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UNLV Performing Arts Center Announces the 2007-2008 Season
Las Vegas, Nev. – The Performing Arts Center at UNLV, Southern Nevada’s
premier performing arts venue, recently announced its 2007-2008 season
and in addition to the longstanding Charles Vanda Master Series, New
York Stage & Beyond Series, and UNLV Classical Guitar Series, the
Performing Arts Center also will offer two outstanding performances to
celebrate UNLV’s 50th Anniversary.
The season opens on September 14 with the New York Stage & Beyond Series
performance by Brian Stokes Mitchell. Dubbed the “last leading man” by
The New York Times, Mitchell’s spectacular career spans Tony
Award-winning Broadway performances, television, and film.
Additional performances on this season’s New York Stage & Beyond Series
are the Paul Taylor Dance Company on October 13; The Broadway Divas
singing brand new arrangements of Broadway tunes by Tony Award-winner
Jason Robert Brown and Andrew Lippa October 20; Tango Buenos Aires
November 8; The Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Tour January 20;
Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole February 2; and “An Evening of
Words and Music” with Anthony Rapp February 23.
October 26 opens the Charles Vanda Master Series with mezzo-soprano
Denyce Graves. Direct from the great opera houses of the world to Las
Vegas, Graves is an "operatic superstar" in the 21st Century (USA
Today).
Other performances on the Vanda Series include Grammy Award-winning
pianist Yefim Bronfman November 27; Itzhak Perlman, the undeniable
reigning virtuoso of the violin, January 23; the St. Petersburg State
Ballet Theatre performance of Giselle February 14; The Band of the
Coldstream Guards and The Pipes, Drums, and Dancers of the Royal Scots
Dragoon Guards March 1; The State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico March 12;
and the Zukerman ChamberPlayers May 2.
The UNLV Classical Guitar Series, sponsored in part by the Allegro
Guitar Society of Las Vegas, features Xuefei Yang, the first guitarist
in China to graduate from music school October 11; Jason Vieaux, the
youngest first-prize winner in the history of the Guitar Foundation of
America International Competition, November 9; Quaternaglia, formed by
Brazilians Fernando Lima, Joao Luiz, Fabio Ramazzina, and Sidney Molina,
February 12; and inspirational performer Roland Dyens April 25.
In celebration of the UNLV 50th Anniversary, the PAC will host a very
special second concert featuring charismatic maestro Itzhak Perlman as
he conducts the UNLV Symphony Orchestra and UNLV alumni, faculty, and
emeritus faculty with his protégé Rachel Lee on Violin January 26.
Also in celebration of the anniversary, Hal Holbrook performs in his
critically acclaimed show “Mark Twain Tonight” May 3.
For information on purchasing a season subscription, please call
895-ARTS (2787) or visit pac.unlv.edu. Single tickets for all events go
on sale August 11, 2007.
Founded in 1976, the Performing Arts Center at UNLV continues to be
Southern Nevada’s premier performing arts venue. Located on the north
end of the UNLV campus, the PAC hosts a variety of performances each
year in two distinct series – the Charles Vanda Master Series and New
York Stage & Beyond. UNLV and KLVX Channel 10 are graciously sponsoring
the season.
Jennifer Vaughan
Publicist
College of Fine Arts &
Performing Arts Center
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Tel: 702/895-1575
Fax: 702/895-5731
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