New Mexico
The American Southwest Theatre Company performs at the Center for the Arts on the NMSU campus.
Must-see entertainment in The Southwest
Phoenix
The city's main dramatic group puts on a good mix of mainstream and edgier performances.
New Mexico
The Las Cruces Symphony performs at the NMSU Music Center Recital Hall.
Las Vegas
Three different on-site venues at the Planet Hollywood casino resort – Axis, Sin City Theatre and Planet Hollywood Showroom – host headliners such as Gwen…
Las Vegas
An experimental breed of raucous variety show, one-of-a-kind Absinthe mixes bawdy and surreal comedy with burlesque, cabaret and Cirque du Soleil–style…
Las Vegas
A shining beacon for pop divas and rock bands, the Palms' 2500-seat concert hall has a sophisticated sound system. Comedy kingpins and modern rockers from…
Las Vegas
Live blues is definitely not the only game at this imitation Mississippi Delta juke joint. Big-name touring acts entertain the standing-room-only…
Las Vegas
This is the place to catch a movie Downtown, with its plush seating, luxe atmosphere and fancy menu of strong cocktails and chef-prepared eats delivered…
Las Vegas
It's a wicked adults-only scene at this R-rated comedic hypnotist's stage show, where audience members are gamely tested for suggestibility, then hauled…
Las Vegas
Formerly the controversial Club Paradise, the girls of this slick strip joint look as if they’ve stepped out of the pages of a men's magazine. Stripteases…
Las Vegas
Concerts at the Hard Rock's scaled-down music venue, holding just 4000 people, feel like private shows, even when rock royalty like the Red Hot Chili…
Las Vegas
Just off Paris Las Vegas' casino floor, the intimate Le Cabaret hosts a nightly schedule of live jazz and sultry lounge singers or DJs. Grab a cafe table…
Las Vegas
This tech-forward attraction features a video wall, logo souvenir shop and several futuristic theaters where viewers watch TV pilot episodes for market…
Las Vegas
A-list funny men and women such as Whoopi Goldberg, Tracy Morgan and Adam Carolla take on limited engagements at Treasure Island's casino theater. Check…
Santa Fe
You don't really come to Vanessie for the food, though there's nothing wrong with it. No, the attraction here is the piano bar, featuring blow-dried…
Summerlin
With a googly-eyed alien mascot, this minor-league baseball team, a franchise of the major league Oakland A's, plays home games from late April through…
Las Vegas
Stage one of Monte Carlo's rebranding as Park MGM, this state-of-the-art, 5000-plus-seat concert venue is Vegas' newest, and plays host to acts such as…
Las Vegas
TV sit-com star Brad Garrett and a rotating lineup of stand-up comedians do their schtick at this clubby theater with red-velvet curtains. It's pricey, so…
Grand Canyon National Park South Rim
Used for performances, lectures and other public events, the 'Shrine' is also the venue for educative ranger programs on the Grand Canyon, its geology,…
Northern Nevada
Overhead you might spot an F-16 flying over Fallon, home of the US Navy's Top Gun fighter-pilot school, but on the ground, dragsters and classic hot rods…
Salt Lake City
The International Hockey League's Utah Grizzlies plays at the Maverik Center, which hosted most of the men's ice hockey competitions during the 2002…
Albuquerque
The only independently owned, single-screen theater in town programs great indie, avant-garde, Hollywood fringe, political and international features…
Las Vegas
An off-Strip place (just south of Mandalay Bay) that’s worth the trip. Friday and Saturday feature all-you-can-drink draft beer specials and free line…
Las Vegas
Wholesome, redheaded Mac has the most popular afternoon magic and comedy show in town, with lots of PG-13 laughs and sleight of hand thrown in. He really…
Grand Canyon National Park South Rim
Come here for summer-evening special events and outdoor ranger programs; check at a visitor center or online for the latest details about what's on.
New Mexico
One of New Mexico's few remaining drive-in movie theaters lies just north of town and has great views of the surrounding high desert. Call or check its…
Santa Fe
The state's oldest theater company performs avant-garde and traditional theater and musical comedy, typically with evening programs Thursday to Saturday…
Flagstaff
Holds around eight annual performances in the Ardrey Memorial Auditorium on the Northern Arizona University (NAU) campus, as well as outdoor chamber music…
Tucson
The state's leading dramatic company stages productions at the Temple of Music & Art in downtown Tucson between September and May.
Las Vegas
If your entertainment diet is pure blockbuster, this swank off-Strip movieplex fitted with IMAX will sate your appetite. Matinee shows before 6pm are…
Northern Nevada
Second-runs and vintage Westerns are screened at this restored theater in downtown Fallon. A quiet night indoors might be just the ticket after all those…
Central New Mexico
Check the calendar for occasional random events – from film festivals to flamenco dance performances – in the Mineshaft Tavern’s cozy, old-fashioned…
Las Vegas
Free circus acts – trapeze artists, high-wire workers, jugglers and unicyclists – steal center stage directly above this Austin Powers–era casino’s main…
Las Vegas
Find out why Criss Angel is the most watched magician in history in what is billed as the greatest magic spectacle of all time, newly arrived at Planet…
Tucson
The Arizona Opera and Tucson Symphony Orchestra perform at the Tucson Music Hall.
Las Vegas
Art, music and technology combine with a dash of comedy in one of Vegas' most popular, family-friendly shows at Luxor.
