Cultural scene gears up for a season of the arts
Birds are singing. So is Lea Salonga.
Flowers are dancing. So is Nevada Ballet Theatre.
A breeze makes music in the trees. So does the Las Vegas Philharmonic (though it would have to be an unusually large treehouse).
Sparing you further strained analogies between the joys of spring and the pleasures of culture, here are highlights of the local arts scene as the loveliest season comes into bloom Friday:
Las Vegas Philharmonic (performances at Artemus Ham Hall at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; 258-5438)
"You and the Night and the Music" with Brent Barrett; Saturday
"Paganini and Shostakovich Fireworks" with violinist Shannon Lee; April 4
"Beethoven's Ninth" with soprano Veera Asher, mezzo-soprano Jullne Barol-Gilmore, tenor Mark Thomsen and baritone Paul Rowe; May 16
Nevada Ballet Theatre (performances at Artemus Ham Hall; 243-2623)
"American Masters"; April 10-11
Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre Spring Concert; May 30-31
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (895-2787)
UNLV Opera Theatre's "Cavalleria Rusticana"/"Gianni Schicchi" at Judy Bayley Theatre; Friday-Sunday
Mary Lou Evans' exhibit "The Most Unaccountable of Machinery" at the Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery; Monday-March 27
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra at Judy Bayley Theatre; Tuesday
Aaron Sheppard's exhibit "Lipstickaforkinme" at Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery; March 30-April 4
Classical Guitar Series: Roman Viazovsky at Doc Rando Recital Hall; April 23
UNLV Symphony Orchestra: Mahler at Artemus Ham Hall; April 28
Broadway star Lea Salonga at Artemus Ham Hall; May 1
"The Music Man" at Judy Bayley Theatre; May 1-10
Count Basie Band and Marlena Shaw at Artemus Ham Hall; May 24
College of Southern Nevada (651-5483)
"The Amen Corner"; April 3-5
"The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?"; April 17-26
Las Vegas Youth Orchestra at the Nicholas Horn Theatre; April 28
"Medea" at the Backstage Theatre; May 14-31
Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts (799-7800, ext. 5103)
One-acts "Ascension Day"/"Bang Bang You're Dead"; March 26-April 4
"Morelli and his Music" (tribute to orchestra conductor Antonio Morelli); April 2
"You Can't Take It With You"; April 23-May 2
Las Vegas Little Theatre (362-7996)
"As Bees Drown in Honey" in the main stage; March 27-April 12
"Titanic" in the Black Box; April 3-12
"The Bermuda Avenue Triangle" in the mainstage; May 1-17
New Works Competition in the Black Box; May 8-17
Summerlin Library and Performing Arts Center (878-7529)
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"; (Monday-April 25)
Spring Mountain Ranch State Park (594-7529)
"Buddy -- The Buddy Holly Story"; June 3-20
Onyx Theatre (732-7225)
"The Insect Play"; April 3-25
Contemporary Arts Collective (382-3886)
"Off the Strip: Two Weeks of Performance and Video Art"; April 2-17
"Stop and Glow" curated by Beate Kimse; April 23-May 23
"Metasonic" curated by Dave Sanchez; June 4-July 30
Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art (382-2926)
"Spring Art Affair" exhibition; May 9-June 10
"Asian Art Retrospective"; May 10-mid-August
Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art (693-7871)
"Classic Contemporary: Lichtenstein, Warhol & Friends"; continues through Sept. 7
Reed Whipple Cultural Center (229-6211)
One-woman show "Life After 50: Survivalist Training Required"; March 27-28
Charleston Heights Art Center (229-6383)
"Femme Fatale: The Music of Film Noir"; April 3
Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza (229-1087)
"Hip-Hop Culture 2009 ... The Evolution"; April 24
West Las Vegas Arts Center Community Gallery (229-4800)
"A 40-Year Journey: Faces and Places" photo exhibit; March 28-June 27
Clark County Library (507-3459)
"Grand Derangement in Concert" (ethnic music); Sunday
West Las Vegas Library (507-3989)
"Ghosts in the Landscape" by Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater; April 4
"Literal Drama" multimedia show with author/playwright Michelle Thompson; April 11
Contact reporter Steve Bornfeld at sbornfeld@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0256.
