The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
Performing arts theater · Parkway Center ·
Neo Art Deco performing arts center hosting Broadway, ballet, jazz
Neo Art Deco performing arts center hosting Broadway, ballet, jazz
"A downtown performing-arts venue that stages world-class productions and Broadway hits, offering a top-tier setting for live theater and classical performances." - Matt Villano
"Sophisticated Entertainment The Smith Center's 2012 grand opening Downtown was a huge deal for Las Vegas locals. Finally, touring musicals like Wicked and Book of Mormon had a had home in the Entertainment Capitol of the World. Both the Philharmonic and the Nevada Ballet have made the Smith Center their permanent venues, and other hits have been a jazz cabaret that features the great Clint Holmes, dramas such as War Horse , and one-off concerts or speakers like Patti LuPone and Alan Alda. Staying on the Strip? Ask about shuttle service."
"Located inside The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, I found Sambalatte’s fourth Las Vegas outpost designed to serve theatergoers, local business employees, and museum patrons, offering coffee, high tea, and pastries. Owner Luiz Oliveira, originally from Brazil, brings rare coffee beans and teas and will feature specialty brews during the Smith Center’s Broadway Series, beginning with a Hakuna Ma-Latte for The Lion King; the shop also highlights its own cold brew, Samba Rock. High tea service is set to begin in December, and the menu will expand to include cheese and charcuterie platters, beer, wine, and Champagne. The interior uses a palette inspired by coffee beans at various stages—white to green, red, ash, mocha, and rich brown—incorporates reclaimed wood from a barn on a coffee farm, and features lighting and chandeliers made from repurposed vintage coffee baskets; a five-foot by 12-foot mosaic tile world map by artist Jun Blanco highlights the coffee belt where beans are sourced." - Susan Stapleton
"I’m excited that local favorite Sambalatte will soon debut its second downtown location, taking over a bright corner site at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts and hoping to begin pouring by the end of the month. The fourth Sambalatte outlet to practice the “art of sipping,” the interior—designed by Novus Architecture—leans modern and sophisticated to match the Smith Center, with a curved marble counter and a tile mosaic map charting the globe’s coffee resources. Original plans anticipated room for 48 guests inside and 36 more on the patio, serving seven days a week. The specialty at this location will be the advertised “afternoon high tea” available during the Center’s Broadway Series events and other high-profile performances; the experience, which requires booking 24 hours in advance, will be accompanied by live music from jazz duets to classic guitar and will feature finely cut sandwiches, freshly baked scones served with Cornish clotted cream and strawberry preserve, a delectable selection of afternoon teacakes and pastries, and 12 different types of loose-leaf tea." - Bradley Martin
"Opening on the ground floor of The Smith Center this spring, this new café and tea lounge aims to offer theatergoers a “timeless classic” afternoon high tea during Broadway Series and other high-profile performances, in addition to its regular coffee service. The space includes two indoor lounge areas seating 48 and a patio for 36; tea service must be reserved 24 hours in advance and will be accompanied by a live jazz trio. The special menu features finely cut sandwiches, freshly baked scones served with Cornish clotted cream and strawberry preserve, a selection of afternoon teacakes and pastries, and 12 different types of loose-leaf tea. Designed locally by Novus Architecture to present a modern, sophisticated look that complements the Smith Center, the venue will include a living green wall similar to the operator’s downtown expansion and is aiming to be open seven days a week with an estimated May debut." - Bradley Martin
