News: Performing Arts Center
![Virko Baley pets dog in front of keyboard](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Virko%202016.jpg?itok=EK7aA2CD)
Virko Baley, distinguished professor and composer-in-residence, will be celebrated with a concert of his work May 2.
![Collection of artist photos from the 2016-17 NCT Season](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/NCT2016.jpg?itok=Nu5aV4dq)
The upcoming season features family fare, irreverent comedy, Broadway and Off-Broadway hits, reimagined classics, and Pulitzer Prize-winning dramas.
![Doris Kearns Goodwin](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/2Goodwin_DorisKearns_ORIGINAL.jpg?itok=2ve2_WNV)
Free tickets to see presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Doris Kearns Goodwin present "Leadership Lessons from the White House." Tickets available April 16 for public; UNLV student/employee tickets available now.
![Kiss Me Kate](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Kiss%20Me%20Kate.main_.jpg?itok=CtAjyU6A)
Brush up your Shakespeare with this hilarious, toe-tapping musical comedy about the joys and madness of mixing love, rivalry, and the theater.
![Mak Grgic holds guitar](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/MakGrgic2.main_.jpg?itok=8N1XG43s)
In a new and exciting collaboration, guitarists Adam del Monte and Mak Grgic team up as a fresh and spontaneous duo.
![David Orlowsky](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/David_Orlowsky_3__Kaupo_Kikkas_web.jpg?itok=On6hdEsf)
Trio applies its brand of "chamber world music" to the traditional sound of the Ashkenazi Jews.
![Logo for Playwrights Festival](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/NCT%20Playwrights%20Festival.main_.jpg?itok=QsvRDLQC)
NCT's 'Organic, Home Grown Playwright’s Festival' on March 19 in the Paul Harris Theatre is free.
![Patrick Duffy, Danielle Kelly, Hugh Taylor, Marlena Shaw, and Johnny Thompson](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/hof.jpg?itok=qxyENEdu)
Also being recognized are Dean's Medal recipient Patrick Duffy, and College of Fine Arts Alumnus of the Year, Danielle Kelly ('07).
![subUrbia poster](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/suburbia.main_.jpg?itok=DiE7RFN7)
Tickets to this production in the Black Box Theatre are $16.50. UNLV students receive one free ticket with valid UNLV ID.
![Aldo Perrelli as Rodolfo and Kathryn Martinson as Mimi.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/nc_unnamed-4.jpg?itok=IgNYzVfB)
UNLV Opera is joined by the UNLV Symphony Orchestra and the Greenspun Junior High School chorus.
![Polish Baltic Philharmonic group shot](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/nc_polish-baltic-philharmonic-orchestra-photo-2.jpg?itok=Er4utxF8)
The concert features pianist Marcin Koziak, artistic director Ernst Van Tiel, and principal guest conductor Boguslaw Davidow.
![Cycles of Motion performance](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/wc.cycles.jpg?itok=anZWsXGq)
Performance brings together six diverse choreographers from around the world.