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Broadway Las Vegas

Searching for the Sound: A Veteran Vegas Record Producer Reflects on Her Own ‘Stereophonic’-Style Experiences

“Part of a producer’s job is to be a psychiatrist.” That’s how Zoe Thrall, Director of Studio Operations at The Hideout Recording Studio in Henderson, describes one critical aspect of working with famous bands – especially stormy ones like the fictitious 1970s rock group featured in Stereophonic, the Tony Award®-winning Broadway production running at The Smith Center October 21-26.

Performances and Artists

Get to Know The Choir of Man

Runaway international hit The Choir of Man hits the Reynolds Hall stage on January 8, and tickets are going fast. You don’t want to miss it. Here are three things to know about the show.

Broadway Las Vegas

Get to Know the Women of ‘Suffs’

Direct from Broadway comes the acclaimed Tony Award®-winning musical Suffs, about the brilliant, passionate and funny American women who fought tirelessly for the right to vote. Here’s a quick guide to the show’s key female characters.

Inside the Theater

Keeping The Smith Center Current

When The Smith Center opened its doors in 2012, it was rightly hailed as one of the most significant cultural achievements in Las Vegas history. And it wasn’t just a short-term triumph. The Smith Center was designed to be a community hub for generations to come, and that mission requires constant upkeep and modernization efforts all over its campus. 

Education and Outreach

Longtime Local Arts Educator Honored With Prestigious National Award

Twenty five years ago, New York-based actress Elena Ferrante-Martin took a role in Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus on the Las Vegas Strip. She couldn’t have known then how much this town would change her life – or how much she would impact its theater community.

Broadway Las Vegas

Las Vegas Native Wins Tickets to Every Broadway Show

When Las Vegas native Danielle Tapia read that she’d won tickets to every Toyota Broadway Las Vegas® production at The Smith Center this season, she couldn’t believe her eyes. “And then I was sent the tickets to add to my mobile wallet!” Tapia says. “What a gift. I am so excited!”

‘Stereophonic’ Brings the Magic – And Drama – Of ’70s Rock to the Stage

Remember when rock ruled the radio? It was never truer than in the 1970s, when electric guitars and magical voices dominated the airwaves, and bands sold out stadiums around the world. Stereophonic, a Tony Award®-winning play onstage at The Smith Center from October 21-26, revels in that era the best way possible – by taking audiences inside a recording session as a band on the verge of superstardom lays down its potential breakthrough album.

Education and Outreach / Inside the Theater

The Smith Center Celebrates 30 Years of Camp Broadway

Las Vegas theater kids soared around The Smith Center’s campus in July, sharing stories of high-flying adventures through song and dance as family and friends packed the house for Camp Broadway’s 30th anniversary.

Broadway Las Vegas

‘Suffs’ Celebrates A Key Piece of American History

Direct from Broadway comes the Tony Award-winning musical Suffs, about the brilliant, passionate women who fought tirelessly for the right to vote. From the groundbreaking mind of Shaina Taub, this “thrilling, inspiring and dazzlingly entertaining” (Variety) musical brings its highly anticipated national tour to The Smith Center from October 7-12.

Education and Outreach

Nevada’s 2025 Outstanding Lead Actor, Chris Hayes, Wins Big on Broadway at The Jimmy Awards®

NVHSMTA’s 2025 Outstanding Lead Actor and recent Las Vegas Academy of the Arts graduate Chris Hayes won his spot at The National High School Musical Theatre Awards® — commonly referred to as the Jimmy Awards® — thanks to a charismatic performance as Gaston from Beauty and the Beast singing “Me” in The Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall on May 4. Hayes reprised the role at The Jimmys when chosen for the coveted Character Medley round, thus making him eligible for a finalist spot—which he was selected for and then won as well!