By Erik Engman Author, Clown and Improvisation Teacher, Theatre Critic EatMoreArtVegas.com IG: ErikReviewsVegas   Two countries. Country X and Country Y. Intertwined and yet separate. This is the setting for the wonderful and intriguing play Passage  by Christopher Chen, a fantasia inspired by E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India , presented as a joint production from Nevada Conservatory Theatre and A Public Fit Theatre Company on the UNLV campus. We are brought into a world whe

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

Flawed Boy Gets (Flawed) Girl By Paul Atreides Author, Playwright, and Theatre Critic at EatMoreArtVegas.compaul-atreides.com Good news! There’s a new theatre company in town! Sin City Players is presenting their second production (I’m not sure how we at EMAV missed Nights at the Algonquin Round Table ).  Now playing in the Fischer Black Box at Las Vegas Little Theatre (LVLT), Boy Gets Girl , by Rebecca Gilman, comes off more like a made-for-television movie despite 2001 Oute

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 Paul Atreides Author, Playwright, and Theatre Critic at EatMoreArtVegas.compaul-atreides.com      The zany characters of Tuna, Texas, are back as Las Vegas Little Theatre presents A Tuna Christmas  by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard. All 23 of them, in this second installment of their Tuna comedy series. If you’re familiar with the Tuna franchise, Greater Tuna , A Tuna Christmas , Red, White & Tuna , and Tuna Does Vegas , you know how politically incorrect these

Photo by Nathan Dumlao  on Unsplash By Debbie Hall   The Asylum Theatre brings its second Solo Play Day Festival to the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum with a performance of “Gifts of Gratitude”  from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23. The event features an afternoon of poetry, music, and monodrama created by Sarah O’Connell, artistic director of The Asylum Theatre. Presented amid the museum’s striking collection, the performance highlights the power of individual expression and th