LITTLE ROCK — Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, kicks off its theatrical shoes and goes Barefoot in the Park, Tuesday-July 22.
The classic Neil Simon comedy focuses on a young couple, Corie (Annie Gaarder) and Paul Bratter (James Mainard O’Connell), six days married, who have just moved into a rickety fifth-floor Greenwich Village walk-up.
The hole in the skylight and the indignities of dealing with the telephone repair man (Roger M. Eaves) and a delivery person (a cameo for stage manager Keylan Alderson) who has to carry a load up five flights of stairs (plus the “stoop”) are far less threatening to their newly wedded bliss than the interference of her mother (Candyce Hinkle) and the over-friendly, oddball upstairs neighbor Victor Velasco (director Glen J. Gilbert).
Doors open at 6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 11 a.m. for Sunday and Wednesday matinees (June 27, July 11, no show July 4), 5:30 p.m. Sunday evening. Tickets (including buffet and show) are $31 Sunday evening-Thursday, $33 Friday-Saturday, $29 Sunday and Wednesday matinees, $23 for children (show-only tickets: $25, $15 children). Call (501) 562-3131 or visit murrysdinnerplayhouse.com.
Paragould bluegrass
Ernie Evans and the Florida State Bluegrass Band - Debi Evans, bass and vocals; Nate Lee, mandolin and fiddle; and Isaac Taylor, banjo - will perform at 7 p.m. Monday at the Collins Theatre, 120 W. Emerson St., Paragould, part of Jonesboro public radio station KASU-FM, 91.9’s BluegrassMonday concert series.
The station will pass the hat to pay the performers; suggested donation is $5. Call (870) 972-2367 or e-mail [email protected].
Artspree season
Guitar, piano, piano trio and jazz recitals mark the 2012-13 season for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Artspree series, with performances at 3 p.m. Sundays in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave.
The schedule:
Sept. 30: Guitarist Vladimir Gorbach, winner of the 2011 Guitar Foundation of America Tour
Nov. 4: Pianist Di Wu, 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition finalist
Feb. 3: Ridge Trio - Chiharu Iinuma, piano; David Gillham, violin; Tom Landschoot, cello
April 14: Jazzman Chris Brubeck and Triple Play
Season tickets are $65; individual tickets are $20, $10 for students. Call (501) 940-1562 or e-mail [email protected].
Strings camp
Violin, viola, cello and double bass players in grades 6-12 who have completed a year or more of public-school orchestra are eligible to attend the University of Central Arkansas Community School of Music’s fourth annual Summer Strings Camp, July 22-28in the Snow Fine Arts Center at UCA, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway.
Students who are younger than sixth grade may participate if they have taken private lessons for at least a year, can read notes, and have the approval of the camp director, a community school official or a private instructor’s recommendation.
The camp, which will accommodate day students and overnight campers, will feature classes, workshops, orchestra rehearsals and performances, plus “fun activities” in the afternoons and evenings, culminating in a July 28 concert.
Tuition is $150 for commuting students, $325 for students staying in on-campus housing; there’s a $25 late fee thereafter. Registration deadline is July 6 for on-campus students, July 18 for commuters. Registration forms are available by calling (501) 450-3672 or (501) 450-5755 or via e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]; visit the website, uca.edu/csm, for more information.
Photography contest
The River Valley Arts Center in Russellville is soliciting black-and-white or color photographs depicting Arkansas this week for its July “Picture This” exhibit in the center’s gallery, 1001 E. B St., Russellville.
Winners of each of two categories - age 18 and under and age 19 and older - will receive $75 each and a firstplace ribbon. The decision of the judges is final.
Deliver the photos to the arts center Tuesday through Thursday. Photographs must be no larger than 8 by 10 inches, and framed with a wire hanger on the back. There’s a two-entry limit and photographers should place a title on their entries.
Call (479) 968-2452, e-mail [email protected] or visit arvartscenter.org.
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