The latest theatre news from Arkansas — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Who’s ready to party? It’s The Great Gatsby week, so every song comes straight from the hit Broadway musical that has audiences cheering every night at the Broadway Theatre! Now starring Jeremy Jordan, it’s the biggest party on Broadway.
A festive whirlwind of skits, songs, jokes, and just enough dance to keep your toes tapping, A VERY MERRY MUSIC BOX CHRISTMAS is everything you want a holiday variety show to be—warm, silly, tuneful, and absolutely packed with personality.
Hot Springs audiences received an early holiday treat with The Pocket Community Theatre’s spirited and joyfully chaotic production of THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER, which ran November 21–23 under the direction of Bekah Wilson.
When snowflakes sparkle across the stage and the familiar strains of the first chords begin, Murry’s Dinner Playhouse’s production of Frozen the Musical, with Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Book by Jennifer Lee, and Directed by Don Bolinger, makes one thing immed
BroadwayWorld announced today that the My Shows platform has officially launched My Shows Curtain Call, a personalized year-end feature designed to celebrate each user's year in theatre.
Voting is now open for BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students.
Earlier this week, BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, returned to reveal the Top 10 performers in both age groups.
What did our critic think of SHE LOVES ME at The Pocket Community Theatre?
Who will make the Top 10 of BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage? You'lll have to tune in tonight, December 5 (High School: 7pm ET, College: 9pm ET), to find out! This season is presented by AMDA & Atlantic Acting School and sponsored by MTI, 54 Below, and Westin New York at Times Square.
Do you believe in magic? It's time to see holiday dreams come true at T2
The North American Tour of THE GREAT GATSBY will star stage veterans Jake David Smith as Jay Gatsby and Senzel Ahmady as Daisy Buchanan.
BroadwayWorld is sharing our Giving Tuesday Regional Theatre Database, a resource to connect theater lovers with nonprofit theaters nationwide, for the second year in a row.
What did our critic think of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at Performing Arts Center On The Square?
I love when a school gets creative and develops a concept that truly spotlights the strengths of their students.
Voting is now open for BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students.
My favorite Arkansas R&B group, the Rodney Block Collective, lit up the night at the first-ever Winterfest at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on November 18, turning Trojan Way into a jolly, joyful celebration under a canopy of dazzling holiday lights.
The holidays have officially arrived in Hot Springs, and the Music Box Lounge is quickly proving that it belongs on the city’s theatrical map.
What did our critic think of THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at The Weekend Theater? The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse, running now through December 7 at The Weekend Theater in Little Rock, fills a surprising theatrical gap — where are all the Thanksgiving shows?
Voting is now open for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Arkansas Awards.
Morrilton High School’s Thespian Troupe 3131 presented a touching production of John Cariani’s Almost, Maine November 13–16, an event made even more magical by a rare natural coincidence.
Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music Opera Theatre Workshop brought Mozart’s The Magic Flute to sparkling life November 16–17 in McBeth Recital Hall, offering an intimate, imaginative take on the beloved Singspiel.
BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, returned to reveal the Top 15 performers in both age groups.
Who will make the Top 15 of BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage? You'lll have to tune in tonight, November 21 (High School: 7pm ET, College: 9pm ET), to find out!
Mutually Assured Destruction, performed November 14-15, marks the first production at White Hall High School under the direction of Coach Tyler Lewis, and what an exciting debut it was.
Hendrix College’s Department of Theatre & Dance cast a powerful spell over Conway with their November 12–15 production of ROSE AND THE RIME, written by Nathan Allen, Chris Mathews, and Jake Minton and directed by John J.
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Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches Actors Theatre of Little Rock (8/05-8/22) |
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Scrooge! The Musical Pocket Community Theatre (12/04-12/13) |
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The Addams Family Musical Wildwood Park For The Arts (10/23-10/31) |
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The Addam’s Family Musical Fort Smith Little Theater (7/16-8/01) |
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Anastasia The Musical Arts One Presents (7/23-8/02) |
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Hamilton Robinson Center (8/25-8/30) |
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Wait Until Dark Pocket Community Theatre (10/02-10/11) |
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The Woman In Black Pocket Community Theatre (10/30-10/31) |
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Sweeney Todd- the Demon Barber of Fleet Street Pocket Community Theatre (8/07-8/16) |
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Three Days Grace, I Prevail & The Funeral Portrait at Walmart AMP Walmart AMP (10/28-10/28) |
