The stages may be different sizes. The plays may be from different decades. But a laugh’s a laugh. And the two vintage comedies opening this weekend — “Arsenic and Old Lace” at Spring Mountain Ranch and Neil Simon’s “California Suite” at the Onyx Theatre — are poised to generate plenty of them.
Arts events around town, including theater (“Boston Marriage,” “The Things They Carried”), family fun (“You Bet Your Wildlife” at Springs Preserve), music (Las Vegas Jazz Society and Las Vegas Performing Arts Society) and more.
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful — as Mae West, a renowned playwright (among other things), once remarked. By those standards, Mae would have embraced Las Vegas’ 2014-15 theater season with gleeful gusto. From Tony-winning musicals to edgy theatrical experiences to world premieres, this season’s offerings reflect the Las Vegas theater community’s increasing maturity.
If you don’t recognize the name Georgia Neu, it’s only because you may not have been living here before 2001. Or, maybe you were but didn’t stay abreast of events.
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A response to the producer’s lawsuit claims “Vegas Nocturne” lost $1 million per month and defied the concept of integrated “social club.”
