The Venetian Las Vegas Presents 'An Evening with Sophia Loren'

The Venetian Las Vegas Presents 'An Evening with Sophia Loren'

The Award Winning Actress Will Appear in The Venetian Theatre on Saturday, March 26 at 8 p.m.

TWEET IT: #SophiaLoren comes to @VenetianVegas on 3/26 for an intimate evening of storytelling & laughter. Tix on sale 12/11 at venetian.com/sophialoren

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Award winning, Italian icon and actress Sophia Loren will grace the stage at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian(®) Las Vegas on Saturday, March 26. Loren will treat fans to an unforgettable night of firsthand, personal accounts including such topics as her life in Italy, film career and private memories. Guests will also have the opportunity to ask questions for the actress through a moderator and to be answered by Loren herself on stage.

Loren, born Sophia Scicolone in Rome, started her career when she entered a beauty pageant at the age of 14, which caught the eye of producer Carlo Ponti, who would sign her to a contract and later become her husband. Her talents as an actress were not recognized until her performance as Cesira in Vittorio De Sica's "Two Women." Loren's performance earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1962 and made her the first artist to win an Oscar for a foreign-language performance. She holds the record for having earned six David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress, the most ever received.

In addition to her Academy Award, Loren has won a Grammy Award, five special Golden Globes, a BAFTA Award, a Laurel Award and the Honorary Academy Award in 1991. In 1995, she received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievements.

Loren was part of the opening ceremony of The Venetian Las Vegas when the hotel and casino debuted in 1999, launching the first gondola with a bottle of champagne accompanied by Las Vegas Sands Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer, Sheldon G. Adelson.

"To say Sophia Loren is iconic, glamourous, talented and elegant is a great understatement," said George Markantonis, president and chief operating officer of The Venetian, The Palazzo and The Sands Expo. "These adjectives do not begin to do justice to the radiating woman we all know and love. We can't wait to have Ms. Loren back with us to wow fans with her one-of-a-kind evening in The Venetian Theatre."

Tickets start at $69.95 (plus applicable fees) and a VIP meet and greet is available. Tickets go on sale Friday, Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. PST at any box office at The Venetian or The Palazzo, online at www.venetian.com/sophialoren or by calling (702) 414-9000 or (866) 641-7469.

About The Venetian(®) Las Vegas

Located in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, The Venetian Las Vegas features all-suite accommodations, exquisite restaurants by celebrity chefs and world-class entertainment and shopping. The luxury resort offers 4,028 elegant suites, including standard suites that are nearly double the size of the average Las Vegas hotel room. The Venetian is home to restaurants from celebrated chefs including Wolfgang Puck, Mario Batali, Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud, Emeril Lagasse and Buddy "Cake Boss" Valastro. The resort also features Canyon Ranch SpaClub; a five-acre pool and garden deck; TAO nightclub; the Grand Canal Shoppes retail and dining mecca; a 120,000-square-foot casino and The Strip's largest poker room; and more than 2.25 million square feet of meeting and convention space. Dynamic live entertainment includes concert headliners at The Venetian Theatre; '80s rock musical "ROCK OF AGES;" Motown favorites from the multi-platinum quartet Human Nature; and the all-female comedy series LIPSHTICK - THE PERFECT SHADE OF STAND UP. For more information, visit venetian.com, @venetianvegas and facebook.com/venetianlasvegas. The Venetian Las Vegas is a property of global integrated resorts developer Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS).

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