1/3/2022
Discovering The Smith Center
With The Smith Center celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2022 — the center encourages Southern Nevadans to test their knowledge of the nonprofit’s history below.
The Smith Center family looks forward to many more highlights in the years to come.
- Which of these entertainers did not perform at The Smith Center’s opening-night concert in March 2012?
- A: Martina McBride
- B: Merle Haggard
- C: Carole King
- D: Carrot Top
- The Pipe Dream sculpture fronting The Smith Center’s entrance is based on:
- A: Music notes from Aaron Copland’s classical piece “Fanfare for the Common Man”
- B: Dance steps from “The Nutcracker” ballet
- C: The skyline of downtown Las Vegas
- D: The organ from “The Phantom of the Opera”
- The music of which of the following artists is featured in a Broadway musical that came to our stage?
- A: Gloria Estefan
- B: Green Day
- C: Jimmy Buffet
- D: Whitney Houston
- Which of these Disney films has not become a Broadway musical that visited our stage?
- A: “Beauty and the Beast”
- B: “The Little Mermaid”
- C: “The Lion King”
- D: “Mulan”
- The longest-running musical in Broadway history is:
- A: “West Side Story”
- B: “Hamilton”
- C: “The Phantom of the Opera”
- D: “Les Miserables”
- Which of these Broadway hits has not been turned into a movie?
- A: “The Phantom of the Opera”
- B: “Les Miserables”
- C: “Dear Evan Hansen”
- D: “The Book of Mormon”
- Which of these does The Smith Center’s Education and Outreach Department provide:
- A: Student matinees for roughly 70,000 students each year
- B: Master classes with top artists
- C: Sensory friendly shows for audiences with disabilities
- D: An initiative creating musical theater programs in schools
- Which of these are shows The Smith Center has presented as a student matinee:
- A: “Driving Miss Daisy”
- B: “Mr. Popper’s Penguins”
- C: “Drumline”
- D: “Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo”
- According to a Dance/USA survey, performances of this one ballet represent an average 48 percent of surveyed dance companies’ overall season revenues:
- A: “The Nutcracker”
- B: “Firebird”
- C: “Swan Lake”
- D: “Romeo and Juliet”
- Which of these entertainers who have visited our stage have won (at least) both a Grammy and an Oscar?
- A: John Legend
- B: Rita Moreno
- C: Burt Bacharach
- D: Common
Answer Key
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