Smith Center Blog

11/6/2026

Education and Outreach / Performances and Artists

Grammy-Winning Duo 123 Andrés Spend a Week at The Smith Center

123 Andrés, the Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning duo for children and families, spent a week filled with song and smiles in Las Vegas, NV, October 5-10. Known for their interactive, high-energy shows, Christina and Andrés welcomed local students to The Smith Center for the Performing Arts for student matinees October 5-9, two shows open to the public—including one sensory-inclusive performance.

11/3/2026

Broadway Las Vegas

Resilience Through Storytelling: How The Outsiders Gives Voice to Marginalized Youth and Inspires Across Generations

In 1967, a 16-year-old from Tulsa, Oklahoma, quietly shifted the landscape of American literature. Susan Eloise Hinton, known more publicly as S.E. Hinton, wrote The Outsiders from her bedroom while still in high school. What began as a response to the fractures she observed among her peers—the invisible line between those with privilege and those without—became a novel that would ripple across generations, offering a mirror for people who felt overlooked, misunderstood or out of place.

11/3/2026

Broadway Las Vegas

A Behind-The-Curtain Look at This Season’s Final Three Broadway Shows

The Smith Center’s 2026-2027 Toyota Broadway Las Vegas® series is in full swing, and there’s a lot of excitement still to come. The final three shows of the season go on sale on November 13, so here’s some insider info about each of them to help you reserve your seats while you still can.

10/8/2026

Education and Outreach

Disney Musicals in Schools Returns to Las Vegas

The Smith Center’s Education & Outreach Department welcomed six additional CCSD schools into the program for their DMIS Year One Workshop here at The Smith Center’s Troesh Studio Theater on Sept. 2, 2026.

10/7/2026

Broadway Las Vegas

Meet “Gillian,” the dazzling chandelier of ‘Phantom of the Opera’

The Phantom, Christine Daaé and Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny might be the three lead roles in beloved musical Phantom of the Opera, but audiences also leave theaters raving about the part played by “Gillian.” She’s the ornate chandelier at the center of the show’s spectacular scenography. And without spoiling any secrets to come, she’ll take your breath away.

9/10/2026

Education and Outreach

Upcoming Educator Workshops at The Smith Center

The Smith Center hosts a wide range of imaginative and informative teacher workshops, providing local educators with amazing opportunities to learn about creative, new ways to engage with students, directly from experts in their fields. Here are the educator professional development workshops set for the 2026-2027 school year.