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Axios
09-04-2025
- Climate
- Axios
Your week ahead: Broadway, laughs, minor league baseball
A stormy weekend warrants a relaxing weekday. ⚾️ Baseball games — Tuesday is opening night for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale. Catch a game any night Tuesday through Saturday as the team plays a six-game series against the Frisco RoughRiders. 🎭"Back to the Future: The Musical" — Limited tickets remain to see this on stage every night this week starting Tuesday at Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville.
Axios
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Mark your calendars: Broadway lineup
Walton Arts Center's next Broadway season lineup for this fall through spring 2026 is here. How it works: A subscription starting at $350 covers tickets for the regular six-show lineup and gets you first dibs on tickets for the additional five bonus shows. Single tickets for all shows will be available later. The regular series includes: A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical — Oct. 14-19 "Kimberly Akimbo" — Dec. 9-14 "Water for Elephants" — Feb. 24-March 1, 2026 "Some Like it Hot" — March 17-22, 2026 "Mamma Mia!" — April 21-26, 2026 "& Juliet" — May 26-31, 2026 Plus: Bonus shows "Clue" — Nov. 7-9 "Mrs. Doubtfire" — Dec. 19-21 "The Music Man"— Jan. 16-18, 2026 "Beauty and the Beast" — Feb. 3-8, 2026 "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" — July 8-12, 2026
Axios
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Seven ways to celebrate — and not celebrate — Valentine's Day
Besides going to dinner at your favorite NWA restaurant, here are some ideas for celebrating regardless of your relationship status. 🎨 Get creative at a Galentine craft-making night. 6pm Thursday at Sequoyah Hall at Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville. Free. 💎 Enjoy a Galentine's Day jewelry making workshop. 6:30pm Thursday at Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. $120. 🛍 Shop the Stupid Cupid Valentines market. Noon Friday at The Ledger in Bentonville. 🖤 Wear black to an Anti-Valentine's party. 6pm Friday at Danger Dave's in Bentonville. 🍷 It doesn't get more Valentine's Day than dinner and dancing at a winery. 6pm Friday at Sassafras Springs Vineyard and Winery in Springdale. $125. 💃 Learn salsa and wear your best red outfit for a night of dancing. 7pm Friday at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. $20. 🤣 Have a date night at a Valentines comedy show. 8pm Friday at Meteor Guitar Gallery in Bentonville. $15-$30.
Axios
28-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
What's on stage in Northwest Arkansas
It's the perfect time to check out some plays in the area. The big picture: Here's what will be on stage in Northwest Arkansas in the next few months. 📚 "Primary Trust" — A bookstore employee is laid off and thrust into a fresh start in this comedy. Now through Feb. 23 at TheatreSquared. $15-$53. ⛪️️ "The Book of Mormon" — Missionaries try to spread the word in Uganda in this musical comedy. Feb. 20-23 at Walton Arts Center. $94-$104. 🎭 "Twelfth Night" — Now's as good a time as any to see this Shakespeare comedy for the first time. March 5-30 at TheatreSquared. $15-$66. 🎵 "The Sound of Music" — See Art One Presents' production of the classic where Maria brings music back into the Von Trapp home. March 6-8 at The Medium in Springdale. $25-$45. 💃 "Funny Girl" — Fanny Brice becomes a Broadway star to everyone's surprise in this musical comedy. March 18-23 at Walton Arts Center. $56-$109. 🎹 "In the Grove of Forgetting" — This play written by TheatreSquared artistic director Robert Ford takes place in 1930s Hungary as a concert pianist sees her fellow Jewish artists and academics leave in fear of Nazis. April 16-May 4 at TheatreSquared. $15-$53. 🕰 "Back to the Future: The Musical" — See the Broadway version of the classic 1985 film where Marty McFly travels back in time with his scientist friend. April 8-13 at Walton Arts Center. $42-$109. 🎤 "MJ" — It's the story of Michael Jackson's 1994 Dangerous World tour with plenty of the pop star's music. May 20-25 at Walton Arts Center. $69-$169.
