4/16/2020
Inside the Theater
Mother's Day is just around the corner on Sunday May 10. Though many families have been separated by social distancing protocols and traditional celebrations have been put on hold, you can bypass the challenges of the times and still honor loved ones with a gift card for The Smith Center.
4/3/2020
Inside the Theater / Discovering The Smith Center
The Smith Center’s stages might be dark for now, but its team remains hard at work preparing for when the doors reopen. To ensure the highest standard of cleanliness and safety when guests return, the center just launched campus-wide disinfecting, alongside general infrastructure improvements.
4/3/2020
Inside the Theater
At theaters around the world, performers and workers behind the scenes take their crafts seriously – and this often includes upholding longstanding theater traditions. Some of these hold practical purposes, others offer a bit of fun… And some just give artists a little peace of mind.
11/12/2019
Inside the Theater
This has likely happened to you at some point: You’re sitting in a theater watching a dazzling, live performance… Only to suddenly be distracted by your neighbors’ crinkling wrappers, the piercing light of their smartphone screens, or the carrying sound of their voices as they converse.
10/16/2019
Community Impact / Inside the Theater
These included presenting top opera productions in Southern Nevada, nurturing promising vocalists in the community and sparking an enthusiasm for opera across the Las Vegas Valley.
9/17/2019
Inside the Theater
Many people wouldn’t see this coming – perhaps not even you. You’re eager to see an upcoming show at The Smith Center. You Google it, and click on the first link you spot that includes “Smith Center.” Maybe the website looks odd, or the ticket price stuns you. But you want the tickets… So you buy them. Little do you know, you’ve just been scammed.
5/29/2019
Inside the Theater
Interested in getting tickets to the hottest Smith Center shows months in advance, and with special savings? If so, Patrick Vinson has a tip. “The next time you are with friends at work, school, church or anywhere, mention the idea of attending a show here.”
11/7/2018
Inside the Theater
Whether you’re hoping to surprise friends and family, or even planning presents for an office party, a gift card for The Smith Center provides the gift of a memorable evening out to a live performance of music, theater or dance. Learn surprising facts about these gift cards here.
9/7/2018
Community Impact / Inside the Theater / Supporting the Arts
Rona Mendelson knows all too well how her husband David is impacted when wearing hearing aids at a Broadway show. “I’ll ask him, ‘What did you think of the show? And he’ll say, ‘I didn’t really hear it,’” says Rona. Now, Smith Center guests like the Mendelsons can use new, state-of-the-art assistive listening equipment to enjoy the full theater experience.
7/13/2018
Community Impact / Inside the Theater
Weeks before “Hamilton” came to The Smith Center, Whitney Hobbs started preparing for the show. She listened obsessively to the soundtrack. She met almost daily with her coworkers to rehearse each scene. Hobbs is not an actress. She is one of the locally based, certified American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters providing ASL interpretation during Broadway productions.