See Hear Do: September 30-October 6

"Things I Shouldn’t Tell You" takes an unapologetically funny look at the trials, triumphs and unexpected indignities of being a woman in midlife. From a magical mistress and a quick-fix vibrator to the fine art of plucking chin hairs, Shannan Calcutt finds humor in the things women experience but are often told they shouldn’t talk about.

Oct. 1-3, 8-10, 7 p.m.
Oct. 4, 11, 2 p.m.

The 50th anniversary season opens with "Golden Glow," a celebration of creativity, collaboration, and possibility. Fifty years deserve more than reflection. They deserve creation. This landmark performance gathers an extraordinary community of choreographic voices whose works celebrate where UNLV Dance has been, honor who it is today, and imagine where it will go next.

Featured guest choreographers include: Emily Schoen Branch, Robert Kleinendorst, Kedric Bateman, David Mayorga, Hayley Meier and Jason Hortin.

Nevada Ballet Theater performs two popular works. With Carmina Burana, revel in pure artistic spectacle as NBT’s dancers are joined by the Las Vegas Philharmonic and its chorus for an extravaganza of ballet, music, and vocal talents that pierce the soul and envelop the audience in a stirring and profound experience. Music by Carl Orff. Serenade, a little less dramatic, has choreography by George Balanchine to music by Tchaikovsky. Call it quietly profound.

Oh, Mary! is a dark comedy about a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Unrequited yearning, alcoholism and suppressed desires abound in this 80-minute one-act play that finally examines the forgotten life and dreams of Mrs. Lincoln, through the lens of an idiot (playwright Cole Escola).

Declared "one of the best comedies in years" by The New York Times, it was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It's for adults.