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.
9/19/2022
Performances and Artists
When audiences watch Nevada Ballet Theatre’s (NBT) performances of “Dracula,” they shouldn’t expect a delicate fairytale of tutu-clad princesses, notes répétiteur Dominic Walsh, who staged the production. Instead, this gripping work by acclaimed choreographer Ben Stevenson portrays Bram Stroker’s chilling tale in a neoclassical style, Walsh says, which rejects whimsical frills and instead centers on expressive, fast-paced movements to give the ballet a contemporary feel.
9/9/2022
Performances and Artists / Broadway Las Vegas
Costume designer Gabriella Slade beams when she recalls her eagerness to create eye-popping costumes for the mesmerizing musical “SIX.” “I just loved the idea of Henry VIII’s wives being a contemporary pop band. That was enough for me,” Slade recalls with a laugh. “When I realized we were going to do contemporary and historical (costumes) paired together, that was a massive draw for me.”
9/7/2022
Performances and Artists
Her passion and talent gained rapid attention. Nnenna’s powerful vocal interpretations have led her to build a widespread fanbase, on top of performing at the White House and headlining at the Asia Pacific Economic Summit in front of hundreds of world leaders.
8/24/2022
Broadway Las Vegas / Performances and Artists
Thanks to Morissette working closely with the musical’s creative team, the production fuses her electrifying melodies with groundbreaking theater elements, to portray the struggles and healing of fictional suburban family the Healys.
8/24/2022
Performances and Artists
Artists never know when their big breaks will come – and for Booker T. Jones, his arrived in the middle of a high-school algebra class. Already a multi-instrumentalist known for playing at Memphis clubs, Jones was surprised to have his math class interrupted by his friend, producer David Porter. Porter passed along an urgent message: Stax Records needed a saxophone player for a recording session right away, and Jones could have the job, if he wanted.