Been to The Smith Center For The Performing Arts a few times already and have seen shows mainly over at Boman Pavillion. This was our first time here in Reynolds Hall.
Reynolds Hall is stunning! Very classy interior. It stretches 5 stories. It is the larger venue that seats 2k+. Seating for floor faces the stage, parterre boxes and levels on up are in a horseshoe formation. When you book a show online you can pick from available seats and check to see how your view will look by hovering over the camera icon. It's pretty accurate.
My one minor complaint is seating space is tight and it felt cramped in. Especially if you have floor seats. Saving grace was that the seats in the Parterre box seats we had are not attached and can be easily shifted. The view we had from "W" section is great, you just have to adjust and slightly slant your seat to face the stage.
Acoustics and sound system are fantastic! Sound resonates throughout theater crystal clear.
Things to Know:
Parking: Pretty easy. They have staff directing traffic in and out of Smith Center. Self park or Valet $8 upfront. Wait time our car to pick up later was 10 minutes. The guys were hustlin out there!
Fifth floor has a lobby where you can sit chill and have drinks or step outside and check out the view of Symphony Park and view of Vegas casinos.
No picture taking allowed inside theater. (Yes I broke that rule..shhhh...but only before the show and no flash pix.)
No food allowed in Reynolds Hall ..Drinks ..yes..BUT ONLY if you get the covered sippie type cups. Cost is six bucks. A cool souvenir if you are into that stuff or reuse and bring it back again, you'll only get charged $3 for drinks.
Staff is awesome! Everyone has always been helpful with any questions we had.
For concert we came to see the legendary Burt Bacharach! (Yeah he's still alive!) I've been a fan of this brilliant composer since the late sixties. He contributed songs and is pretty much responsible for the careers of Dusty Springfield, Dionne, The Carpenters and my favorite Broadway musical Promises Promises. Most of you may be familiar with his songs from the Austin Power movies though. The concert performance was absolutely superb. The vocalists that tour with him did great. He commented on how he really love the acoustics of Reynolds Hall and even the piano they provided him to use. We all got to participate sing along at the end of the show. So fun! I need to do another Burt Bacharach karaoke night!
So looking forward to seeing the Broadway musicals here in the upcoming months!