THEATER

WAC Broadway lineup

A nationwide touring manufacturing of “Peter Pan” kicks off the 2024-25 Procter and Gamble Broadway sequence, Sept. 24-29 in Baum Walker Hall at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St.

The manufacturing includes a new adaptation by playwright Larissa FastHorse, with music by Morris “Moose” Charlap (further music by Jule Styne) and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh (further lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green), all based mostly on the unique play by James Barrie.

The remainder of the Broadway lineup, that includes all first nationwide excursions:

◼️ Oct. 22-27: “Beetlejuice the Musical” (music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect, e-book by Scott Brown and Anthony King, based mostly on the 1988 movie)

◼️ Dec. 17-22: “Shucked,” musical comedy (rating by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, e-book by Robert Horn)

◼️ March 18-23, 2025: “Funny Girl” (music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, revised e-book from Harvey Fierstein based mostly on the unique by Isobel Lennart)

◼️ April 8-13, 2025: “Back to the Future: The Musical” (tailored for the stage by the 1985 film’s creators Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis, with unique music by Alan and Glen Ballard and hit songs from the movie)

◼️ May 20-25, 2025: “MJ” (centered on the making of Michael Jackson’s 1992 “Dangerous” World Tour, created by director/choreographer Christopher Wheeldon with a e-book by Lynn Nottage).

The season can even characteristic bonus exhibits that can both launch from or have technical rehearsals and performances in Fayetteville, together with “Hamilton,” Aug. 16-25; “How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Musical,” Nov. 12-17; “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations,” Jan. 22-23; and “The Book of Mormon,” Feb. 21-23.

Walton Arts Center president & CEO Peter Lane additionally teased on the season announcement a live performance by Broadway and display legend Kristin Chenoweth, the date for which has not been introduced. (Broadway season subscribers and Friends of the Walton Arts Center could have first entry to tickets as soon as they go on sale.) Six-show subscription packages are $339-$554. Call (479) 571-2785 or go to waltonartscenter.org.

    Roger Bart performs Doc Brown with Casey Likes as Marty McFly within the nationwide touring manufacturing of “Back to the Future.” (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)
  

TheatreSquared season

TheatreSquared, 477 W. Spring St., Fayetteville, opens Season 19 with Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun,” Aug. 12-Sept. 15.

The remainder of the lineup:

◼️ Oct. 2-Nov. 3: “twenty50” by Tony Meneses, winner of the 2022 Arkansas Short Play Festival

◼️ Nov. 20-Dec. 24: “A Christmas Carol,” T2’s perennial manufacturing of Amy Herzberg and Robert Ford’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ basic

◼️ Jan. 22-Feb. 23: Eboni Booth’s “Primary Trust,” during which a mild-mannered 36-year-old bookstore employee finds his life turned the wrong way up, in additional methods than one, when he is all of the sudden laid off

◼️ March 5-30, 2025: William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” in collaboration with the National Asian American Theatre Company

◼️ April 16-May 11, 2025: the premiere of “In The Grove of Forgetting” by T2 inventive director Bob Ford

◼️ May 16-25, 2025: Arkansas New Play Festival, with performances at TheatreSquared, The Momentary in Bentonville and The Medium in Springdale

◼️ June 4-29, 2025: “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” (music and lyrics by Steven Lutvak, e-book and lyrics by Robert L. Freedman, based mostly on the novel by Roy Horniman).

Six-play season packages begin at $180; four-play packages begin at $106. Visit theatre2.org/subscribe.

FILM

Movies at MacArthur

The MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St. Little Rock, screens the documentary “Cold War in Space: The Race to the Moon,” 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, inspecting the U.S. house program and its significance in the course of the Cold War. It’s a part of the museum’s Movies at MacArthur sequence. Admission, popcorn and smooth drinks are free. Call (501) 376-4602.

MUSIC

Cliburn Concert Series

Grammy Award-winning pianist Emanuel Ax kicks off the 2024 Van Cliburn Concert Series, that includes a Steinway as soon as owned by legendary pianist Van Cliburn, 7 p.m. April 10 within the Great Hall at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 600 Museum Way, Bentonville.

The remainder of the lineup (each concert events are at 7 p.m. within the museum’s Great Hall; applications are to be introduced):

◼️ July 26: Pianist Kenny Broberg and violinist Maria Ioudenitch

◼️ Sept. 5: The Bax-Chung Duo — pianists Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung.

Tommy Smith, Cliburn’s longtime associate, donated Cliburn’s Steinway & Sons grand piano to Crystal Bridges.

Tickets for every live performance are $45 ($36 for museum members, $10 for college students and lecturers). Call (479) 657-2335 or go to crystalbridges.org.

    Pianist Kenny Broberg and violinist Maria Ioudenitch carry out July 26 at Crystal Bridges in Bentonville. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Courtesy of Andrej Grilc)
  

Monica Hooper of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette contributed to this roundup.