Roundup: Check Out The Top Stories From Las Vegas You Might Have Missed 5/5 - Smith Centre Education Awards and More!

Happy Friday, BroadwayWorld! Here are the top stories from Las Vegas you might have missed this week!

1) Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our Broadway World - 4/28; IN THE HEIGHTS in DC, HERE LIES LOVE at Seattle Rep and More!
by BWW Special Coverage - April 28, 2017

BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature a Spanish adaptation of IN THE HEIGHTS in Washington, DC, HERE LIES LOVE at Seattle Rep, and WEST SIDE STORY in Los Angeles, just to name a few. Check out our top features below!. (more...)

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2) Nominate NOW for the First-Ever 2017 BWW Dance Awards!
by BWW Staff - April 28, 2017

Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2017 BWW Dance Awards! Dance professionals, professional dance companies, and professional dance productions in all dance genres in any part of the United States are eligible. The awards honor professional dance in America that took place from January 1st to December 31st 2016. Our editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through May 15.. (more...)

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3) Nominate NOW for the First-Ever 2017 BWW Classical Music Awards!
by BWW Staff - April 28, 2017

Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2017 BWW Classical Music Awards! The awards honor professional classical music recordings that were released from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016. Our BWW editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through May 15th.. (more...)

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4) LINQ Theater Will Be Renamed in Honor of Magician Mat Franco
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2017

After logging nearly 600 performances of his first-ever Las Vegas residency, MAT FRANCO - MAGIC REINVENTED NIGHTLY at The LINQ Hotel & Casino, the dazzling LINQ Theater is being renamed in honor of celebrated magician Mat Franco.. (more...)

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5) Broadway Entertainers from Around the World Come Together For Broadway in the HOOD
by BWW News Desk - May 01, 2017

From Broadway with Love: Honoring The Shoulders We Stand On, is a celebration unlike any other!. (more...)

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6) Smith Center Honors 20 Teachers at Heart of Education Awards
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2017

With all finalists treated to an evening of entertainment and celebration, The Smith Center for the Performing Artshonored 20 Clark County School District (CCSD) educators as the winners of the 2017 Heart of Education Awards, hosted at the Smith Center's Reynolds Hall on Saturday, April 29.. (more...)

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7) BWW Previews: THE PAUL LYNDE SHOW STARRING MICHAEL AIRINGTON at Windows Showroom At Bally's Las Vegas
by Debbie Hall - April 27, 2017

Paul Lynde, the brilliant comedic actor, lives on to entertain audiences in "The Paul Lynde Show starring Michael Airington." Generations remember Lynde from his performances on Broadway and in the film "Bye Bye Birdie," his television roles including Uncle Arthur on "Bewitched" and comedian extraordinaire in the center square on "The Hollywood Squares.". (more...)

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8) Chef Gordon Ramsay Announces First HELL'S KITCHEN Restaurant at Caesars Palace Las Vegas
by BWW News Desk - May 01, 2017

Celebrated multi-Michelin star chef and television personality Gordon Ramsay announced live to his fans on Facebook today his plans for the first-of its-kind Gordon Ramsay HELL'S KITCHEN located at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, set to open this winter. To commemorate the announcement, Ramsay skillfully ignited the series' 17-foot signature pitchfork - transported straight from the set of the hit FOX show - in the center of Caesars' iconic fountains. This marks Ramsay's fifth Las Vegas restaurant and extends his successful partnership with Caesars Entertainment. As is the case at Chef Ramsay's other restaurants, the quality of the food and dining experience is paramount for the HELL'S KITCHEN restaurant.. (more...)

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9) Josefina Lopez, Celebrates 30th Anniversary As A Writer with Grand Opening of CASA FINA Restaurant & Cantina
by BWW News Desk - April 27, 2017

JOSEFINA LOPEZ, the award-winning playwright and screenwriter, the creator of the pop culture play and film, Real Women Have Curves, and the Founding Artistic Director of CASA 0101 Theater is about to give birth to yet another artistic milestone in her career, that of Restaurateur. That's right! Although primarily universally known as a writer, Josefina Lopez is also a Culinary Chef who graduated with a Supreme Diploma from the renowned Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France. She has also attended the New School of Cooking in Culver City where she studied cuisine with a California touch and making pastries, as well as the Gourmandise Cooking School in Santa Monica, where she studied chocolate making, bread making, pasta making and pastries.. (more...)

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10) Roundup: Check Out The Top Stories From Las Vegas You Might Have Missed 4/28 - MAGIC MIKE LIVE and More!
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2017

Roundup: Check Out The Top Stories From Las Vegas You Might Have Missed 4/28 - MAGIC MIKE LIVE and More!. (more...)

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