5 picks for art in Las Vegas

Fourplay

Building on their jazz roots, the members of this veteran quartet — Harvey Mason, Bob James, Kirk Whalum and Nathan East — have played alongside everyone from Eric Clapton to Chick Corea, but they’ll take over the spotlight at The Smith Center’s Cabaret Jazz at 7 p.m. Friday and 6 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday. For tickets ($45-$69), visit thesmithcenter.com.

‘The Tavern’

The Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City completes its fall lineup with this world premiere, a madcap mashup of local and regional history, romantic melodrama, classic Westerns, slapstick and Shakespeare. A wild wind blows an assortment of oddball characters into “The Tavern,” which plays in repertory through Oct. 21 at the Randall J. Jones Theatre; visit bard.org for information and tickets ($32-$75).

‘The Reluctant Dragon’

The award-winning Rainbow Company Youth Theatre kicks off its 41st season with “The Reluctant Dragon,” Kenneth Grahame’s classic tale of a poetry- and peace-loving dragon who becomes a target of St. George’s lance. The family favorite begins a two-weekend run at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday; additional performances are 7 p.m. Sept. 29 and 30 and 2 p.m. Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. For tickets ($5.50 plus tax), visit artslasvegas.org.

Camerata Orchestra

The Las Vegas Camerata Orchestra, conducted by Oscar Carrescia, spotlights “Young Violinists” Alicia Spindola, Ashanti Cudiamat, Andy Merilo and Ryan Cardenas performing works by Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven and Fritz Kreisler at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. Tickets are $11 in advance and $13 on concert day; click on bit.ly/2yklz4L.

‘Go, Dog. Go!’

P.D. Eastman’s beloved preschool book comes to life in a rollicking, frolicking musical featuring eye-popping props and costumes, vaudeville, clowning — along with six lovable canines — at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall. For tickets ($14.95-$24.95), visit thesmithcenter.com.