Las Vegas Weekly

Catchy and Caribbean

There’s something super summery about Caribbean flavor in August. So imagine our delight to find that Las Vegas’ Super Summer Theatre is producing Once on This Island, billed as adding “catchy Caribbean flavor” to a Little Mermaid-esque fairy tale.

It’s a quadruple-threat summer experience: you go for the picnic, for the grass, for the mountains behind you as much as for the show when you attend a production at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park in the foothills beyond Red Rock. Add to that the song-and-dance creation of Tony Award-winning team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime and Anastasia), and you’ve got a cool summer night that’s a clean break from the Strip. A weirdly pleasant, other-city experience. Here’s a tip: bring food, your beverage of choice and a blanket two hours early for good seats and a festive atmosphere; or you can rent chairs for $1 each at the park. Get tickets in advance—they sell out.