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StageRebellious stage: Fallout Fringe Festival returns with a bigger bang
Fallout Fringe, returning June 3-25, promises to improve on its bold debut with new venues participating and more than 35 different productions.
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StageNevada Shakespeare Festival gives 'The Taming of the Shrew' a heaping helping of LOL
"The Taming of the Shrew" is either misogynistic or a critique of patriarchal ignorance, depending on the Shakespeare scholar you speak with and what kind ...
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StageDrag parody 'Golden Mean Girls' brings a brilliant pop-culture mashup to Majestic Repertory Theatre
The show is written by Jamie Morris, a seasoned playwright whose past works include parody favorites like "Mommy Queerest" and "The Devil Wears Payless."
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StageA campy Vegas classic gets the musical treatment in Majestic Rep's ‘Showgirls’ parody
The stars of “Showgirls: An Unauthorized Musical Parody” joined the Weekly for an in-character interview.
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Stage3 reasons to see Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s ‘A Christmas Carol 1941’
While celebrating its 25th year, NCT is staging one of the most classic British tales of all time, with a 20th-century American spin.
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Stage'Lion King' actress Thembelihle Cele on her fascination with Formula 1 and more
Las Vegas resident Thembelihle Cele plays the role of Nala in "Disney's The Lion King," opening at the Smith Center on November 19.
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StageCult classic: Majestic Repertory Theatre’s 'The Craft’d' returns for another spellbinding run
Most of the original cast—Katie Marie Jones as Sarah, Malia Rae as Rochelle, Jenelle Catherina as Bonnie—reprise their roles, but Samantha Souza steps in as ...
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StageLegendary horror production 'Urban Death' comes to Vegas Theatre Company
Urban Death features no character arcs or plot lines. It’s dialogue-less but no less provocative. The group creates horror vignettes that play out onstage before ...
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Stage'Urban Death' melds morbid moments with taboo chuckles at Vegas Theatre Company
'Urban Death' is a gruesome, no-holds-barred stage show from the creators of 'Abandon' that’s comprised of a series of horror-themed vignettes ranging in tone.
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Stage‘Suffs’ at the Smith Center puts the fight for voting rights to catchy music
The two-time Tony award-winning musical arrives at Reynolds Hall as both voting rights and the performing arts face strong headwinds.
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Arts & EntertainmentMusicfestivalLas Vegas Weekly’s Fall Arts & Entertainment Guide
From music festivals and stage productions to foodie festivities and visual art highlights, these are the seasonal events you won’t want to miss across the ...
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StageThe THIRD Street project puts a theater incubator in Downtown Las Vegas
Vegas Theatre Company, Vegas City Opera, Laugh After Dark, Las Vegas Sinfonietta and magician Teller are converting an underperforming movie multiplex into something significant.
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A&EVegas’ first Fallout Fringe Festival brings laughs, layered performances
Downtown’s inaugural Fallout Fringe Festival has brought us more than 115 performances and 30 acts across five venues, from raunchy puppet shows to motivational talks ...
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StageSuper Summer Theatre celebrates 50 years of outdoor, family-friendly Broadway shows
The nonprofit’s new season launches his week with a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, playing Wednesday to Saturday through ...
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Stage3 reasons to catch Nevada Shakespeare Festival’s trailer park-inspired ‘Hamlet’
Tickets are available now for the May 8-17 productions at Cornerstone Park in Henderson.
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StageMajestic Repertory’s ‘I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire’ is pure unhinged fun
Writer Samantha Hurley launched a sold-out run of the darkly comedic play at New York City’s Cell Theatre in 2023, and now Majestic Repertory Theatre ...
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StageFall for Melody Sweets all over again at the Smith Center
The singer and burlesque performer’s Valentine’s Day production “All My Loving” takes over Myron’s on February 8.
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A&EHopefully upbeat, award-winning musical ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ lands at the Smith Center
“Kimberly Akimbo” is performed at Reynolds Hall February 4-9.
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NewsAllAggregateDonors rally after burglary at Las Vegas' Majestic theater; organizer calls response a ‘Christmas miracle’
Troy Heard calls it a “Christmas miracle.” After finding his Arts District theater looted on Christmas day, Heard created a GoFundMe to replace around $10,000 ...
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NewsBoulder CityBoulder City residents rally against data center proposal over environmental concerns
In recent months, hundreds of residents have mobilized in opposition, organizing protests, planting hand-painted yard signs and flooding public meetings.
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FireswildfiresNewsNevada’s wildfire season looks poised to arrive earlier and hit harder
The restructuring of federal agencies and job cuts could also impact a potentially dangerous wildfire season.
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FeaturedTheaterArts & EntertainmentActing up: Theater in Las Vegas is thriving like never before
Through ups and downs, Southern Nevada's theater scene has hit its stride—and you’re invited along for the ride.
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A&EJanelle James of 'Abbott Elementary' brings the funny at MGM Grand
For five seasons, she has played unfiltered school principal Ava Coleman, whose ruthlessness is matched by her fabulousness. But Janelle James will bring her own ...
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A&E'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' makes its Sphere Las Vegas debut in 2027
Sphere has us shivering with antici...pation!
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MusicYour guide to the hottest summer concerts in Las Vegas
From Rosalía this month at T-Mobile Arena, to Olivia Dean in July at MGM Grand Garden Arena, to AC/DC in August at Allegiant Stadium, this ...
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MusicDon't miss these free summer concerts in Las Vegas
Free concerts, most of them outdoors, are vital this year because hey can fill in the parts of your summer lost to shrinkflation.
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A&EChecking in with Las Vegas native James Humm, director of the Nevada Governor’s Office of Energy
Humm steps into his new role at a time when energy infrastructure is at a crossroads: statewide demand for electricity is on pace to nearly ...
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DiningMama Mai Vietnamese Café delivers a taste of home
The new southwest spot quickly garnered a loyal following for homemade banh mi sandwiches and coffee-based drinks.
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MusicInterpol’s Daniel Kessler on a new album and nearly three decades of the band’s evolution
Ahead of the band’s stop at the Theater at Virgin on August 16, we spoke with Interpols' founding guitarist about creative longevity and what it ...
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A&EMagic spectacle 'Now You See Me Live' coming to MGM Grand
The show based on the hit films will open at the MGM Grand Theater on October 15.
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Fine ArtMuralists preserve the joy and resilience that have long defined the Historic Westside
Art emblazoned on a new five-story apartment building, shareWESTSIDE, reflect the identity of Las Vegas’ first African American neighborhood.
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NV PoliticsPoliticsNewsCortez Masto and 50 members of Congress challenge new DACA immigration court ruling
The Board of Immigration Appeals concluded in April that an immigration judge may not terminate removal proceedings based solely on the fact that a respondent ...
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NightlifeDayDream vs. Rouge La Plage: Which Las Vegas pool day is right for you?
All the details you need to compare the relaxing pool club experiences at the M Resort and Red Rock Resort.
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateTickets on sale for iHeartRadio Music Festival featuring BTS, Cardi B, Lainey Wilson
Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, the festival will also feature performances by Benson Boone, Cardi B, Goo Goo Dolls, Kenny Chesney, Lainey Wilson, Major Lazer, Muse, ...
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A&EWhat to do in Las Vegas this week: June 18-24
Jordan Davis at Sunset Amphitheater, Juneteenth Festival at Water Street Plaza, Mega Block Party at Area15, Father’s Day with LVA Jazz at Vic’s and more.
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DiningThe Golden Tiki remixes its menu of snacks and cocktails
Lighter snacks like gochujang cucumbers and a crab Rangoon dip are strong companions to the new cocktails, which slyly subvert your idea of what a ...
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SportshockeyNHLGolden Knights had no answers once Hurricanes adjusted in Stanley Cup
All three of the Golden Knights’ trips to the Stanley Cup Final in their nine years since coming into the league have now concluded at ...
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DiningWynn chef Sarah Thompson wins James Beard Award
Thompson, executive chef at Casa Playa, became the first Las Vegas chef to win the award in 15 years.
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SportsDesert Oasis graduate gives US women’s flag football team youthful infusion ahead of world championships
Many yards passing and TD tosses later, the 17-year-old quarterback from Hawaii/Las Vegas is part of a youthful wave within the U.S. women's national team ...
