Whatever Happened to the Onyx Theater? Is It Still Open?

What ever happened to the Onyx Theater? Is it still open?

The Onyx Theater was (yes, past tense) a small 90-seat non-profit community theater in the Commercial Center on East Sahara.

Over the years — we don’t know how many; at least 10 — the Onyx put on a variety of live theater, including such notable shows as Merrily We Roll Along, The Importance of Being Earnest, Chekov's The Cherry Orchard, Hitchcock's Rope, Debbie Does Dallas the musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and who can forget the Dungeons and Dragons cult classic, She Kills Monsters.

The Onyx survived a number of brushes with going out of business; a few years ago, it started staging weekly improv performances by local talent. That phase lasted awhile — we don’t know exactly how long; maybe a year—but then the theater finally shut down for good.

The Onyx shared space with the Rack, a men’s clothing and accessories store for gay guys; the Rack also closed a few years ago.

We’ve heard that Off Strip Productions, which ran the Onyx for years, was looking for another venue, but to our knowledge, nothing ever came of it.

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Annie Jan-12-2018

What were you thinking?

The ultimate package: The "Stephen Paddock Special: "For only $999.95, you get to first break a window through which you then enjoy spraying bullets at life-like targets for nine full minutes just like Stephen did!!

If I ran LVA, I would not have given these  disgusting so-called "tourist experiences" the free advertising with which you've chosen to reward them.

Sandra Ritter Jan-12-2018

Timing

I pretty much concur with Annie. If you felt you had to answer this question you should have waited at least a year after the massacre. What were you thinking?

Terrance Jan-12-2018

Different View.

To those who call the response "Disgusting" and "so Called" I am so glad you do not run LVA. Keeping me informed and at the same time Mostly politically free is refreshing. I do like to do Touristy things I can't do at home. When my son who played a lot of shooting Video games had the chance to shoot a real Machine gun, he did so paying for it himself at Battlefield. The lesson learned was priceless. After feeling the power and seeing the damage in real life his attitude and demeanor changed demonstratively. Most people who hate and demean things have probably never tried them.

Deke Castleman Jan-12-2018

we agree

Yes, the ranges are a legitimate attraction, and we've received several questions about them since October 1. But the wounds from the shooting are still too raw to write about them in this forum. We regret any pain that today's original answer caused.

Dave Jan-12-2018

Bad timing? Hardly...

The massacre has shaken us all, but I disagree that the LVA did anything wrong in posting this question or answer, other than not asking the operators of these gun ranges how the massacre has impacted their business. On the flip side, since mainstream media immortalized it by giving it a name, "One October", maybe the LVA did the right thing by not mentioning it.
 
Too soon? Why is one year OK? Seems rather arbitrary.
 
Annie used the term "Disgusting" when describing these businesses. While I, and I suspect most LVA readers would never patronize those businesses, there's nothing wrong with them that earns them such a description.
 
Annie also objects to the free advertising. How can the question be answered without naming the businesses? Did Annie also object to the, free advertising provided to all the other attractions mentioned in the poll that piqued the questioner's curiosity? What about all the free advertising LVA provides in many of the Q&As and other articles on the website?

Steven Larson Jan-12-2018

Legitimate business and tourist attraction

I don't want to try to guess if it was "too soon" to discuss this. But I don't understand the problem with shooting in a controlled setting. I'm not sure if I would do it but I can see the appeal for non-military people to get the chance to experience automatic weapons. Owning them is another story...

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