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Short But Sweet – APT announces all-hit 2024 seasonShort But Sweet –

For Arkansas Public Theatre, Season 38 might be subtitled “Go Big Or Go Home.” For the second time in five years, the Victory Theatre is preparing to close down for

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New musical ‘Tootsie’ called a love letter to the theater

A musical adaptation of the 1982 film “Tootsie” comes to the Walton Arts Center Jan. 17-22. Unlike the movie, this version is touted as a “love letter to the theater”

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Fort Smith Little Theatre season includes ‘Deathtrap,’ ‘Cinderella,’ ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’

“Based on my experience with FSLT, I think there are two main reasons why the theater has lasted so long: community support and dedicated volunteers,” says Joanne Peterson, president of

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Sisterhood is ‘stayin’ alive’ in musical about menopause

“As long as menopause is around, ‘Menopause The Musical’ will be around,” says actress Kimberly Vanbiesbrouck, who has been doing the show for more than 12 years on and off.

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Fort Smith Little Theatre season includes ‘Deathtrap,’ ‘Cinderella,’ ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’

“Based on my experience with FSLT, I think there are two main reasons why the theater has lasted so long: community support and dedicated volunteers,” says Joanne Peterson, president of

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Yearend Top 10: Victory Theatre slated for Walton-funded renovations

Editor’s Note: As we do every year, The Free Weekly staff looked back to see what arts stories we published in 2022 that we expect will have a lasting impact

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‘A Tuna Christmas’ comes to life on Arkansas Public Theatre stage

Imagine learning 500 lines for a play — give or take a few dozen. Sounds daunting enough, doesn’t it? Then imagine those lines are spread over more than half a

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Fort Smith Little Theatre celebrates with ‘radio’ show

In “An Old Time Radio Christmas II,” Jim Moody’s character is described as a disc jockey hosting a holiday show. But while this show is set in the 1970s —

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‘Christmas Carol’ returns to T2 with Odom as Scrooge

“I was saying the other day, the only part I haven’t played in this show is Bob Cratchit, and that includes the female roles,” laughs Bryce Kemph, veteran TheatreSquared actor.

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NWA Audio Theater presents World War II radio drama

‘Christmas in the Blitz’ WHAT — Northwest Arkansas Audio Theater presents an original radio-style audio play written by two veteran players, Steve and Lynette Unger. The story centers around the