3/15/2017
Broadway Las Vegas / Performances and Artists
Adapting a beloved film for the stage can be deceptively challenging — especially if it’s a classic movie like “An American in Paris” starring Hollywood icon Gene Kelly with timeless songs by Ira and George Gershwin. The creative team for this Broadway show knew the stage version must shine on its own terms.
2/4/2017
Performances and Artists
It’s 5 a.m., and time for a 5k run, back and forth along a steep incline. Next comes preparing a meal from scratch. Beyond that stretches a long day packed with training regimens. Just the start of another day for those in training to join the Taiko drumming group Kodo. Says spokesperson Yui Kawamoto, “All the performers go through this basic training.”
11/1/2016
Performances and Artists
In just a matter of months, Michael O’Dwyer has gone from being a college student in Ireland to a starring member of an international concert tour.
8/28/2016
Performances and Artists / Broadway Las Vegas
Adapting stage productions from novels and films has proved daunting for many a pressured writer. Compiling a Broadway musical from an iconic artist’s life and full body of work, however, is an entirely different beast.
7/5/2016
Performances and Artists / Broadway Las Vegas
Jen Perry, locally known for starring in Mamma Mia! at Mandalay Bay and performing in Kinky Boots on Broadway, will return to her Las Vegas roots in IDAHO! The Comedy Musical.
6/30/2016
Performances and Artists
IDAHO! The Comedy Musical, a Smith Center production in Reynolds Hall July 6-17, is written by Buddy Sheffield with music by Buddy Sheffield and local Las Vegan Keith Thompson. But, there’s another local involved in this hilarious takeoff on Broadway musicals: Andy Walmsley, the set designer.
6/16/2016
Performances and Artists / Broadway Las Vegas
This unique musical feast, written by Buddy Sheffield with music by Buddy Sheffield and local favorite Keith Thompson, is produced by The Smith Center.
5/21/2016
Performances and Artists
The cast of IDAHO! The Comedy Musical at The Smith Center has been announced and it’s quite the crop!
2/19/2016
Performances and Artists
Arnold George Dorsey is more generally known by his internationally-recognized moniker: Engelbert Humperdinck. But, to paraphrase Shakespeare, a singer by any other name would sing as sweet.
5/9/2015
Performances and Artists / Inside the Theater
Giselle hails from classical ballet’s “Romantic Era” that joined the roster of ballets known as “Ballet Blanc” (also known as the great white ballets) such as Les Sylphides, La Sylphide and Swan Lake.