ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE

by Theresa Bertram - May 31, 2024

At the end of the school year, The Red Curtain Theatre, 913 W Oak Street, in Conway, puts together a program to spotlight what their students have learned over the year. They have voice lessons, dance in all styles, and musical theatre class for students of all ages including adults, done by profess...

by Theresa Bertram - May 31, 2024

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by Theresa Bertram - May 30, 2024

What did our critic think of NICKELODEON THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL at Texarkana Repertory Company?...

by Theresa Bertram - May 25, 2024

What did our critic think of SHANE THORNTON at Picklefest?...

by Theresa Bertram - May 25, 2024

What did our critic think of CHAPEL HART at Magnolia Blossom Festival?...

by Theresa Bertram - May 23, 2024

From now through Saturday, May 25, Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Col Glenn Rd, in Little Rock, is presenting the Oscar Wilde classic THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. First performed in 1895, Director Roger Eaves captures the play’s purpose of satirizing the social norms and conventions of Victorian...

by Theresa Bertram - May 20, 2024

What did our critic think of BRIGHT STAR at Red Curtain Theatre? Intimate size theatres are my newest favorite way to watch shows, so when I heard that Red Curtain Theatre, 913 W Oak Street, in Conway, was bringing BRIGHT STAR to their newly remodeled performance area May 3-5 and May 10-12, I was in...

by Theresa Bertram - May 16, 2024

Broadway World went on a hunt for the bare necessities when we traveled to Sheridan to see The Grant County Theater’s presentation of THE JUNGLE BOOK Friday, May 10, but instead found all sorts of wild thespians taking the stage. Written by Joseph Robinette and based on the book by Rudyard Kipling, ...

by Theresa Bertram - May 15, 2024

Broadway World saw the tiniest Annie at Studio 42 & Co. production of ANNIE in the Adams-Vines Recital Hall on the Arkansas Northeastern College in Blytheville May 5. However, though seven-year-old Darby Carter was small, she proved that she could stand as tall as the rest of the cast as she belted ...

by Theresa Bertram - May 14, 2024

My favorite beauty pageant by far is in AMERICAN BEAUTY, which was presented at The Weekend Theater, 1001 W 7th St, Little Rock, April 19-May 5. With Music and Lyrics by Arkansan Michael Rice (born in Monticello and has since conquered the Broadway world), this musical celebrates the participants bo...