Photography and written by Arianna Perroots Just in time for Halloween, Vegas City Opera opened its 2026-2027 season with an evening of murder, poison, and madness. The Mad Mind of Shakespeare pairs opera arias with scenes performed by actors from the Nevada Shakespeare Festival. The spoken scenes carry the story forward between the arias in Shakespeare's own words. The result is a little bit spooky, lots of fun, and a great introduction to opera for anyone unsure where to st

By Erik Engman Author, Clown and Improvisation Teacher, Theatre Critic EatMoreArtVegas.com IG: ErikReviewsVegas RATING: Delicious ★★★★★ A stark landscape. Smoke fills the space. Harsh vertical fluorescent lights. Images projected on the floor and wall. Foreboding music. This is the setting you encounter when you enter Majestic Repertory Theatre’s production of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Set in the present day, or as it says in the program, “Right Here - Righ

By Erik Engman Author, Clown and Improvisation Teacher, Theatre Critic EatMoreArtVegas.com IG: ErikReviewsVegas Henry V (also known as The Life of Henry the Fifth ) by William Shakespeare is one of the more well-known of his history plays (thanks in part to the brilliant 1989 Kenneth Branagh film). One of the strengths of this play is that the plot is straightforward: King Henry V of England, after being insulted by the French Dauphin, wages war across France to claim the