10/21/2019
Performances and Artists
When acclaimed comedian and radio personality Bobby Bones first started stand-up comedy, he billed his act as “Bobby Bones and the band The Raging Idiots.” But for every gig, the band never showed up. “Mostly because they didn’t exist,” Bones explains. This became the hilarious introduction to his act and set into motion a whole other facet of his career.
10/21/2019
Broadway Las Vegas / Performances and Artists
The Grinch sneaks into most people’s childhoods one way or another. Many kids read about his uplifting transformation in Dr. Seuss’ classic children’s book. Some families celebrate the holidays by watching the hit 1966 animated film together. The Broadway musical is bound for Vegas as well. But there is more behind The Grinch than most people know
10/16/2019
Discovering The Smith Center
Few professionals in Southern Nevada’s news or marketing industries don't know the name Blue Ash.
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.
10/15/2019
Education and Outreach
Throughout the upcoming season, hundreds of Southern Nevada families will have the opportunity to attend special sensory friendly performances at The Smith Center – all designed to accommodate audience members on the autism spectrum and with other intellectual and developmental disabilities.
10/15/2019
Performances and Artists
Nothing gets people in the holiday mood like festive tunes — especially when performed by Broadway casts and artists with global acclaim and Grammy nominations. That’s why The Smith Center offers a packed lineup of holiday shows with performances for a wide range of age groups and tastes that are sure to brighten your season.
10/10/2019
Supporting the Arts / Broadway Las Vegas
Members who donated $1,000 or more to The Smith Center, a nonprofit organization, were invited to an exclusive, behind-the-scenes experience this September with Broadway smash “Wicked,” which included rare backstage glimpses usually enjoyed by just the cast and crew.
10/8/2019
Performances and Artists
“The California Guitar Trio are basically rock guitarists who took a long musical journey that brought them to play (classical music), and the Montreal Guitar Trio are classical guitarists who took a long musical journey that brought us to play Rush and Radiohead,” Montreal Guitar Trio Marc Morin says. This rare overlap forms an all-star sextet of guitar masters.
10/8/2019
Education and Outreach
Juan Gonzalez, a special education teacher with Clark County School District, still remembers his astonishment at watching a Smith Center teaching artist incorporate musical instruments into classroom lessons with his students. “The response from my students was just amazing,” Gonzalez remembers.
10/7/2019
Performances and Artists
Emmy-winning actress Nonie Newton-Riley can describe her comedy show “Sister’s Christmas Catechism” with just a few words: “the audience is the costar.” While this one-woman show offers a loose script with Riley as a sardonic nun teaching her unruly Catholic school class (the audience), the production remains rooted in audience participation.