Theater
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
Christmas comes early to Fort Smith Little Theatre
LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com “Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind,” says Kris Kringle in “Miracle on 34th Street.” When Fort Smith Little Theatre mounts the
‘Comedy On Crack’
Fast-paced farce promises to leave APT audiences breathless BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “That’s what it’s all about — doors and sardines. Getting on, getting off. Getting the sardines on. Getting the
Puffed-Up, Hyper-Pious Hypocrite
Moliere’s ‘Tartuffe’ sounds strangely relevant LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com When French playwright Molière wrote his comedy “Tartuffe” in 1664, it was promptly censored by the ruler of France, King Louis
One Crime, Lots of Heart
ACO director says play is sad, funny, authentic LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com Beth Henley’s “Crimes of the Heart” was an almost immediate smash when it debuted in 1979 at the
