By Paul Atreides Author, Playwright, and Theatre Critic at EatMoreArtVegas.compaul-atreides.com I love a good story about the afterlife. So, of course, Orpheus would appeal to me as he travels down to the Underworld to reconnect with and retrieve his bride, Eurydice, who has died on their wedding day. A heck of a plot. Considering it’s all Greek mythology, it’s a classic and has been told in many different ways. But it’s always told from Orpheus’s point of view. Playwright Sa

By Paul Atreides Author, Playwright, and Theatre Critic at EatMoreArtVegas.compaul-atreides.com Sometimes evil comes to your door with smiles and kindness. That's the takeaway from The Guardian  by Ernest Hemmings, a three-act, two-hour cautionary play now in performances at Vegas Theatre. It's a joint production of TSTMRKT and Vegas Theatre Company, under the direction of the playwright. Hemmings often directs (and stars in) his own works. There are two schools of thought on

By Erik Engman Author, Clown and Improvisation Teacher, Theatre Critic EatMoreArtVegas.com IG: ErikReviewsVegas   Very few films have the notoriety of Showgirls , a 1995 NC-17 movie directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. It’s considered one of the worst films of the 20th Century, filled with extreme overacting, laughable dialogue, gratuitous nudity, and almost no likable characters. And… I love it. It’s the definition of “it’s so bad, it’s good.”   So I was

A Can’t Miss – Don’t Miss Show By Paul Atreides Author, Playwright, and Theatre Critic at EatMoreArtVegas.compaul-atreides.com      Take the Grimm fairy tales Jack and the Beanstalk , Cinderella , Little Red Riding Hood , and Rapunzel  that you read as a child, or saw on film, seamlessly mash them together with steroids, add dashes of humor and beautiful songs like “Children Will Listen,” and you get Into the Woods . With a book by James Lapine and music and lyrics by Stephen

Cotton Club Revue Scatz and Hornz  Rekindles the Spirit of a Golden Era Written and photography by L.A. Walker There's a certain magic that only live theatre and shows can deliver — the kind that blurs the line between audience and artistry, pulling everyone into the same heartbeat. Cotton Club Revue: Scatz and Hornz , presented by Renee Davis Walters' RDW Productions in collaboration with Promise Marks , did precisely that.   From the first note to the final bow, the product

Comedy and Clown Kill In The Hard-Boiled World of the Clown Bar By Erik Engman Author, Clown and Improvisation Teacher, Theatre Critic...

Rich “yesteryear” Pajama Game By Paul Atreides Author, Playwright, and Theatre Critic at EatMoreArtVegas.compaul-atreides.com      Each...

The Spector That Haunted The Ramones   By Erik Engman Author, Clown and Improvisation Teacher, Theatre Critic EatMoreArtVegas.com IG:...

New Works doesn’t work By Paul Atreides Author, Playwright, and Theatre Critic at EatMoreArtVegas.compaul-atreides.com      The Las Vegas...

An always timely classic By Paul Atreides Author, Playwright, and Theatre Critic at EatMoreArtVegas.compaul-atreides.com      What makes...

Puppet vs Humans   By Paul Atreides Author, playwright, and Theatre critic at EatMoreArtVegas.com paul-atreides.com     You never know...

Good, old-fashioned fun By Paul Atreides Author, playwright, and Theatre critic at EatMoreArtVegas.com paul-atreides.com     It’s quite...