Theater
Blood, Sweat And A Chicken House: Arkansas Public Theatre announces Season 35
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “I think Season 35 really encompasses the notion of what Arkansas Public Theatre is,” muses Ed McClure, the company’s artistic director and one of its founders. “APT
Actor, playwright, musician proves one can be a whole
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com As a grad student at the University of Arkansas, Austin Dean Ashford made an impact not only on the campus arts community but around the world with
WAC getting industry recognition it deserves
JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com The Walton Arts Center has played a starring role in Northwest Arkansas’ entertainment scene since its opening more than two and a half decades ago. But something
Eureka Springs sees renewed artistic interest
LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com Set one foot in the fairy tale town of Eureka Springs, and you immediately know it’s something special. Gracious Victorian style houses are cut into the
Radio play inspires a little Santa in everyone
LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com The classic holiday film “Miracle on 34th Street” has become a Christmas tradition for many people. This holiday season, fans of the story will get a
APT finds the heart in hilarity
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com A critic once called “A Tuna Christmas” a kind of southern “Prairie Home Companion.” It is just as funny as its prequel by Jaston Williams and Joe
A Delightful New ‘Christmas Carol’
When you see “A Christmas Carol” at TheatreSquared — notice I said “when,” not “if,” because you must see it — be there when they open the doors into the
T2 creates new world for classic Christmas tale
LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com It’s 30 feet between the stage and light grid in TheatreSquared’s new West Theatre and, at first glance, the beautiful, towering set for its holiday production
Murder-mystery dinner guests try to solve whodunit
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com It’s tricky to be an actor in this “Hillbilly Who Dun It?,” on stage Nov. 23 in Siloam Springs. But it might be even trickier to explain
No Place To Hide
‘Night Mother’ a journey through darkness and light LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com When Marsha Norman’s play “’Night Mother” hit the stage in 1983, it quickly became a quiet sensation. Starring
