Thursday, May 19

MISC: CLOWN BAR 2 The crime underworld isn’t just seedy, it’s a joke. Majestic Repertory Theater presents Clown Bar 2, an immersive comedy noir brought to life by returning playwright Adam Szymkowicz and artistic director Troy Heard. You don’t need to have seen the first Clown Bar to enjoy this sequel, but those familiar with the original play’s funny games will remember Happy, the clown, who originally set out to find his brother’s killer. Clown Bar 2 picks up after that, only now, Happy’s gone missing. One can only hope he hasn’t been fast-tracked to that great big clown car in the sky, but there’s only one way to find out. Two undercover gumshoes must infiltrate the mobster bar and expose the truth about these jokers. With Happy nowhere in sight, these cops have some big clown shoes to fill. Through 5/29, Thursday-Sunday, times vary, $35, Majestic Repertory, majesticrepertory.com.

PARTY: FACTORY 93: BORIS BREJCHA With Ann Clue, Moritz Hofbauer, 9 p.m., Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, factory93.frontgatetickets.com.

SPORTS: LAS VEGAS ACES VS. MINNESOTA LYNX 7 p.m., Michelob Ultra Arena, axs.com.

MUSIC: MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD With Of Good Nature, 7 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketweb.com.

PARTY: ADAM HUNTER’S UFC COMEDY JAM 2 8 p.m., LA Comedy Club, bestvegascomedy.com.

MUSIC: ESCAPE THE FATE With The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Violent New Breed, 7 p.m., 24 Oxford, etix.com.

MUSIC: JASON PAIGE 8 p.m., the Space, thespacelv.com.

PARTY: PORTER ROBINSON 11 a.m., Wet Republic, events.taogroup.com.

PARTY: ABOVE & BEYOND 11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, events.taogroup.com.

PARTY: BASSRUSH POOL PARTY 11 p.m., Daylight Beach Club, daylightvegas.com.

PARTY: GARETH EMERY 8 p.m., LSR/City Warehouse at 800 Karen Ave., elationlv.com.

MUSIC: CRIMSON RIOT With The Forget Me Nows, Nova Babies, Shatter the Moon, 8 p.m., SoulBelly BBQ, eventbrite.com.

PARTY: ALAN WALKER 10:30 p.m., Marquee Nightclub, events.taogroup.com.

PARTY: ELROW: ENCHANTED FOWREST With Claptone, Dombresky, Bastian Bux, Tini Gessler & more, 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.

Friday, May 20

PARTY: ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL Thru 5/22, 5 p.m., Las Vegas Motor Speedway, lasvegas.electricdaisycarnival.com.

COMEDY: JIM GAFFIGAN 8 p.m., & 5/21, Encore Theater, ticketmaster.com.

CARMINA BURANA 7:30 p.m., & 5/21, (& 5/22, 1 p.m.), Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com.

PARTY: DEADMAU5 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com.

MUSIC: ROD STEWART 7:30 p.m., & 5/21, the Colosseum, ticketmaster.com.

MUSIC: ANITA BAKER 8 p.m., & 5/21, 5/25, Venetian Theatre, ticketmaster.com.

PARTY: THE CHAINSMOKERS 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.

MUSIC: CARRIE UNDERWOOD 8 p.m., & 5/21, Resorts World Theatre, axs.com.

COMEDY: BILL MAHER 10 p.m., & 5/21, Mirage Theatre, mirage.mgmresorts.com.

MUSIC: AUTHOR & PUNISHER With Mvtant, 8 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards, eventbrite.com.

PARTY: FISHER 11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, events.taogroup.com.

MUSIC: MIKE XAVIER PRESENTS: HIP-HOP & POETRY NIGHT 7 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketweb.com.

PARTY: DJ SNAKE With Charly Jordan, 11 a.m., Ayu Dayclub, zoukgrouplv.com.

ARTS: SHAKESPEARE ON THE PLAZA: MACBETH 7:30 p.m., & 5/21, Water Street Plaza Amphitheater, cityofhenderson.com.

MUSIC: I LOVE THE ’90S TOUR With Vanilla Ice, Rob Base, Color Me Badd, Young MC & more, 8 p.m., the Amp at Craig Ranch, etix.com.

PARTY: ARTBAT 11 a.m., Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com.

MUSIC: GANG OF YOUTHS With Quinn Christopherson, 8 p.m., 24 Oxford, etix.com.

MUSIC: OLIVIA RODRIGO We’ve been spoiled by our share of musical wunderkinds, the Billie Eilishes and Lordes of the world, those introspective under-20 somethings who take as naturally to music as the rest of us do to blinking. In 2021, 18-year-old Olivia Rodrigo made that list with Sour, a debut so raw and wrung out with teenage heartbreak, you could picture every stage of her grief. The “Good 4 U” singer plucked through the catalogs of her most influential icons—Avril Lavigne, Taylor Swift, Hayley Williams—to create a mood board of emotions, from the gritted-teeth delivery on “Brutal” to the wistful high notes on “Deja Vu.” Now’s your chance to catch Rodrigo in a smallish venue before she starts booking arenas like her prodigy predecessors. With Holly Humberstone. May 20, 8 p.m., the Chelsea, ticketmaster.com.

Saturday, May 21

COMEDY: MARLON WAYANS 8 p.m., M Resort Pavilion, ticketmaster.com.

ARTS: ERIK BEEHN: FLOWER + LINE + CLOUD “I don’t know how you describe growing up in Las Vegas,” Erik Beehn said in 2016 interview with the Chicago Tribune. Beehn, a painter and illustrator who actually grew up in a Las Vegas Boulevard Travelodge belonging to his grandparents during the 1980s, allows his art to speak to that topic instead, creating works that trace the outline of “a simulacrum that reflects the contemporary American vernacular … a cultural melting pot ripened with kitsch sensibilities and saturated with excess.” In other words, Beehn gets it; he understands what makes this Valley so unconventionally beautiful and patently absurd. Flower + Line + Cloud, his latest show, wholeheartedly embraces the beauty, with a series of pieces “inspired by the minimalist desert landscape and electric blue sky of the southwest.” If you know what it’s like to grow up here, Flower + Line + Cloud will feel very familiar; if you don’t, this show might well point the way to a greater understanding. Thru July 23; reception May 21, 5-8 p.m., free; Savidan Gallery at Faciliteq Showroom; 1310 S. Main St., second floor; 702-399-

SPORTS: LAS VEGAS ACES VS. PHOENIX MERCURY Noon, Michelob Ultra Arena, axs.com.

MUSIC: AURORA With Sub Urban, 7:30 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketweb.com.

MISC: AFRICA DAY CELEBRATION 11 a.m., Craig Ranch Park, eventbrite.com.

PARTY: ARMIN VAN BUUREN 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, events.taogroup.com.

PARTY: MARTIN GARRIX With Justin Mylo, 11 a.m., Wet Republic, events.taogroup.com.

MUSIC: JAZZ IN THE PARK: JARROD LAWSON 6 p.m., Clark County Amphitheater, seetickets.us.

SPORTS: BOXING: ALIMKHANULY VS. DIGNUM 2 p.m., Resorts World Event Center, etix.com.

MUSIC: ALEJANDRA GUZMAN & PAULINA RUBIO 8 p.m., Theater at Virgin, axs.com.

PARTY: ALESSO 11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, events.taogroup.com.

PARTY: MARSHMELLO 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.

MUSIC: BIG K.R.I.T. With Elhae, Price, 8 p.m., 24 Oxford, etix.com.

MUSIC: TRASH PANDAS 10 p.m., We All Scream, weallscream.com.

PARTY: GUCCI MANE 10 p.m., Drai’s Nightclub, draisgroup.com.

MUSIC: THE DEVIL’S DUO With The Unwieldies, 10 p.m., Huntridge Tavern, huntridgetavern.com.

SPORTS: VEGAS KNIGHT HAWKS VS. DUKE CITY GLADIATORS 7 p.m., Dollar Loan Center, axs.com.

MUSIC: THROW RAG With The Vulturas, 8 p.m., the Usual Place, eventbrite.com.

Sunday, May 22

PARTY: DIPLO 11 a.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.

PARTY: DAVID GUETTA 11 a.m., Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com.

PARTY: STEVE AOKI 11 a.m., Wet Republic, events.taogroup.com.

MUSIC: D.R.I. With Life’s Torment, Substance Death, Lean 13, Societies Infection, 8 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards, eventbrite.com.

PARTY: DJ FRANZEN 10 p.m., Drai’s Nightclub, draisgroup.com.

MUSIC: LASERS LASERS 10 p.m., Sand Dollar Lounge, thesanddollarlv.com.

MUSIC: WAYNE DE SILVA 1 p.m., Bootlegger Bistro, lvjs.org.

PARTY: ARMIN VAN BUUREN The trance icon just announced his summer residencies at two of the hottest clubs in Spain’s dance music mecca, Ushuaia and Hi Ibiza, but that sunny fun will have to wait until June. Van Buuren also just reunited with Russian producer/DJ Shapov for the new Welcome Home EP, a two-track rave-up that plays to both artists’ strengths in progressive house and emotional melodies. But this week is all about Vegas, where the Dutch legend will play Omnia Saturday night and the final night of EDC Sunday, sandwiched around his debut at the refreshing rooftop oasis that is Tao Beach at Venetian. There are so many notable pool parties on the Strip in the next few days, but this might be the one you can’t afford to miss. 11 a.m., $30-$50+, Tao Beach Dayclub, events.taogroup.com.

Monday, May 23

MISC: MONDAYS DARK 8 p.m., the Space, mondaysdark.com.

PARTY: TIËSTO 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com.

PARTY: DILLON FRANCIS 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.

MUSIC: HAIL THE SUN With Strawberry Girls, Amarionette, Andres, 8 p.m., Rockstar Bar, seetickets.us.

ARTS: LAS VEGAS CLASSICA MUSIC 7:30 p.m., Whitney Library, lvccld.org.

MUSIC: RIVERS OF NIHIL With Fallujah, Body of Filth, Empire of Ruin, Wrath of an Empire, 7 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards, seetickets.us.

Tuesday, May 24

MISC: TOOTSIE THE COMEDY MUSICAL Tootsie, Sydney Pollack’s 1982 gender-bending romantic comedy, was ahead of its time. The story of struggling-but-difficult actor Michael Dorsey (played by Dustin Hoffman) and his plan to revive his crumbling career by joining the cast of a hit soap opera disguised as a woman is sometimes cringe-inducing and consistently funny. Hoffman’s performance as the soft-spoken but spunky Dorothy is thoroughly engaging, as is his chemistry with Oscar-winner Jessica Lange. What’s more remarkable is how the ’80s film, which now resides in the National Film Registry, subverts the conversation around gender and sexual fluidity and openly denounces sexism. By today’s standards, Tootsie isn’t perfect—some of its jokes have not aged well—but the way it moved the cultural needle can’t be denied.

This month, the Smith Center welcomes the Broadway adaptation, Tootsie the Comedy Musical. And if the story doesn’t draw you in, maybe the Las Vegas Academy alumni appearing in it might. Maverick Hiu, who grew up watching Wicked and Mamma Mia! at Reynolds Hall, joins the cast as an ensemble performer. “It’s an actual dream come true,” says Hiu, who as a teenager appeared in Cockroach Theatre’s production of Bright Side, alongside Strip performer Robert Torti and Broadway actress Victoria Matlock.

Tootsie the Comedy Musical loosely follows the original plot; instead of Dorsey becoming a soap opera star, he’s a Broadway sensation. Still, Hiu says, the hilarity remains intact. “It’s really fun to be a part of such a strong comedy,” he says. “The writing is so well done. Every single night we’ve got the audience laughing their heads off.” May 24-29, times vary, $30-$138, Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com.

MUSIC: JOSHUA RAY WALKER 8 p.m., the Space, thespacelv.com.

MISC: HONORING THE SACRED CIRCLE 6 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketweb.com.

PARTY: MARTIN GARRIX With Justin Mylo, 10:30 p.m., Omnia, events.taogroup.com.

PARTY: IÑIGO VONTIER With Bad Beat, Aerial Gray, 10:00 p.m., Lucky Day, edcweek.frontgatetickets.com.

Wednesday, May 25

MUSIC: SILK SONIC 9 p.m., & 5/20-5/21, Dolby Live, ticketmaster.com.

MUSIC: SANTANA 7 p.m., & 5/20-5/22, House of Blues, livenation.com.

PARTY: GORDO 10:30 p.m., EBC at Night, wynnsocial.com.

MUSIC: THE DOOBIE BROTHERS 8 p.m., & 5/20-5/21, Zappos Theater, ticketmaster.com.

PARTY: D-MILES & CRYKIT Midnight, On the Record, ontherecordlv.com.

COMEDY: RICK D’ELIA With Brian Scolaro, Trixx, Kathleen Dunbar, Michael Yo, 5/25-5/29, 7 & 9:30 p.m., Comedy Cellar, comedycellar.com.

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