12/11/2023
Performances and Artists
When stage-and-screen star Marilu Henner first auditioned for iconic TV show Taxi, she seemed nowhere near what the show creators envisioned. “What they wanted was a 35-year-old, Italian New Yorker, and I was 25 and Polish and Greek from Chicago,” Henner recalls with a laugh. But something about her spunky, determined nature persuaded them.
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.
12/1/2023
Performances and Artists
For Dural, who grew up around not only his father but also well-known zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier (“He was our neighbor,” Dural recalls), zydeco music has long been a way of life. But Dural knows that for some audiences, he and his band are bringing something unfamiliar to the stage, and he embraces the role of musical educator.
11/15/2023
Performances and Artists
As ever, the group will deliver its rollicking, high-energy performance style that fans live for worldwide. “Tower of Power is a unique concert experience in the world today,” Castillo says. “It’s exciting on the level of Prince and James Brown.”
11/15/2023
Performances and Artists
Kev Marcus still remembers the “genius moment” with his high school orchestra that set him on a path to musical revolution. Marcus discovered how to program the melody of Busta Rhymes’ “Gimme Some More” onto his flip phone – and his classmates enjoyed it so much, he transcribed the song for the whole orchestra to play.
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.
11/13/2023
Supporting the Arts
On October 13, UMC held its annual UMC Foundation Evening of Hope Gala at Paris Las Vegas, raising more valuable funds to benefit UMC Children’s Hospital, which is home to Nevada’s only Designated Pediatric Trauma Center and only Verified Pediatric Burn Center.
10/1/2023
Discovering The Smith Center / Inside the Theater
The Smith Center took numerous steps to enhance the core elements of its indoor facilities to protect the health and safety of its guests as much as possible.
9/29/2023
Discovering The Smith Center
Providing the highest-quality guest experience remains a top priority for The Smith Center, and to help with this, the center regularly collects audience feedback through frequent surveys. Often, visitors share similar concerns.
9/26/2023
E. Clayton Cornelious enjoys discussing his starring role in “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations” — especially when he quotes what the group’s founder Otis Williams says of the Broadway musical: “We never danced as hard as you guys danced.”