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Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Hudson, Cheyenne Jackson Set for PBS’ From Dust to Dreams

Neil Patrick Harris
(© Tristan Fuge)
Neil Patrick Harris
(© Tristan Fuge)

From Dust to Dreams: Opening Night at the Smith Center for Performing Arts, a special that was taped at the opening gala for the Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas in March, will air on PBS on September 21

The evening was being produced by George Stevens Jr. and Michael Stevens, and directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Rob Ashford.


The special will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, and oerformers will include Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson and Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, along with Cheyenne Jackson, Willie Nelson,, Linda Eder, Savion Glover, Canadian Tenors, Arturo Sandoval, Joshua Bell, and American Ballet Theater principal dancers Marcello Gomes and Luciana Paris. A short film written and directed by George Stevens, Jr. opens the program.


For more information, visit www.pbs.org.