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Three shows closing this weekend in Central Ark
Tonight, Fiddler on the Roof continues at the Argenta Community Theatre. It runs through Sunday evening. Tickets range from $30 to $50. Directed by Bob Hupp of the Arkansas Repertory Theatre,...
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THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE continues at Weekend Theater
The Lortel and Tony winning dark comedy The Beauty Queen of Leenane continues its run at the Weekend Theater tonight. Written by Oscar winner Martin McDongah, this play is set in the mountains of...
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Pulitzer winning TOPDOG/UNDERDOG at The Weekend Theater
Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Topdog/Underdog, is a darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity. In the play Suzan-Lori Parks explores the way people are defined by history....
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OTHER DESERT CITIES at the Weekend Theater
Christmas in California. Snow may not be on the ground. A fire may not be needed in the fireplace. But the Wyeth family has plenty of frostiness and heat when the prodigal daughter returns. A finalist...
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14ish Cultural Highlights of 2014
2014 was a busy year. Here are 14 cultural highlights. In no particular order. Except maybe once in while. Dr. Jane Chu visits Arkansas. Former Arkadelphia resident Dr. Jane Chu was appointed as the...
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Next at Weekend Theater – Sartre’s NO EXIT
Jean-Paul Sartre’s existential World Ward II era play No Exit is the next offering at the Weekend Theatre. If you’ve asked the question, “Why am I here?” or “What is my purpose?” then this play is for...
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LR Look Back: HAIR flows at Robinson Auditorium
Forty-three years ago today, on January 18, 1972, the musical Hair settled in for a week-long run at Robinson Auditorium. The saga to bring the national tour to Little Rock had actually begun eleven...
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Award winning THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING at Weekend Theater
Next at the Weekend Theater is The Member of the Wedding, Carson McCullers unflinching yet heart-warming look back at the transition from childhood to adulthood. Winner of the New York Drama Critics’...
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Tony Awards Week – Trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with…. HAIR?
The Tony winning musical The Music Man may have featured a song about “Trouble in River City” but the Tony nominated musical Hair brought trouble to this “river city” in 1971 and 1972. In February...
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Pay a call on THE ADDAMS FAMILY at the Weekend Theater
Cue the finger snaps and help the Weekend Theater kick off their 2015-2016 season with the ghoulishly fun Tony nominated musical The Addams Family. Based on the Charles Addams cartoons and...
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Little Rock Look Back: Judge Eisele rules HAIR must flow at Robinson Auditorium
Forty-four years ago today, on August 11, 1971, Nixon appointee Federal Judge G. Thomas Eisele ruled that the musical Hair must be allowed to play in Little Rock in 1972 at Robinson Auditorium. In...
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August Wilson’s TWO TRAINS RUNNING is running in August at the Weekend Theater
Next up at the Weekend Theater is August Wilson’s Two Trains Running. It opens tonight and plays Fridays and Saturdays through September 5. The play is a story about love, hate, and the struggles that...
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Now running at The Weekend Theater – Neil LaBute’s THE SHAPE OF THINGS
Neil LaBute’s The Shape of Things opened last night at The Weekend Theater. It continues tonight, October 2 & 3 and 9 & 10. This modern day retelling of the fall of man challenges our most...
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Creative Class of 2015: Erin Martinez
Moving with ease from a portraying a frustrated actress to an earthy Italian strumpet, Erin Martinez has had a memorable 2015 on Little Rock stages. Along the way, this singer/musician, actor, and...
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Documentary on David O. Dodd and play about him to be shown at MacArthur...
Tonight, January 7, at 6:30 pm, the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History will host a screening of the film The Hanging of David O. Dodd. The 2015 documentary The Hanging of David O. Dodd tells...
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LR Look Back: HAIR flows at Robinson Auditorium in 1972
Forty-four years ago today, on January 18, 1972, the musical Hair settled in for a week-long run at Robinson Auditorium. The saga to bring the national tour to Little Rock had actually begun eleven...
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Drive (or walk or bike) to MISS DAISY
Because of the success and awards of the movie version, and the way some of the lines have entered the vernacular especially as comic punch lines, it is easy to forget that Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss...
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Today is #ArkansasGives Day
If you are like me, you’ve been receiving notifications about Arkansas Gives Day for months. Well, today is the day! From 8am until 8pm, you can help grow the love for Arkansas’s nonprofit...
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Creative Class 2016: Jason Willey
Jason Willey often has people howling with laughter when he performs with Red Octopus Theater. As one of the movers and shakers behind this troupe for the past decade or so, Jason often writes and...
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Creative Class 2016: Ruth Shepherd
Though Arts & Humanities Month ended yesterday, today is a bonus for the Creative Class 2016. Ruth D. Shepherd has spent her career utilizing the arts and creativity to spread joy, messages of...
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