7/11/2024
Education and Outreach
Luke Martin and Marie Munoz flew to Manhattan for last month’s Jimmy Awards prioritizing the vast learning opportunities over the chance to win money and fame. But naturally, the two high school students’ competitive side came out as the field began to narrow.
5/29/2024
Education and Outreach
Created by The Smith Center to recognize the state’s top musical theater students, this year’s event featured dazzling singing and acting performances by musical theater students from 23 Nevada high schools, including 10 finalists selected to perform solo routines.
4/9/2024
Education and Outreach
Students and educators from five Las Vegas schools ascended to the stage at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts to demonstrate how much they’ve learned from their participation in this year’s Disney Musicals in Schools program.
3/29/2024
Education and Outreach
For the past decade, The Smith Center for the Performing has sent two student-actors year to New York City each year, to represent Nevada at the prestigious National High School Musical Theatre Awards, better known as the Jimmy Awards.
1/19/2024
Education and Outreach
Through a variety of programs, from free student matinees at Reynolds Hall to performances on school campuses to professional development opportunities for teachers in all curriculum areas and beyond, The Smith Center makes education its mission on a daily basis in meaningful and measurable ways.
11/15/2023
Education and Outreach
When mariachi students from Del Sol High School experienced one of the world’s leading mariachi groups at The Smith Center this fall, they didn’t just witness the genre’s foremost musicians. They also saw an impressive show embracing their heritage.
9/13/2023
Education and Outreach
As a nonprofit, The Smith Center will expand its Disney Musicals in Schools program this year to middle schools. Previously offered only at elementary schools, this initiative helps under-resourced schools create their own sustainable musical-theater programs.
8/24/2023
Education and Outreach
When Andrew Wright walks into the CARE class he teaches at J.E. Manch Elementary School in Las Vegas, he knows the students selected for it have experienced challenges he could never understand. But he also knows something else: that once these students act out a scene, or play a theater game, many of them start smiling and talking freely about their lives and emotions.
8/23/2023
Education and Outreach
Bruce Ewing still remembers feeling uplifted as he watched a performance of musical “In the Heights” at a Southern Nevada high school. “I counted at least 40 to 50 kids in one dance number, and they were great,” recalls Ewing, who has starred in several Broadway national tours. “They just connected to the material. You could see they were so happy, doing a show that spoke to them.”
8/1/2023
Education and Outreach
“Camp Broadway gives you an incredible experience,” Englberg says. “What is so amazing at Camp Broadway is you can’t compare yourself to anyone or look down on yourself, because everyone is unique in their own way.”