The UNLV Performing Arts Center welcomes Tony Award-winner Savion Glover as part of the New York Stage & Beyond series at 8 p.m. on Monday, March 21. Accompanied by his six-piece band, Glover will electrify audiences with a new series of rhythmic performances, melding breathtaking tap with the sounds of jazz, hip-hop, R&B, neo-soul, rock, and funk.
A tap impresario, Glover will perform various improvised musical numbers, as well as selections from his hit show "Improvography," which made its debut in December 2003 for an unprecedented sold-out three week run at New York's Joyce Theater.
Glover is the 1996 Tony Award winner for his choreography in the Broadway smash hit "Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk." Glover also won the 1996 Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for choreography, two Obie Awards and two Fred Astaire Awards for his performance, as well as the 1996 Dance Magazine Choreographer of the Year Award.
Glover made his Broadway debut, at age 12, starring in "The Tap Dance Kid." Additional Broadway credits include "Black and Blue" and "Jelly's Last Jam," co-starring with the late Gregory Hines.
Tickets to Savion Glover are $35, $45, and $70 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center Box Office at 895-ARTS (2787) or by visiting UNLVTickets.com. Student rush tickets are $12.50 each and available one hour prior to each event, based on availability and with valid student I.D. UNLV faculty and staff discounts also are available. A $.50 facilities fee, in addition to the ticket price, is charged on all Performing Arts Center tickets. The box office is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Information about all of the season's performances can be found on the Performing Arts Center website.
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 2004-2005 Season, "Stars at the Center."
