NUTCRACKER

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

THIS PRODUCTION JUST OPENED AT THE SMITH CENTER
DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS....HOT TICKET 702 749 2000
RUNS THRU 24 DECEMBER...SOME  DATES..HAVE
LIVE ORCHESTRA....BIG TICKET DEMAND....HURRY

FOLLOWING THE USUAL RANDOM REACTIONS AND
OVERSIGHTS FROM OPENING NIGHT...

EVERYONE KNOWS THE STORY...AND IF YOU DONT
NOW IS THE TIME TO LEARN

The Nutcracker With Oullrchestra, select performances The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, Reynolds Hall December 8-24, 2018

STILL LOVE THE NUTCRACKER ...GREATEST ORCHESTRA
COMPUSOR EVER...PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
LIVE ORCHESTRA...... TONIGHT 39 PIECES ...UNBEATABLE

THIS PRODUCTION THE BIRTHCHILD OF FORMER
DIRECTOR OF THE NBT JAMES CANFIELD...HIS
CHOREOGRAPHY....SOME CHANGE...NOT NECESSARILY
FOR THE BETTER...

TONIGHTS HIGHLITES....THE BEAR...OSLANIEL CASTILLO
HE WAS GREAT...HE WAS BIG ….HE MADE APPEARANCES
IN BOTH HALVES OF THE PROGRAM..

DANCE HIGHLITE...GUEST ARTIST JUAN TANABE...FORMER
NBT ARTIST....DONT KNOW WHERE HE GOES BUT HE COULD
BE ON MY STAGE ANY DAY...ANY SHOW...HE DID THE
RUSSIAN THEME IN THE SECOND HALF.....GREAT JUMPER
HE LOVES THE CROWD AND THEY LOVE HIM

EVERYONE LOVES THE PEACOCK...WELL DANCED

SOME OPENING NIGHT JITTERS...

MUSIC ALONE CARRIES THE DAY..

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