12/22/2022
Broadway Las Vegas
Did you know that Elsa’s ice dress contains more than 10,000 crystal beads? Or that the King and Queen wear large buckles, based off of actual Viking jewelry pieces from 900 AD? Enjoy these fun facts about the amazing costumes featured in Disney’s Frozen, coming to The Smith Center March 8-18.
12/20/2022
Performances and Artists / Broadway Las Vegas
In its epoch-hopping score and dazzling visuals, the Tony-winning Moulin Rouge! The Musical represents the missing link from Belle Époque Paris to Broadway today, from operetta to the modern musical. More than 160 years of popular song, from Offenbach to Lady Gaga: That’s the raw material the creative team took and remixed into one thrilling, dramatic voice.
9/9/2022
Performances and Artists / Broadway Las Vegas
Costume designer Gabriella Slade beams when she recalls her eagerness to create eye-popping costumes for the mesmerizing musical “SIX.” “I just loved the idea of Henry VIII’s wives being a contemporary pop band. That was enough for me,” Slade recalls with a laugh. “When I realized we were going to do contemporary and historical (costumes) paired together, that was a massive draw for me.”
8/24/2022
Broadway Las Vegas / Performances and Artists
Thanks to Morissette working closely with the musical’s creative team, the production fuses her electrifying melodies with groundbreaking theater elements, to portray the struggles and healing of fictional suburban family the Healys.
7/8/2022
Broadway Las Vegas
When Kalyn West looks back at performing in the original Broadway production of seven-time, Tony-nominated musical “The Prom,” she knows exactly why it became a smash. Because of its delightful, uplifting comedy.
5/25/2022
Broadway Las Vegas / Performances and Artists
Just like the wives of English monarch Henry VIII, the cocreators of smash Broadway musical “Six” achieved greatness at a young age. Both in their mid-20s at the time, Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow developed their novel concept for a musical set as a pop concert while students at Cambridge University in 2017. Aiming to create a women-driven production, they decided the show would star the six wives of Henry VIII, most of whom married the king as teenagers or in their early 20s and led lives of drama and intrigue.
5/16/2022
Broadway Las Vegas / Performances and Artists
It’s easy to think that eight-time Tony-winning musical “Hadestown” became a phenomenon overnight. But in fact, this groundbreaking show reimagining two Greek myths took a very unusual path to Broadway.
5/13/2022
Performances and Artists / Broadway Las Vegas
When Jenn Thompson landed the role of Pepper in the original Broadway production of “Annie,” she felt like she had “hit the lottery,” she says. “It was every little girl actress’ dream to be a part of this astounding, moving, mega-hit musical,” Thompson remembers of taking on the rollicking musical numbers in this female-driven production. Now she will help tell Little Orphan Annie’s story on stage again – only this time, as director of the Broadway musical’s national tour.
5/12/2022
Broadway Las Vegas / Performances and Artists
When Tony-winning Director Diane Paulus first approached Alanis Morissette about adapting her iconic “Jagged Little Pill” album into a musical, Paulus had grandiose ideas in mind. “I did say, ‘I feel like your album is epic, and we have to do something epic theatrically,’” says Paulus, who also directed beloved musical “Waitress.” “There are many people who want to live inside ‘Jagged Little Pill,’ with the visceral nature of this music.”
5/6/2022
Broadway Las Vegas / Performances and Artists
Performing in smash Broadway musical “The Prom,” Kalyn West genuinely feels she’s making a difference. “We know that we are telling a really important story, and what we do directly affects people’s lives for the better,” says West, who performed in the original Broadway show, and now costars as Alyssa Greene in the musical’s national tour. “That’s really special.”