1/10/2025
Broadway Las Vegas
Renowned Broadway actress Carolee Carmello recognized the titular role as a challenge she wanted to tackle. We caught up with the three-time Tony nominee, who has earned acclaim throughout her career for her performances in such Broadway productions as Parade, Mamma Mia!, Sister Act, Tuck Everlasting and beyond.
11/1/2024
Broadway Las Vegas
Kimberly is about to turn 16, and she’s navigating the usual challenges of adolescence after arriving in suburban New Jersey. She deals with family dysfunction (her parents mean well but have their own issues, and her Aunt Debra is an actual criminal), her first crush and even possible felony charges.
9/30/2024
Broadway Las Vegas
Every year, The Smith Center awards a pair of tickets to every show in its Toyota Broadway Las Vegas® Series. And fittingly, this year’s winner is a member of the Las Vegas and Broadway performing arts worlds herself. Local resident Becky Stephenson, who won our 2024-2025 giveaway, currently serves as the general stage manager for Cirque du Soleil show KÀ at MGM Grand. Stephenson first moved to Las Vegas in 2005 to open the Broadway musical Avenue Q at Wynn Las Vegas and has worked for Cirque since 2006.
8/29/2024
Broadway Las Vegas
To get you ready for the show’s exciting Las Vegas arrival, let’s test your knowledge of Back to the Future lore, specifically that from the first film, upon which the hit musical is based.
7/2/2024
Broadway Las Vegas
Movie magic glitters even brighter when it comes alive onstage. Energizing film adaptations have become an unbridled Broadway phenomenon, and The Smith Center will dazzle Las Vegas audiences in upcoming months with three movie megahits reimagined for the stage – Mrs. Doubtfire, Back to the Future: The Musical and Shrek the Musical.
6/21/2024
Broadway Las Vegas
All that led Harper to a revolutionary idea: staging a revival of Company – an iconic, 1970 musical examining marriages and commitment among New Yorkers – but reshaping the story by switching the main character from male (Bobby) to female (Bobbie), with the plot now set in modern times.
2/26/2024
Performances and Artists / Broadway Las Vegas
Every year, as Paul Beard and his team program the Toyota Broadway Las Vegas Series, they dream of a lineup like the one The Smith Center will present from 2024 to 2025.
12/4/2023
Performances and Artists / Broadway Las Vegas
Bob Dylan stands as one of the most decorated and respected songwriters in music history, from his early days as an acoustic folk singer through his continuing career leading a fully electric band.
9/1/2023
Broadway Las Vegas / Performances and Artists
People young and old recognize the tale of Peter Pan, but do they know the story of how this beloved character came to be? Hit musical “Finding Neverland” explores the surprising backstory of the famous Lost Boy. Even beyond this imaginative musical, however, there is much to discover about how Peter Pan originated.
3/20/2023
Broadway Las Vegas / Discovering The Smith Center
After the rousing finale, the cast gathered on stage with Smith Center President and CEO Myron Martin for a thrilling announcement: that evening marked the 1,000th Broadway performance at The Smith Center.