November brings a festival of new work from the College of Fine Arts that includes both musical theatre and opera in the Black Box Theatre.
What's Going On
Nevada Conservatory Theatre's What's Going On (A Soldier's Story) — book by Carl Anthony Tillman, music by Marvin Gaye, and presented by arrangement with Sony Music — features performer Michael Jahlil and is directed by professor Nate Bynum.
The hardships of battle and war are sometimes only made more difficult by a return to 'the real world.' The story of one black soldier's return home and his attempt to regain the life he left behind is made even more moving by the use of Gaye's musical masterpiece, "What's Going On." The story and music are woven together to make a greater whole and to help the rest of us really understand the question we are being asked in the play.
And the question of course is.....What's Going On?
Show Dates/Times
- 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2, 3
- 2 p.m. Nov. 3, 4
Tickets: Tickets are $25. Discounts are available.
No Guarantees
Two weeks later, UNLV Opera Theatre proudly presents a workshop production of five scenes from No Guarantees, an android comedy written by composer and professor Cynthia Lee Wong with libretto by Richard Aellen. No Guarantees is a work-in-progress with the anticipated completion date of summer 2019. It has received funding from OPERA America’s Opera Grants for Female Composers program, supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.
Show Dates/Times: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16,17
Tickets: Tickets are $10. Discounts are available.
More information
For tickets or additional information, visit the or call 702-895-ARTS (2787).
Parking
UNLV Performing Arts Center patrons are welcome to park in the Cottage Grove Parking Garage. Parking is free after 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday; after 1 p.m. Friday; and all weekend. Visit UNLV Parking and Transportation Services for more information.
