PRESIDENT Message from the

The Smith Center offers a thrilling audience experience this year for our 10th anniversary.

Building on our immensely popular past Broadway seasons, we will present the biggest season yet of our Broadway Las Vegas® Series, with 11 smash productions – the most in our nonprofit’s history.

I can’t imagine a more meaningful time that we could do this.

Many of today’s top Broadway productions showcase the most diverse and inclusive casts in theater history, and several of our productions this season lead the way. Musical phenomenon “Hamilton,” returning to The Smith Center by high demand, offers a cast of predominantly Black and brown performers to reflect America’s diversity today.

Other groundbreaking productions headed to our stage support the LGBTQ+ community, like heartwarming musical “The Prom” and two-time Tony winner “Jagged Little Pill,” featuring Alanis Morissette’s many hits.

You can read more about Broadway’s inspiring evolution with inclusive casting in our program. I also invite you to enjoy our article discussing how The Smith Center team chose our season’s acclaimed productions, including Best Musical winner “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” family favorite “Annie” and two-time Tony winner “Six.”

The Smith Center also continues to nurture the arts among younger generations. I offer sincere congratulations to this year’s winners of the center’s annual Nevada High School Musical Theater Awards, Kalena Blake and Dakota Renteria, who went on to represent Nevada at the national Jimmy Awards in New York City, with Dakota reaching the finalist round of the prestigious competition.

The Smith Center also honored dedicated educators with our seventh-annual Heart of Education Awards, recognizing outstanding Clark County School District teachers who have been tested as never before during the pandemic’s challenges.

Of course, nothing at The Smith Center would be possible without community support, especially from our volunteers. As a nonprofit, The Smith Center relies on volunteers to help with all of its operations, including ushering at performances and assisting with education and outreach programs.

If you love the performing arts, want to give back to your community or have an interest in making new friends, volunteering with The Smith Center could be a great fit. You can learn more about volunteering in our program and on our website, www.TheSmithCenter.com.

I also want to express a heartfelt thanks for the generous support from our sponsors and donors, including our Broadway sponsors Toyota and University Medical Center of Southern Nevada.

Thanks to this significant community support, I can’t wait to see how The Smith Center continues to shape the arts in our community for many years to come.

Sincerely,

Myron Martin President & CEO