6/3/2019
Performances and Artists
While acclaimed entertainer Common stands as the first rapper to earn an Oscar, a Grammy and an Emmy, he doesn’t see these accolades as bragging rights. He sees them as motivation. “When I see (my Oscar), I try to remember there’s more things to achieve,” says Common.
5/30/2019
Performances and Artists
Few Las Vegas residents don’t recognize the name Norm Clarke, retired man-about-town columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, who became an icon in his own right through two decades of savvy interviews and coverage of Vegas celebrities. But many may not be aware of Clarke’s latest endeavor.
5/29/2019
Inside the Theater
Interested in getting tickets to the hottest Smith Center shows months in advance, and with special savings? If so, Patrick Vinson has a tip. “The next time you are with friends at work, school, church or anywhere, mention the idea of attending a show here.”
5/22/2019
Performances and Artists
Broadway performer Jim Caruso had no idea what was in store when he threw a random Christmas party at a New York City nightclub 15 years ago. But the event was such a smash. The club owner asked if Caruso could organize the same kind again. Caruso agreed and has been hosting a weekly open mic night for the best and brightest of the entertainment world ever since.
5/17/2019
Community Impact
“Regardless of our physical uniqueness, we can be moved by the musical rhythms we feel in our bodies,” Kim Russell says. With this in mind, under its mission as a nonprofit to make the performing arts accessible to all, The Smith Center recently took steps to ensure visitors who are DHH enjoy a full and enriching experience.
5/15/2019
Education and Outreach
Backstage at The Smith Center’s seventh-annual Nevada High School Musical Theater Awards, students in shimmering green costumes embraced with giddy enthusiasm. Hailing from Lake Mead Christian Academy, these students had just made their Smith Center debut on stage in Reynolds Hall.
5/15/2019
Broadway Las Vegas
Las Vegas resident Risa Zucker can quickly list her reasons for remaining a season ticket holder with The Smith Center’s Broadway Las Vegas Series. An ardent Broadway fan, Zucker appreciates how a season subscription guarantees her seats to each Broadway production, including high-demand musicals like “Hamilton.”
5/11/2019
Community Impact
As a little girl, Rayanne Mulieri had an immediate answer when asked about her career goals. “I would always say, ‘I want to work behind the scenes on Broadway,’” recalls Mulieri, now marketing assistant at The Smith Center.
5/3/2019
Performances and Artists
Steve Tyrell knows the Great American Songbook better than most “Standards were my mother’s music,” recalls the Grammy-winning singer. “I’m Italian, and I grew up with God and Frank Sinatra, and not necessarily in that order.” It’s only fitting that his career took off by recording his first-ever standard – though the opportunity was unexpected.
4/29/2019
Education and Outreach
Beyond performances by comedy legend George Wallace and the show’s emcee, stage-and-screen star Erich Bergen of the CBS show “Madam Secretary,” the awards event celebrating outstanding Clark County School District (CCSD) teachers offered a stirring address by surprise keynote speaker Laura Bush, former first lady of the United States.