2/1/2023
Performances and Artists
Fearlessly reinvigorating their artforms, both resident companies continue to attract new audiences by diving into fresh, groundbreaking programming. Their innovative productions include merging music with media, infusing pop culture into performances, showcasing glittering guest artists and performing anticipated world premieres
1/31/2023
Performances and Artists
At Nevada Ballet Theatre’s (NBT) performances on February 18 and 19, audiences will experience a beloved work by one of the world’s most iconic choreographers, plus a groundbreaking new piece never seen before, as well as a high-energy dance acclaimed nationwide.
1/24/2023
Performances and Artists
When globally acclaimed trumpeter Jumaane Smith says that music saved his life, he means it. “I went through a lot of trauma and bad stuff during my childhood,” Smith says. But after he started playing trumpet in fifth grade in his Seattle school’s band, “it just became the one positive thing going on in my life at the time,” he explains.
12/23/2022
Broadway Las Vegas / Performances and Artists
What happens on Broadway in New York City doesn’t stay in New York City. It affects several hundred theaters across the country. That’s because Broadway serves as the start of a national theater pipeline. The biggest hit shows on Broadway eventually go on tour, traveling to perform at theaters nationwide.
12/22/2022
Broadway Las Vegas / Performances and Artists
In 2018 Frozen also went to Broadway, breathing theatrical life into a story that’s not just about an eternal winter that almost was, but about the enduring power of sisterly love. The stage version has proven itself to be a major success, spawning productions worldwide including Australia, Japan, London and Hamburg.
12/20/2022
Performances and Artists / Broadway Las Vegas
In its epoch-hopping score and dazzling visuals, the Tony-winning Moulin Rouge! The Musical represents the missing link from Belle Époque Paris to Broadway today, from operetta to the modern musical. More than 160 years of popular song, from Offenbach to Lady Gaga: That’s the raw material the creative team took and remixed into one thrilling, dramatic voice.
12/15/2022
Performances and Artists
When acclaimed pianist-keyboardist-composer Lao Tizer hypes his upcoming show, he doesn’t mention how his original instrumental songs have topped Billboard charts.
12/8/2022
Performances and Artists
Audiences at Nevada Ballet Theatre’s (NBT) production of “The Nutcracker” can experience it with the thrilling knowledge that this show remains the first and only of its kind. Conceived by NBT choreographer James Canfield, and now running for its 10th year, this whimsical and dazzling version of the classic ballet was designed specifically for The Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall.
11/18/2022
Performances and Artists
Of course, this Las Vegas-based group of electric violinists continue to shatter expectations for their instrument, by playing high-octane arrangements of rock hits from iconic bands like Pink Floyd, Queen, Metallica and Led Zeppelin.
10/31/2022
Performances and Artists
In the coming year, Smith Center guests can step into history, explore African wildlife and venture into space. Southern Nevadans will experience all these eye-opening perspectives with the acclaimed National Geographic Live touring North America speaker series, which presents leading scientists, journalists, explorers and adventurers who share their mesmerizing experiences firsthand.