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South Africans bring two things to Las Vegas this weekend: rugby, and an anthropological look at the battle of the sexes. No overlap there, right?<\/p>\n

Not so fast. Tim Plewman says South Africa\u2019s international rugby team, the Springbok Sevens, has asked to attend his one-time performance of \u201cDefending the Caveman\u201d while in town for the USA Sevens tournament at Sam Boyd Stadium.<\/p>\n

Plewman is making the long flight to celebrate 10 years of \u201cCaveman\u201d in Las Vegas. Producers plan a series of international versions of the one-man comic play, usually performed here by Kevin Burke. Plewman\u2019s 6 p.m. Friday show at the D Las Vegas will be followed by a Mexican actor in May, a German in October and Cuban and British versions at some point.<\/p>\n

Plewman has been doing \u201cCaveman\u201d since 1997. He was the first person outside the United States to perform Rob Becker\u2019s work and the first to rewrite it to address cultural differences. Friday also marks the first time a Las Vegas version has run a full two hours; Burke trims it to 75 minutes or less.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tim Plewman on \u2026 Why it translates:<\/strong> \u201cBecause it\u2019s about people. It\u2019s not about race, it\u2019s not about religion, it\u2019s about how people feel. Because it\u2019s genetic. It\u2019s the way we are \u2026 . These themes will come up and they will be similar, because people are similar no matter where you are. But to make it reach home, it has to touch your culture and where you live and the way you speak.\u201d<\/p>\n

A difference U.S. audiences will <\/strong>notice<\/strong>: \u201cIf you\u2019re middle class and above (in South Africa), generally speaking, you would have domestic help \u2026 that\u2019s a common thing in this country. Certainly for the theater-going audience, it\u2019s absolutely common. To be realistic, we have to bring that into the show.<\/p>\n

Talking about gender in a country where Americans hear more about race:<\/strong> \u201cI have a black and white audience. There are cultural differences. And we have two kinds of black audiences, a traditional black audience which still follows a tribal kind of format (and more) urban guys.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s incredible how we found it bridges all of those racial divides \u2026 It\u2019s one thing the theater has always done in South Africa, going way back. The one place that refused to bow down to apartheid was the theater. We said no, it has to be multiracial. To find a piece like this that absolutely crosses all of those divides and is understood equally and is equally valid is incredible \u2026 and therein for me lies the absolute joy and strength of \u2018Defending the Caveman.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"ntn_logo\"Defending the Caveman\u2019 Celebrates 10 Years Running in Vegas
\"\"This year, \u201cDefending the Caveman\u201d will celebrate as Las Vegas\u2019 longest-running Broadway show having debuted in southern Nevada on June 1, 2007. On Friday, March 3, the telltale show about the sexes currently at the D.<\/strong><\/p>\n

downtown starring Kevin Burke will host revered South African actor Tim Plewman at 6 p.m. for a special one-night-only performance of the one-man play. Plewman believes no matter what country you call home, the universal content of relationships transcends throughout. Tickets start at $29.95.<\/p>\n

Plewman is a dancer, humorist, director, writer and producer. He adapted the script for Africa, where he performed Caveman for nearly 10 years and 1,544 performances. For the play, the longest-running and most successful solo comedy in South African theatre history, Plewman won the prestigious South African Vita Award for Best Actor in a comedy.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefending the Caveman\u201d with its worldwide reach will continue the celebration throughout 2017 by hosting international performances of the show including the Mexican, German and Cuban versions. This Broadway hit has toured the United States and more than 40 countries with productions in nearly 30 languages.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/i>The play originally opened in San Francisco in 1991, moved to Broadway in 1995, and played 702 performances at the Helen Hayes Theater over two-and-a half-years when it became the longest-running solo play in Broadway history.<\/p>\n

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Las Vegas Show \u201cDefending the Caveman\u201d Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary<\/p>\n

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Las Vegas<\/strong>\u2019 longest running Broadway<\/strong> show, \u201cDefending the Caveman<\/strong>\u201d, is celebrating 10 years of performances this year. The solo play about how men and women relate has announced it will host a special one-night performance with South African actor Tim Plewman<\/strong> on March 3 at 6 pm at the D Las Vegas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefending the Caveman\u201d will also continue the celebration throughout 2017 by hosting international performances of the show. Future dates to be announced include the Mexican, German and Cuban versions. The show has previously toured the United States<\/strong> and more than 40 countries with production in nearly 30 languages.<\/p>\n

Tim Plewman's\u00a0 \"Defending the Cavemen\" has been updated to be relatable to today\u2019s world of social media such as tweets, selfies and Facebook<\/strong> and is designed as an insightful comedy that explains why men and women see the world so differently.<\/p>\n

Tim Plewman, a dancer, humorist, director, writer and producer, adapted the script for Southern Africa and has previously won the South African Vita Award<\/strong> for Best Actor<\/strong> in a comedy.<\/p>\n

Performances are 8:40 pm nightly at the D showroom at the D Las Vegas. Regularly priced tickets are $34.95, general admission; $44.95, VIP admission and includes priority seating and a \u201cDefending the Caveman\u201d t-shirt; and $58.18, Platinum admission and includes first-tier seating, a commemorative photo, t-shirt and one well drink, domestic beer or house wine.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefending the Caveman\u201d is produced by Theater Mogul<\/strong>, a global theatrical production company offices in New York City, Zurich<\/strong> and Reykjavik<\/strong>. The Las Vegas production of Defending the Caveman is in partnership with Las Vegas based Ivory Star Productions<\/strong>, a theatrical and special events production company.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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