Stell-aaaaaaa!

Walk, run, catch a streetcar if you desire theater this fall … Can you hear us, Stell-aaaaaaa?

Steve Bornfeld

Don't expect Brando—the Big Fella's gone to the Actor's Studio in the sky, where he was dismayed to discover that God looks a lot like James Lipton and The 10 Commandments were ghost-written by Bernard Pivo.


Back here on terra firma, the role survives the actor as Las Vegas Little Theatre's A Streetcar Named Desire, featuring the inarticulate passions of Stanley Kowalski, highlights the fall season on community stages.


Following are the notable autumn rollouts around town, all with offerings you can't refuse, lest you discover a horse head at the foot of your bed.



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The Little Theatre gang closes out their stay at their longtime home at 3844 Schiff Drive with season-opener Driving Miss Daisy (September 10-26). Then they motor over a few doors to their larger, spiffier new digs at 3920 Schiff Drive, christening the joint with a bang, courtesy of Streetcar (November 5-21).



Las Vegas Little Theatre

362-7996



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A busy season at the Big U kicks off with the premiere of student Cody Tucker's Harlequin Brill (September 24-October 3), which concerns a writer's newly freed imagination. And we all know how dangerous that can be. Next up is Pulitzer- and Tony-winner Proof (October 8-17), which combines math and madness. (They're the same thing, no?) For those who crave a good quickie, catch a series of one-acts (October 20-24), followed by the annual Morton R. Sarett National Playwriting Competition (October 29-November 7), the winner of which—Tom Swimm's Bed—will be performed. Hungry for more? There's always Starvation Flats (November 17-21), a new work by playwriting student Amy Michelle Smith.



Nevada Conservatory Theatre, UNLV

895-2787



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After Jade Productions' current Texarkana Waltz (through September 12) dances off stage, local lobotomy fans can rejoice over the arrival of Randle P. McMurphy, Nurse Ratched and the whole nutty gang in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (October 15-24).



Community College of Southern Nevada

651-5483



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After Theater Trip (through September 19) concludes its wanderings, get your sledgehammers out of storage for Stephen King's Misery (October 8-November 7), reviving fond memories of batty Kathy Bates torturing poor Jimmy Caan. Then Meet Tony (November 12-21). Or at least give him a nod and a friendly wave.



New City Theatre

795-0487



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Mystery collides with comedy when Theatre in the Valley opens the season with Murder is a Game (September 17-October 2). Then simply subtract the mystery and leave the comedy for Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, female-style (November 11-21). And remember: It's not spaghetti. It's linguini.



Theatre in the Valley

558-7275



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The guerilla theater troupe from Downtown keeps on lobbing creative grenades at us this fall. After Equus gallops to a close (through September 11), Test Market director Ernest Hemmings' Apartment (September 24-October 9) opens its doors to a story of neighborhood gentrification. Then it's off to the sort of Psycho Beach Party (October 15-31) Frankie and Annette never dreamed of, followed by the third annual Samuel Beckett Festival (November 26-December 4), for those who disdain any theater that's logical or linear.



Test Market

736-4313



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Relocating from the Aladdin (which will soon reinvent itself as Planet Hollywood), the Broadway Series lands at Cashman Theatre this season. The fall kicks off with two-time Olympian, Tony nominee and incurably perky Cathy Rigby taking to the sky (hopefully aided by wires) in Peter Pan (October 19-24). Then the more angst-ridden Les Misérables takes up residence (November 2-7), with its classic tale of Valjean vs. Javert. Or is that Dr. Richard Kimble vs. Lt. Gerard? I can never keep that straight.



Las Vegas Broadway Series

798-5090



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Over the rainbow awaits The Little Princess, Sara Crew (October 1-10) at the Reed Whipple Main Theatre.



Rainbow Company

229-6553



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Liz Amberly's Whisper Down the Lane gets a staged reading (October 9) at the Winchester Cultural Center.



The Asylum Theatre

604-3417



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Forget the cowboys. Sig Productions is all about Ten Little Indians, a.k.a. And Then There Were None (September 17-October 9), Agatha Christie's classic mystery. But then SP takes a sharp left into Retroland with an original revue, Fascinating Rhythm (October 16-November 6), celebrating the legendary tunesmiths of the '30s and '40s (locations still to be announced).



Signature Productions

878-7529



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Stage plays galore for fall.


As Brando would surely put it: THEATAAAAAAAH!

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