“Pippin” hits The Smith Center for an eight-performance run — and the Tony-winning revival conjures observations, past and present, from major players who’ve been there from the show’s first steps.

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Ice on the Strip usually means an on-the-rocks cocktail. But, starting Friday, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas transforms its Boulevard Pool into its overlooking-the-Strip ice rink.
When Genevieve Dew and Danny Titus met then-15-year-old Michael Villas, he was anti-social and would cling to his mother, Teresa, every time they went to classes at Life Long Dreams. Things changed for him the day they put a video camera in his hand.
Dance your way through Black Friday at the Discovery Children’s Museum, where the second annual “Nutcracker Extravaganza” celebrates Nevada Ballet Theatre’s upcoming production of “The Nutcracker” with dance performances and lessons, costume try-ons, photo ops and more.
The theater department at College of Southern Nevada is doing exactly what it should in choosing its productions. The program exists to teach students the craft of theater, and that cannot be accomplished by strictly concentrating on contemporary, known scripts by recognizable playwrights.
Guest conductor Matt Catingub was joined by a bevy of imported talent Saturday at The Smith Center for the Las Vegas Pops Orchestra’s first offering of the season, titled “Aloha from Las Vegas.”