1/13/2025
Performances and Artists
When Bell visits The Smith Center for the Performing Arts on March 28, local fans will see him as they never have before: with opera singer Larisa Martínez by his side. The married couple are touring together for the first time with their joint show, Voice and the Violin.
1/13/2025
Discovering The Smith Center
Since The Smith Center opened in 2012, it has solidified a reputation as one of the top venues in the world, and a significant chunk of the credit goes to that stellar tech team, consisting of experts in sound, lighting and carpentry.
1/10/2025
Broadway Las Vegas
Renowned Broadway actress Carolee Carmello recognized the titular role as a challenge she wanted to tackle. We caught up with the three-time Tony nominee, who has earned acclaim throughout her career for her performances in such Broadway productions as Parade, Mamma Mia!, Sister Act, Tuck Everlasting and beyond.
12/18/2024
Sensory Inclusive
As part of The Smith Center’s mission to provide welcoming, inclusive theater experiences to all in the Southern Nevada community, the performing arts center recently collaborated with the cast and crew of Shrek The Musical to present a sensory-inclusive performance on November 30.
12/18/2024
Performances and Artists
Upheld throughout Japan in various forms, Niwaka is a traditional folk performing art where people perform improvised skits filled with satire and wit. Kodo’s new piece Niwaka draws inspiration from that art form to create a banter-like performance between two men and two women, demonstrating a comical and nimble form of taiko expression. It’s a taiko piece and a theatrical interlude all rolled into one.
12/17/2024
Supporting the Arts
The Smith Center has always strived to make its events accessible to everyone in the community. That’s now more possible than ever, thanks to a generous donation by one of the performing arts center’s Member families.
12/13/2024
Education and Outreach
Swing. The blues. Improvisation. We know what the terms mean individually, but did you know they’re considered the three fundamentals of jazz music? More than 2,000 students – from grades 5 through 12 at 30 area schools – learned that and much more about one of the foremost American musical art forms, on a recent visit to The Smith Center for the Performing Arts.
11/15/2024
Discovering The Smith Center
With Immediate Past Chairman of the Board Don Snyder looking on, Smith Center President and CEO Myron Martin officially ushed in the campus’ new Starbucks at a dedication ceremony in November.
11/14/2024
Education and Outreach
Cartreze Tucker, who plays Goldie Wilson and Marvin Berry in the touring production of the show – which ran at The Smith Center from October 23 to November 3 – worked individually with four separate students on their solo numbers at the front of a class of about 40 ninth-through-twelfth-graders.
11/8/2024
Community Impact
A dancer since age 3, Las Vegas native Angelina Vera suffered a serious injury in high school that kept her sidelined for a time. The silver lining? It determined the direction of her life, which has helped heal performers across the valley in the years since.