Casa Valentina

Nestled in the Catskills—1962's land of dirty dancing and Borscht Belt comedy—an inconspicuous bungalow colony catered to a very special clientele: heterosexual men who delighted in dressing and acting as women. These white-collar professionals would discreetly escape their families to spend their weekends safely inhabiting their chosen female alter-egos. But given the opportunity to share their secret lives with the world, the members of this sorority had to decide whether the freedom gained by openness was worth the risk of personal ruin. Based on real events and infused with Fierstein's trademark wit, this moving, insightful, and delightfully entertaining work offers a glimpse into the lives of a group of "self-made women" as they search for acceptance and happiness in their very own Garden of Eden.

Las Vegas Little Theater

Performances: 10/23-11/8

Thursday – Saturday at 8pm

Sunday at 2pm

$24 Adults / $21 Seniors and Students

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Las Vegas Weekly Review:

http://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/stage/2015/oct/28/casa-valentina-drag-comedy-vegas-little-theatre/

The Secret Garden

"Valley Recommended", Grade "A" in the Review-Journal.

This Tony award winning musical for all ages tells the story of an 11 year-old girl, orphaned in India, who returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle and his invalid son. The estate's many wonders include a magic garden which beckons the children with haunting melodies and the "Dreamers", spirits from the girl’s past, who guide her through her new life, dramatizing The Secret Garden's compelling tale of forgiveness and renewal. This classic book is reimagined in brilliant musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of “Night Mother”. Winner of 3 Tony awards. LOCATION: The Summerlin Library & Performing Arts Center 1771 Inner Circle Drive Las Vegas, NV 89134 SHOW DATES: October 26 – November 21, 2015 Shows run 5 nights per week; dark every Sunday and 10/30, 11/2, 11/11, and 11/16. Shows at 7:30pm with two Saturday matinees at 2pm on 11/7 and 11/14 There will be 22 shows about 2.5 hours in duration. TICKET PRICING: Adults - $30 Seniors (60+) - $28 Students (13+) - $28 Children (8-12 years old) - $20 Preview Performances (October 26-28): $25 Group Rate for 20 tickets or more - $25 All Seats Reserved TICKETS AVAILABLE Online at: SignatureProductions.net Box Office: 702-878-7529 beginning early September

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Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang

The lines between truth and fiction blur with hilarious and moving results in David Henry Hwang's unreliable memoir. Asian American playwright DHH, fresh off his Tony Award win for M. Butterfly, leads a protest against the casting of Jonathan Pryce as the Eurasian pimp in the original Broadway production of Miss Saigon, condemning the practice as "yellow face." His position comes back to haunt him when he mistakes Caucasian actor, Marcus G. Dahlman for mixed-race, and casts him in the lead Asian role of his own Broadway-bound comedy, Face Value. When DHH discovers the truth of Marcus' ethnicity, he tries to conceal his blunder to protect his reputation as an Asian-American role model, by passing the actor off as a "Siberian Jew". Meanwhile, DHH's father, Henry Y. Hwang, an immigrant who loves the American Dream and Frank Sinatra, finds himself ensnared in the same web of late-1990's anti-Chinese paranoia that also leads to the "Donorgate" scandal and the arrest of Los Alamos nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee. As he clings to his old multicultural rhetoric, this new racist witch hunt forces DHH to confront the complex and ever-changing role that "face" plays in American life today.

Talkin' Broadway Review

Las Vegas Weekly Review

Las Vegas Little Theatre

November 6 - 22, 2015 $15 Adults / $14 Seniors and Students

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