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    • Ralph Stalter
      • Jun 10, 2019
      • 3 min read

    EMAV Review: 'Satango' is a devilishly divine U.S. premiere ★★★★★

    Updated: Jun 11, 2019


    ★★★★★ - Irresistible


    Theatre patrons braved First Friday traffic in the Arts District this weekend to pack the house for the opening night of Satango, the final production of Cockroach Theatre Company’s 15th Anniversary Season – and they were treated to a high energy 5-Star, dance filled evening of musical theatre! The show runs through June 23rd at the Art Square Theatre, 1025 South First Street, downtown Las Vegas.


    Set right here in Las Vegas, Satango features 15 new songs by song writer Stewart D’Arrietta and playwright and lyricist Justin Fleming. Lead actors Toby Allen (of Human Nature) and Savannah Smith (of Vegas! The Show) are accompanied by a live 5-piece band. When you add the talents of Musical Director/Arranger Keith Thompson -- from Jersey Boys (The Palazzo) and The Composers Showcase (The Smith Centre) – along with a talented ensemble of musicians and dancers, the heat is palpable in Satan’s Supper Club, the “D-Minus” (a.k.a., Hell).

    Once in a millennia the residents of heaven and hell come together to dance the dance of seduction, the tango, at the All Souls’ Ball. But what happens when the master of mischief forgets his moves? All hell breaks loose when Satan meets Sofia in this tour-de-force. When good and evil tango together, it’s more than a dance; it’s a moment of truth.



    Luciano Satani (The Devil), whose rough-edged, raunchy and “unlovable” character is solidly captured by Toby Allen, is the protagonist with a problem. The All Souls’ Ball is fast approaching and he must master the tango and find a partner.


    Enter Sofia (exceptionally portrayed by Savannah Smith), a shy, meek suburban girl who wanders into Hell claiming to hail from Pahrump (which sets up the premise for a duet with Satani, whose city of choice is New York, “which is next to Purgatory”). Satani is swiftly besotted with this delectable blonde dance instructor. He promises to cure her ailing dog if she will teach him to tango. Eventually, Sofia even agrees to partner with Satani at the ball -- as long she can make a request of her own.


    As the bewitching proceeds, the audience attempts to determine who’s seducing who? Without giving away the surprise ending, Michaela Boland (Variety) put it best when writing about the original production, presented in 2004 by A Griffin Theater Company in Sydney, Australia: “They tango, they taunt, they tease, and eventually the little woman commits herself to a life of fire and brimstone. Or does she?”


    While it does take two to tango, they would be lost without the gifted performers who round out this ensemble: Cate Farrow and Socorro Jones (as Psychopomp); Alejandro Domingo (choreographer and Psychopomp), whose tango with Sofia as the dancing pizza boy just sizzled.



    A wonderfully creative and campy work, Satango – with music by Stuart D'Arrietta, book and lyrics by Justin Fleming -- puts an irreverent spin on good and evil in song and dance and pits them against each other with a tongue-in-cheek style of humor.


    Director Wayne Harrison (Absinthe, Vegas Nocturne, along with the original Griffin Theater Company production of Satango in Sydney, Australia), and his design team, have cleverly transformed the intimate, black box, Art Square Theatre into the “D-Minus” – applying suitable levels of glitz throughout -- with room onstage for the musical quintet, along with projections of old Las Vegas casinos and active slot machines. Kudos to Joe Garcia Miranda (scenic design), Andy Killion (lighting design), Abby Stroot (costume Design).


    Cockroach Theatre has been producing consistently exciting, high quality theatre in Las Vegas since 2003, and this final show of their 15th Anniversary season continues that tradition. Every performing artist, production and staff member, patron, Board member, volunteer, donor and sponsor can take pride in their part of the continuing success and longevity of such a committed nonprofit performing arts organization.

    On to Season 16…


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    • Eat More Art Vegas
      • Jun 2, 2019
      • 1 min read

    'Satango' a US premiere at Cockroach Theatre Company



    Cockroach Theatre Company presents Sanatango.

    Once in a millennia the residents of heaven and hell come together to dance the dance of seduction, the tango, at the All Souls’ Ball. But what happens when the master of mischief forgets his moves? Join us as all hell breaks loose when Satan meets Sofia in this tour-de-force of some of the best musical talents in town. When good and evil tango together, it’s more than a dance, it’s a moment of truth.


    6/6/2019 - 6/23/2019


    June 6th, 7th, 8th, 16th (8PM),

    June 8th, 9th, 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd (2PM)

    June 14th, 21st (10PM)


    Cockroach Theatre at Art Square

    1025 S. First St. #110, Las Vegas, NV, 89101



    Alejandro Domingo and Cate Farrow rehearsing for Satango.

    Absinthe (Caesars Palace) and Vegas Nocturne (The Cosmopolitan) Director Wayne Harrison teams up with Toby Allen of Human Nature (The Venetian) and Savannah Smith of Vegas! The Show (Planet Hollywood). Add Musical Director Keith Thompson from Jersey Boys (The Palazzo) and The Composers Showcase (The Smith Centre) and a team of some of Vegas’ best musicians and dancers and you have the US premiere of the new musical Satango. Join us for the spectacular final show of Cockroach Theatre Company’s 15th Anniversary 2018/2019 season.


    Tickets


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    • Eat More Art Vegas
      • May 21, 2019
      • 2 min read

    The Living Room: Accounts of Death in a Comedy of Grief at Vegas Theatre Hub


    A comedy about death, conceived in grief, birthed by Amrita Dhaliwal & Gemma Soldati.

    Confined to The Living Room, these two Accountants of Death work tirelessly to record the death toll, while the occupational hazards wear on these two clowns as they learn the meaning of life and death. It makes for an absurd and physical jaunt brimming with existential phone calls, impaired dancing and the love of a goldfish.

    Amrita Dhaliwal and Gemma Soldati, students of Dr. Brown, Spymonkey's Aitor Basauri, Paolo Coletto, Deanna Fleysher, UCB, Groundlings and teacher's for Cirque du Soleil's, John Gilkey's Idiot Workshop in Los Angeles, have created a clown show inspired by their loss of loved ones. Devised and developed at The Lyric Hyperion Theatre, this show rides the very fine line between comedy and tragedy. Employing physical and absurdist theatre techniques, this show leaves the audience laughing and crying and thrust out into the night to ponder it all.


    5/25/2019 ONE NIGHT ONLY, TWO SHOW TIMES!

    Saturday night at 8pm and following at 12:15am


    Vegas Theatre Hub

    705 N Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV, 89101

    Vegas Theatre Hub is also proud to present THE IDIOT WORKSHOP with Amrita Dhaliwal and Gemma Soldati on Sunday May 26th 11am-3pm. For more info, visit www.vegastheatrehub.com.


    About Amrita Dhaliwal

    Performer, creator and director in LA, Amrita can be seen on-stage with John Gilkey’s troupe, the Murge; hosting the hit LA show, Indian Wedding; performing regularly around town from story-telling to clown; and managing the Idiot Workshop. She most recently directed Raghead, a play about the increas**e in hate crimes against Sikh Americans post 9/11. Amrita was a featured actor in the 2017 CBS Diversity Showcase. Her work spans stage and screen, with TV credits like Life in Pieces and Superior Donuts. She has trained extensively in clown with Paola Coletto, Aitor Basauri, Phillipe Gaulier and the Clown School LA; and graduated from The School for Theatre Creators, Second City Chicago, Annoyance, UCB and more.

    About Gemma Soldati

    Performer, producer and educator in LA, Gemma trained with UCB, Groundlings, John Gilkey’s The Murge, and Phillipe Gaulier. She recently produced Amateur Burl-esque-ish for which the Comedy Bureau noted in their recent “The 100 Best Things in Comedy We Were Witness to in No Particular Order in 2018” – “The idea of a bunch of …doing burlesque might sound suspicious to you, but leave it to Gemma Soldati and many of the regular players of the Lyric Hyperion to bring a fresh, bizarre, surprising, and hysterical take on taking your clothes off comedically.”


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