 16-18 at 8pm and August 19 at 3pmCabaret Jazz in Boman PavilionThe Smith Center for the Performing Arts
“Barbara Cook is the Greatest Theatrical Singer in concert at the moment.” – The London TimesBarbara Cook’s silvery soprano, purity of tone, and warm presence have delighted audiences around the world for more than 50 years. Considered “Broadway’s favorite ingenue” during the heyday of the Broadway musical, Miss Cook has since then launched a successful second career as a concert and recording artist soaring from one professional peak to another.

Tickets: $40-$70
http://www.thesmithcenter.com/events/barbara-cook/

GOD LIVES IN GLASS - Benefit Concert

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The Nevada Conservatory Theatre Presents:
God Lives in GlassReflections of God as seen through the eyes of children
August 25 and 26 at 2pmUNLV Judy Bailey Theatre
Tickets: $25


"A powerful and astonishing work...will blow you away...Keith Thompson's score is a revelation...provocative, original, and - quite simply - amazing." 

Featuring performers from The Lion King, Love, Jersey Boys, "O", Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular, Menopause The Musical, Vegas! the Show, Surf the Musical, and the UNLV Music and Theatre Departments.
The events of September 11th, 2001 inspired the writing and the original production of "God Lives in Glass" as a way of reaching across racial, cultural and religious boundaries to promote global unity acceptance of cultural diversity.

The musical is based on a book by the same title, written by the head of Drama Therapy at New York University, Dr. Robert J. Landy, Ph.D. The book contains drawings, stories, and reflections about God that were created and shared by children from all around the world, from different cultures, races, and religions. The insights and visions of these young spiritual thinkers are funny, moving, entertaining, and often enlightening.

Shortly after the events of 9/11, Dr. Landy collaborated with Composer Keith Thompson (conductor of "Jersey Boys" in Las Vegas) and Director/co-conceiver Greg Ganakas to bring musical and theatrical life to the book as a way of promoting cultural and spiritual healing and understanding.

Contrary to what the title suggests, "God Lives in Glass" is not a religious musical, or a piece of children's theatre, even though it does take a whimsical look at religion and different ideas about who or what God might be as seen through the eyes of young people from all over the planet. The Musical never attempts to instruct or promote any ideology or doctrine. It merely holds up the "glass" as a mirror that allows us a reflection of ourselves, and as a window that lets us view the world with wonder, humor, and imagination; as seen through the eyes of a child.

CLOSER - Atlas Theatre

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Atlas Theatre, in conjunction with The Box Office (located in the famed Arts District downtown), is proud to announce the upcoming 
Las Vegas premiere of Patrick Marber’s
CLOSER

Sad, savvy, and often funny, CLOSER casts a steely, unblinking gaze at the world of relationships and lets you come to your own conclusions. Four lives intertwine over the course of four and a half years in this densely plotted, stinging look at modern love and betrayal, in which this quartet struggle to find intimacy but can't seem to get closer.
Variety called the play:"Brilliant and bracingly adult, bruising and beautiful, shatteringly funny and devastatingly sad. It cuts like broken glass…full of bitter, intelligent, unvarnished truth.
Newsweek called it:“A powerful, darkly funny play about the cosmic collision between the sun of love and the comet of desire."
And NY Magazine said:"CLOSER does not merely hold your attention; it burrows into you."
CLOSER features Ryan Remark, Jessica Afton, Alex Olson, Breon Jenay, and is directed by Chris Mayse
Performance Dates are: Friday, August 31st (8pm), Saturday, September 1st (8pm), Thursday, September 6th (8pm), Sunday, September 9th (4pm),  Monday, September 10th (8pm- Industry Night), 
Thursday, September 13th (8pm), Friday, September 14th (8pm), Saturday, September 15th (8pm). All shows take place at The Box Office (1129 Casino Center Blvd. Las Vegas, NV. 89104)
For more information about CLOSER and 
Atlas Theatre’s Entire Upcoming Programming, 
please go to www.atlastheatre.org. 
To speak to someone directly, 
contact Chris Mayse at atlasartisticdirector@yahoo.com, 
or call (702) 884-5190

WICKED at The Smith Center

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WICKED

August 29 - October 7, 2012

Tuesday – Friday Performances at 7:30pmSaturday and Sunday Performances at 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Plus, special Thursday, August 30 matinee performance.

SO MUCH HAPPENED BEFORE DOROTHY DROPPED IN.
Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One — born with emerald-green skin — is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these unlikely friends become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good makes for the most spellbinding new musical in years. Winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy® and three Tony Awards®, Wicked is “Broadway’s biggest blockbuster” (The New York Times), and “a cultural phenomenon” (Variety).

AGE RECOMMENDATION: 8+

http://www.thesmithcenter.com/events/wicked/

MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN... at The Smith Center

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The Smith Center - Troesh Studio Theater
Sept. 28 at 7pmSept. 29 at 3pm and 7pmSept. 30 at 3pm
Ticket prices: $29 - $39
Steve Solomon’s three-time award winning show has met with rave reviews and great audience acclaim throughout the United States, overseas and becoming one of the longest-running one-man shows in Broadway history. Once again, we meet the people that we’re all too familiar with; the family members that make you remember why you left home in the first place. It’s a laugh-filled fest of everybody you know, have known, and some you’d want to forget but can’t, all brought to life on stage by the comic magic of Steve Solomon.

LEADER OF THE PACK - Super Summer Theatre

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Super Summer Theatre and Neon Jungle Productions present
LEADER OF THE PACK

Sep 6-8, Sep 13-15 & Sep 20-22 at 7pm
This energetic and driving musical is America's original jukebox musical that celebrates the life and times of Brooklyn-born Ellie Greenwich, whose doo-wop sounds skyrocketed to the top of the pop charts in the early to mid-1960′s. Leader of the Pack serves as one of Broadway's better musicals that linked extraordinary songs and provided a legendary look into the songwriter's professional triumphs and personal misfortunes. Contains such hit songs as Leader of the Pack, Be My Little Baby, and Chapel of Love.   
 Enjoy this classic musical production outdoors under the stars. Grab a seat on the elevated grass ampitheatre, or bring a lawn chair, and experience outdoor theater away from the lights of Las Vegas. A concession stand is also available with food options, or you may wish to bring your own!

$12 in advance; $20 day of event; 5 and under freehttp://www.unlvtickets.com/eventInfo/pac/317/super-summer-theatre/
For more information, call 702-895-2787

HAIR in Concert

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HAIR in Concert

LET THE SUN SHINE IN!!
*FOR MATURE AUDIENCES*
Join the Las Vegas Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS cast of HAIR at the September FIRST FRIDAY for two FREE performances of the iconic rock opera HAIR.
Las Vegas' top rockers in music and theatre take the stage and transport audiences back to the 60's for a one-of-a-kind rock concert experience. Woodstock and Downtown Las Vegas meet at the September FIRST FRIDAY.
Artists from up and down the Las Vegas strip join forces to spread the love and raise awareness for Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS
Friday, September 7 at  6 PM and 9 PM
3rd Street Stage
TO DONATE TO BROADWAY CARES/ EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS, please contact BCEFAhairLV@gmail.com for more details.

SIDE MAN - Las Vegas Little Theatre

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The Las Vegas Little Theatre presents
Side Man
by Warren LeightDirected by Rob Kastil
September 14 - 30, 2012
Journey through three decades of the Jazz era in the Tony award winning play, Side Man. Clifford narrates this comic and tender story of his parents' tortured relationship with each other and with the music that defined a generation. Experience a time before Elvis,when jazzmen were heroic like ballplayers and there was no shortage of Saturday-night gigs. Side Man is both a tribute to the men whose lives were their music and the families that endured the wake of that passion. 
Warning - This play contains adult language and situations.

http://www.lvlt.org

SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL - Henderson Pavilion

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RagTag Entertainment presents
SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL
by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flahertybased on the books of Dr. Seuss
Directed by Benjamin LoewyMusically Directed by Alanna Gallo 
September 21 - 23 & 28 - 30, 20128:00 pm
Henderson Pavilion 200 South Green Valley ParkwayHenderson, NV 89012

SEUSSICAL is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza that brings to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie, and a little boy with a big imagination--Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Who's.

http://www.hendersonlive.com/pavilion/concerts-events/seussical/

MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN... at The Smith Center

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The Smith Center - Troesh Studio Theater
Sept. 28 at 7pmSept. 29 at 3pm and 7pmSept. 30 at 3pm
Ticket prices: $29 - $39
Steve Solomon’s three-time award winning show has met with rave reviews and great audience acclaim throughout the United States, overseas and becoming one of the longest-running one-man shows in Broadway history. Once again, we meet the people that we’re all too familiar with; the family members that make you remember why you left home in the first place. It’s a laugh-filled fest of everybody you know, have known, and some you’d want to forget but can’t, all brought to life on stage by the comic magic of Steve Solomon.

Cockroach Theatre

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Cockroach Theatre announced that they have passed inspection in their new home at the Art Square Theatre (1025 1st St). Exciting things are happening in Downtown Las Vegas and this promises to be a rich part of that. Stay tuned in to hear more as things progress for them.
Cockroach Theatre


Cockroach Theatre was founded in 2002 out of the need and desire to create powerful, evocative theatre. The original concept was to produce "new and neglected" works- either by emerging playwrights, or simply to locate and produce great plays that have gone unnoticed. Cockroach Theatre was formed. Cockroach Theatre exists to satisfy a need for defiant theatre for both artists and audiences.

Defiant (adj) "boldly resisting an opposing force"- Cockroach Theatre has made it's mission to produce this breed of theatre in the form of new and exciting works. We are resisting the idea that theatre is a stagnant and tired art form, having faith that the performance art of theatre continues to survive because of the ability to reinvent itself through the ages. People who appreciate theatre will appreciate a Cockroach Theatre Production.

For more information, contact info@cockroachtheatre.com or to volunteer, email your interest to volunteer at cockroachtheatre.com.
 

S.E.T. Improv Comedy

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S.E.T. takes place every Monday at 8pm at The Onyx Theater. Veterans of Second City, UCB, IO and The PIT perform with stars of some of the Las Vegas Strip’s most popular shows, including KA, O, and The Jersey Boys. Each week a brand new show is created and improvised live before the audience; think Whose Line is it Anyway meets Saturday Night Live.

Showtime: 8:00pm
Tickets: $10.00
More about Improv Vegas

Cockroach Theatre Announces Season

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2012-2013 Season of Plays and the all new @Art Square Theatre

Season begins on October 26, 2012.

Mineola Twins
by Paula Vogel
directed by Joe Hynes
A comedy in six scenes, four dreams and seven wigs. Myrna and Myra, almost identical twins (played by the one actress), battle each other through the Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan/Bush years over virginity, Vietnam and Family Values. [October 26–November 18]

Love Song
by John Kolvenbach
directed by Erik Amblad
Beane is an exile from life—an oddball. His well-meaning sister, Joan, and brother-in-law, Harry, try and make time for him in their busy lives, but no one can get through. Following a burglary on Beane's apartment, Joan is baffled to find her brother blissfully happy and tries to unravel the story behind his mysterious new love, Molly. Funny, enchanting and wonderfully touching, John Kolvenbach's offbeat comedy is a rhapsody to the power of love in all its forms. [December 7–December 23]

Gruesome Playground Injuries
by Rajiv Joseph
directed by Levi Fackrell
Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre intervals, leading the two childhood friends to compare scars and the physical calamities that keep drawing them together. [January 26–February 17]

You May Go Now
by Bekah Brunsetter
Dottie has trained young Betty to be the perfect 1950s housewife; to cook the perfect pot roast, to bake a gorgeous seven-layer cake, to remove any stain. And tonight, Betty’s 18th birthday, it is time for Betty to go out into the world. Only Dottie has failed to mention that the year is 2007, that the world is a vast and complex place, and that there is a reason she cannot abide being called 'Mother'. [March 15 – April 7]

Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
directed by Troy Heard
A small parable about a large idea: the promise and death of the American Dream. A play that most people only know from a classroom textbook, "Death of a Salesman" is a tale that resonates as loud today as when it premiered in 1949. [April 26–May 19]

As we settle into our new home downtown and embrace our neighbors new and old, we embrace our roots with this season: a commitment to new and to neglected works. We face our future exploring both very new plays and also very new perspectives on plays forgotten.

SEASON TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st, 2012
Join us at the Grand Opening of the Art Square Theatre for the first play in the space: 

Nurture by Johnna Adams. 

Season Ticket purchases will be available that night at the box office, or online at www.cockroachtheatre.com.

Actors! Auditions are this coming Wednesday and Thursday.
Questions?

info@cockroachtheatre.com
boxoffice@cockroachtheatre.com
volunteer@cockroachtheatre.com

www.cockroachtheatre.com

The WICKED Rocky Horror Show

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Benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Golden Rainbow(Admission donations are tax deductible) When: Monday, September 24 at 7:30pmWhere: The Tropicana
Produced by company members, the production will feature Nicole Parker (Elphaba), Patti Murin (Glinda), Kim Zimmer (Madame Morrible) and Justin Brill (Boq), and will also include members of the ensemble, band and the touring staff.
Directed by company member Timothy A. Fitz-Gerald and choreographed by Napoleon W. Gladley. Musical direction by Andrew Graham.
General admission is a $60 donation. VIP tickets are available for a $125 donation and include priority seating as well as a 6:30pm pre-show reception with members of the company. 
Tickets are available at www.troplv.com, in person at Tropicana Las Vegas’ box office, or by calling 702.739.2222.

MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN... at The Smith Center

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The Smith Center - Troesh Studio Theater
Sept. 28 at 7pmSept. 29 at 3pm and 7pmSept. 30 at 3pm
Ticket prices: $29 - $39
Steve Solomon’s three-time award winning show has met with rave reviews and great audience acclaim throughout the United States, overseas and becoming one of the longest-running one-man shows in Broadway history. Once again, we meet the people that we’re all too familiar with; the family members that make you remember why you left home in the first place. It’s a laugh-filled fest of everybody you know, have known, and some you’d want to forget but can’t, all brought to life on stage by the comic magic of Steve Solomon.

NURTURE by Johnna Adams

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World Premiere Production directed by Jason Aaron Goldberg
starring Erik Amblad and Francine Gordon
Winner of 2012 Sin City New Play Contest

On September 21st, 2012, Cockroach Theatre invites the public to celebrate the grand opening of their new space, the Art Square Theatre, with the world premiere production of Nurture by Johnna Adams.

Nurture is a dark comedy about two horrible single parents, who are drawn together by their equally horrible children, and their attempt to form a modern nuclear family.

Dates:
Friday, September 21st – 8pm (Grand Opening)
Saturday, September 22nd – 8pm
Sunday, September 23rd – 2pm

Thursday, September 27th – 8pm (Special Engagement)
Friday, September 28th – 8pm
Saturday, September 29th – 8pm
Sunday, September 30th – 2pm

Friday, October 5th – 8pm
Saturday, October 6th – 8pm
Sunday, October 7th – 2pm

Tickets:
$18 General Admission
$15 Students/Seniors
Available at the Box Office or Online now at www.cockroachtheatre.com

“By opening the Art Square Theatre with this riveting play by the extraordinary Johnna Adams, we signal our commitment to showcasing compelling, original voices from the American playwriting landscape," said Erik Amblad, also the Artistic Director of the company.
This production fulfills the promise of the Sin City New Play contest, which now finds a home with Cockroach Theatre. The contest, in its first year, is presented in partnership with Los Angeles-based Original Works Publishing (www.originalworksonline.com), who will publish this play along with the exclusive, world premiere presentation at the Art Square Theatre.

For more information about Cockroach Theatre and the Art Square Theatre contact them online at info@cockroachtheatre.com or go to www.cockroachtheatre.com, or find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cockroachtheatre.

LEGWARMERS - An 80s Musical

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Opening September 20thV Theater inside Miracle Mile Shops - Planet Hollywood ResortNightly at 9pm
LegWarmers is jam-packed with your favorite 80s hits and a storyline straight out of a John Hughes' film.Audience members can sit back and enjoy the show or sing along with their favorite songs. It's part comedy, part love story, and ALL fun!

"If you're looking for a unique experience with songs you know and love, a story you can follow, and enough fun to last your entire time in Vegas, LegWarmers is for you," said Sirc Michaels, director and producer of the show.

For more information about the show or cast members, go to VTheater.com or call Shelley Bruner at 702.318.6490

MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN... at The Smith Center

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The Smith Center - Troesh Studio Theater
Sept. 28 at 7pmSept. 29 at 3pm and 7pmSept. 30 at 3pm
Ticket prices: $29 - $39
Steve Solomon’s three-time award winning show has met with rave reviews and great audience acclaim throughout the United States, overseas and becoming one of the longest-running one-man shows in Broadway history. Once again, we meet the people that we’re all too familiar with; the family members that make you remember why you left home in the first place. It’s a laugh-filled fest of everybody you know, have known, and some you’d want to forget but can’t, all brought to life on stage by the comic magic of Steve Solomon.

TOM SAWYER - Rainbow Company Youth Theatre

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The Rainbow Company Youth Theatre will open its 36th season with a truly American tradition, a production of 
TOM SAWYER
Join Tom and Huck Finn for an unparalleled adventure!  Boys and girls (and moms and dads) will revel in this charming journey down the Mississippi River and into trouble.
Oct. 5, 6, 12, and 13 at 7pmOct. 7, 13 and 14 at 2pm
Charleston Heights Arts Center800 S. Brush St. 
$7 for adults; $5 for teens/seniors/military$3 for children, age 12 and younger

Wicked Workshop

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Sunday, October 7, 2012 - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Green Valley High School
460 Arroyo Grande Avenue, Henderson Nevada 89014

Workshop Fee: $30 (before Oct. 1), $35 (Oct 1-6), $40 at the door
Spacing is limited.

Spend ONE SHORT DAY singing and DANCING THROUGH LIFE with cast members of the First National tour of WICKED in this hands-on two hour Master Class series! Participants will learn musical selections from the show, work on character development, perform original choreography, as well as have a TalkBack with the cast and learn what it's like to work on one of the biggest musicals in Broadway history!

Ages 10 and up only.

We encourage all particpants to wear their greenest clothing on the day of the workshop; any Wicked paraphernalia is absolutely appropriate! Participants will also have the opportunity to perform what they have learned for family and friends later in the afternoon.

Buy workshop tickets now at ShowTix4U.

Cockroach Theatre Announces Season

2012-2013 Season of Plays and the all new @Art Square Theatre

Season begins on October 26, 2012.

Mineola Twins
by Paula Vogel
directed by Joe Hynes
A comedy in six scenes, four dreams and seven wigs. Myrna and Myra, almost identical twins (played by the one actress), battle each other through the Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan/Bush years over virginity, Vietnam and Family Values. [October 26–November 18]

Love Song
by John Kolvenbach
directed by Erik Amblad
Beane is an exile from life—an oddball. His well-meaning sister, Joan, and brother-in-law, Harry, try and make time for him in their busy lives, but no one can get through. Following a burglary on Beane's apartment, Joan is baffled to find her brother blissfully happy and tries to unravel the story behind his mysterious new love, Molly. Funny, enchanting and wonderfully touching, John Kolvenbach's offbeat comedy is a rhapsody to the power of love in all its forms. [December 7–December 23]

Gruesome Playground Injuries
by Rajiv Joseph
directed by Levi Fackrell
Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre intervals, leading the two childhood friends to compare scars and the physical calamities that keep drawing them together. [January 26–February 17]

You May Go Now
by Bekah Brunsetter
Dottie has trained young Betty to be the perfect 1950s housewife; to cook the perfect pot roast, to bake a gorgeous seven-layer cake, to remove any stain. And tonight, Betty’s 18th birthday, it is time for Betty to go out into the world. Only Dottie has failed to mention that the year is 2007, that the world is a vast and complex place, and that there is a reason she cannot abide being called 'Mother'. [March 15 – April 7]

Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
directed by Troy Heard
A small parable about a large idea: the promise and death of the American Dream. A play that most people only know from a classroom textbook, "Death of a Salesman" is a tale that resonates as loud today as when it premiered in 1949. [April 26–May 19]

As we settle into our new home downtown and embrace our neighbors new and old, we embrace our roots with this season: a commitment to new and to neglected works. We face our future exploring both very new plays and also very new perspectives on plays forgotten.

SEASON TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st, 2012
Join us at the Grand Opening of the Art Square Theatre for the first play in the space: 

Nurture by Johnna Adams. 

Season Ticket purchases will be available that night at the box office, or online at www.cockroachtheatre.com.

Actors! Auditions are this coming Wednesday and Thursday.
Questions?

info@cockroachtheatre.com
boxoffice@cockroachtheatre.com
volunteer@cockroachtheatre.com

www.cockroachtheatre.com

The WICKED Rocky Horror Show

Benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Golden Rainbow(Admission donations are tax deductible) When: Monday, September 24 at 7:30pmWhere: The Tropicana
Produced by company members, the production will feature Nicole Parker (Elphaba), Patti Murin (Glinda), Kim Zimmer (Madame Morrible) and Justin Brill (Boq), and will also include members of the ensemble, band and the touring staff.
Directed by company member Timothy A. Fitz-Gerald and choreographed by Napoleon W. Gladley. Musical direction by Andrew Graham.
General admission is a $60 donation. VIP tickets are available for a $125 donation and include priority seating as well as a 6:30pm pre-show reception with members of the company. 
Tickets are available at www.troplv.com, in person at Tropicana Las Vegas’ box office, or by calling 702.739.2222.

NURTURE by Johnna Adams

World Premiere Production directed by Jason Aaron Goldberg
starring Erik Amblad and Francine Gordon
Winner of 2012 Sin City New Play Contest

On September 21st, 2012, Cockroach Theatre invites the public to celebrate the grand opening of their new space, the Art Square Theatre, with the world premiere production of Nurture by Johnna Adams.

Nurture is a dark comedy about two horrible single parents, who are drawn together by their equally horrible children, and their attempt to form a modern nuclear family.

Dates:
Friday, September 21st – 8pm (Grand Opening)
Saturday, September 22nd – 8pm
Sunday, September 23rd – 2pm

Thursday, September 27th – 8pm (Special Engagement)
Friday, September 28th – 8pm
Saturday, September 29th – 8pm
Sunday, September 30th – 2pm

Friday, October 5th – 8pm
Saturday, October 6th – 8pm
Sunday, October 7th – 2pm

Tickets:
$18 General Admission
$15 Students/Seniors
Available at the Box Office or Online now at www.cockroachtheatre.com

“By opening the Art Square Theatre with this riveting play by the extraordinary Johnna Adams, we signal our commitment to showcasing compelling, original voices from the American playwriting landscape," said Erik Amblad, also the Artistic Director of the company.
This production fulfills the promise of the Sin City New Play contest, which now finds a home with Cockroach Theatre. The contest, in its first year, is presented in partnership with Los Angeles-based Original Works Publishing (www.originalworksonline.com), who will publish this play along with the exclusive, world premiere presentation at the Art Square Theatre.

For more information about Cockroach Theatre and the Art Square Theatre contact them online at info@cockroachtheatre.com or go to www.cockroachtheatre.com, or find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cockroachtheatre.

LEGWARMERS - An 80s Musical

Opening September 20thV Theater inside Miracle Mile Shops - Planet Hollywood ResortNightly at 9pm
LegWarmers is jam-packed with your favorite 80s hits and a storyline straight out of a John Hughes' film.Audience members can sit back and enjoy the show or sing along with their favorite songs. It's part comedy, part love story, and ALL fun!

"If you're looking for a unique experience with songs you know and love, a story you can follow, and enough fun to last your entire time in Vegas, LegWarmers is for you," said Sirc Michaels, director and producer of the show.

For more information about the show or cast members, go to VTheater.com or call Shelley Bruner at 702.318.6490

MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN... at The Smith Center

The Smith Center - Troesh Studio Theater
Sept. 28 at 7pmSept. 29 at 3pm and 7pmSept. 30 at 3pm
Ticket prices: $29 - $39
Steve Solomon’s three-time award winning show has met with rave reviews and great audience acclaim throughout the United States, overseas and becoming one of the longest-running one-man shows in Broadway history. Once again, we meet the people that we’re all too familiar with; the family members that make you remember why you left home in the first place. It’s a laugh-filled fest of everybody you know, have known, and some you’d want to forget but can’t, all brought to life on stage by the comic magic of Steve Solomon.