Savion Glover to Join Broadway In The HOOD Fundraiser at The Smith Center

Broadway in the H.O.O.D is thrilled to announce Tony Award-winner, Savion Glover's return to The Smith Center for their first annual benefit concert, From Broadway With Love: Honoring The Shoulders We Stand On! This awesome evening of entertainment will feature some of the brightest entertainers from across the world that will come together and pay tribute to the greats who paved the way.

Savion Glover, known as "the world's greatest tap dancer," has wowed audiences around the world with his masterful dancing and choreography over the past four decades! He began his Broadway career at the age of 12 performing The Tap Dance Kid and continued with Black and Blue (Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical), and opposite Gregory Hines in George C. Wolfe's Jelly's Last Jam, Bring in 'da Noise and Bring in 'da Funk, which garnered him a Tony Award for Best Choreography. He has choreographed the HBO film The Rat Pack; the ABC special Savion Glover's Nu York; and Savion Glover's Stomp, Slide, and Swing: In Performance at the White House for PBS. He appeared for five years on Sesame Street as well as in Showtime films The Wall and Bojangles; the movie Tap with Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis Jr.; Spike Lee's Bamboozled; and choreographed and performed the energetic tapping feet for Mumble, the tap-dancing penguin hero, in the acclaimed Academy Award-winning, Warner Brothers produced film Happy Feet (2006) and Happy Feet 2 (2011). Glover has most recently been celebrated for his award-winning choreography in the notable Broadway musical, Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.

Glover idolizes the early heroes of tap, and is quick to credit those entertainers before him who laid the legacy beneath his feet. With that, Glover is truly excited to join this celebratory event From Broadway With Love: Honoring The Shoulders We Stand On with local non-profit Broadway in the H.O.O.D! Featuring 16 of Broadway's biggest and best musicals including; The Wiz, Jelly's Last Jam, The Lion King, A Chorus Line, CATS, Hamilton, Matilda, The Color Purple and many more! Welcoming a star-studded cast of actors, singers, dancers and musicians, weaving together a beautiful tapestry dedicated to Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey, Louis Armstrong, Redd Foxx and many others who stood the test of time, fought, marched, and kicked doors open in Las Vegas and throughout the world. This highly anticipated event marks the inaugural benefit fundraising concert for Broadway in the H.O.O.D and will become an annual event, celebrating and honoring the contributions of those past and present entertainers who have paved the way for all entertainers. This inaugural event will also hold a special tribute to Broadway veteran and Las Vegas headliner, Mr. Sammy Davis Jr.!

Tickets for From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Broadway in the H.O.O.D are on sale now! Tickets range from $19 - $109 plus tax and service fees. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.broadwayinthehood.org, by phone at 702-749-2000 or 808-326-6868 (TTY) or at the box office located at 361 Symphony Park Ave. For preferred seating and special rates for groups of 10 or more, contact 702-749-2348.

About Broadway in the H.O.O.D

Broadway in the H.O.O.D serves over two-hundred cast members locally and nationally and continues to strive to make its programs, training classes, and events free or low-cost for cast members and the community. Thanks to the generosity of the community over the last seven years, Broadway in the H.O.O.D has been able to cast and produce quality productions that the community has graciously supported. That's over 10,000 people a year, representing all socio-economic backgrounds and diverse communities blessed to have access to quality productions throughout Nevada and across the United States and now even in Canada. A Source of Joy Theatricals is a national 501c3 theatre program based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that is dedicated to making a positive impact in communities across the United States, with a special focus on youth between 8 - 20 years-of-age. A Source of Joy Theatricals offers educational and cultural opportunities to a multitude of America's future leaders and has gained the attention and support of city, state and government officials, notable celebrities, the NAACP and the American Theatre Wing. Broadway in the H.O.O.D is committed to Helping Others Open Doors! Since its inception in 2010, Broadway in the H.O.O.D has produced major original productions dealing with social issues as well as some of the biggest Tony Award®-winning, Broadway blockbuster hits such as "The Wiz," "Dreamgirls" and "The Color Purple." For more information about Broadway in the H.O.O.D, please visit http://www.broadwayinthehood.org/.

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