Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts: Sales pitch
The cast and crew of the Arkansas Repertory Theatre production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (onstage through May 12 at the Rep, 601 Main St., Little Rock) will take part in a “Lunch & Lecture” session, noon-1 p.m. Wednesday in Sturgis Hall, Clinton School of Public Service, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. Take your own lunch; the school will provide drinks. Admission is free; to reserve seats, call (501) 683-5239 or e-mail [email protected].
Pal Joey auditions
The Rep will also hold auditions for several roles in its world-premiere production of the “reconceived” musical Pal Joey on Saturday at the theater, 601 Main St., Little Rock.
Director Peter Schneider will be considering Equity and non-Equity actors for two men and two women. Character descriptions and requirements are available at the website, therep.org/workwith-us/auditions.aspx. To reserve an audition time, obtain audition excerpts from the script and all other audition requirements, e-mail Company Manager/Casting Associate Peter Mensky at pmensky@ therep.org.
The musical - original music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, book by Patrick Pacheco, based on the short stories and Pal Joey libretto by John O’Hara; musical supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Michael Reno - opens the Rep’s 2013-2014 season, Sept. 6-22 with a possible extension to Sept. 29. Rehearsals start Aug. 13.
Comic hypnotist
Comedy hypnotist The Sandman returns this week to the Loony Bin Comedy Club, Breckenridge Village Shopping Center, Interstate 430 and North Rodney Parham Road, with shows at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday (tickets are $8) and 7:30 and 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday ($12).
Call (501) 228-5555 or visit the website, loonybincomedy.com.
Rogers wardrobe
The Rogers Little Theater will stage Love, Loss and What I Wore by Nora and Delia Ephron, based on the book by Ilene Beckerman, in a dinner theater setting at 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and May 9-11 and 2 p.m. Sunday and May 12 at the Victory Theater, 116 S. Second St., Rogers.
The show consists of monologues and ensemble pieces about women and wardrobe. It contains adult language and is recommended for mature audiences. Children under age 5 will not be admitted. The theater will sell the set accessories before each performance, with half the proceeds going to the Northwest Arkansas Women’s Shelter. Sponsors are Starbucks and SB Howard & Co.
Tickets are $45, $55 for the May 12 Mother’s Day brunch, $16 for show-only balcony seating. Meals start 75 minutes before curtain time. Call (479) 631-8988 or visit the website, RogersLittleTheater.org.
Lombardi auditions
Rogers Little Theater will hold auditions for Lombardi by Eric Simonson, based on the biography When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss, 7 p.m. Monday and May 7 at the Victory Theater.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script; find a list of roles and characteristics and the selected scenes at the website, rogerslittletheater.org/castlist. php?xs=61. Brenda Nemec will direct. Production dates are June 7-9 and 13-16. Call (479) 631-8988.
Circus tickets
Tickets - $50 (Circus Celebrity), $40 (VIP), $30 and $20 - go on sale today for the “Fully Charged Gold Edition” of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents The Next Generation of Circus 2.0, 7 p.m. June 6-7; 11 a.m. and 3 and 7 p.m. June 8; and 1 and 5 p.m. June 9 at North Little Rock’s Verizon Arena. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit Ticketmaster.com.
South Pacific tryouts
Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, will hold auditions at 6:30 p.m. Monday for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific. Prepare 16 bars of a song and take a photo, resume and sheet music for the accompanist, as well as dance attire for the movement portion of the audition. Production dates are July 23-Aug. 31. Call (501) 562-3131.
King & I auditions
The Royal Players will hold auditions for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King & I at 6 p.m. May 12 and 7 p.m. May 13 at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton.
Prepare a song and take sheet music for the accompanist. Auditions will also include cold readings from the script. Parts are available for actors of all ages and both sexes, including more than a dozen children. Tim Sopel will direct.
Production dates are July 11-14 and 18-21 with the possibility of extending into a third weekend. Call (501) 315-5483 or visit the website, theroyalplayers.com.
Artist Inc.
The Argenta Arts Foundation, in partnership with the Arkansas Arts Council, the Mid-America Arts Alliance and the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City, is hosting Artist Inc. Argenta, a training program that addresses the specific business needs and challenges of artists, including:
A workshop titled “What Works!,” 6:30-8:30 p.m. May 20 at 204 E. Fourth St., North Little Rock. Attendance is limited to 30 people; admission is free. For more information or to register, visit whatworksmay.eventbrite.com.
A full eight-week Artist Inc. course, in which participants gather once a week to learn and apply business skills specific to their art form, starts Sept. 9. Participation is limited to 25. Fee for the classes and materials is $125; application deadline is June 14. Visit argentaartsdistrict.org.
Call (501) 993-1234 or e-mail [email protected].
New Device
David Draiman, front man for hard rockers Disturbed, brings his new industrial rock band, Device, to town, with a performance at 9 p.m. Wednesday at Juanita’s, 614 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. The rest of the band: Evanescence drummer Will Hunt and Dope and Rock of Ages guitarist Virus. Opening acts are Nonpoint and Gemini Syndrome. Tickets are $25; doors open at 8. Visit the website, juanitas.com.
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