No Biz Like Show Biz

Best” is such a subjective word. The “best” movie I saw in 2013 was any movie that made my daughter laugh.

So there’s no way I’d presume to be the judge of the best theatrical performances in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley in the past year.

Instead let me remind you of some of the wonderful things we had opportunity to see.

JANUARY

“Catch Me If You Can” (Walton Arts Center); “Dead Man Walking” (Opera Fayetteville); “The Velveteen Rabbit” (WAC); “Goat Song Revel” (Temple Shalom).

FEBRUARY

“Memphis” (WAC); “Night Must Fall” (Arts Center of the Ozarks); “Sons of the Prophet” (TheatreSquared); “9-5: The Musical” (Rogers Little Theater); “A Separate Peace” (Arts Live Theater); “Hickory Dickory Dead” (Fort Smith Little Theater); “A Streetcar Named Desire” (University of Arkansas Theater); “Hair” (WAC); “In This House” (Sager Creek Arts Center); “Biloxi Blues” (Alma Performing Arts Center); “The Little Prince (WAC).

MARCH

“Go, Dog. Go!” (ACO);

“Steel Magnolias” (FSLT);

“Goodbye Charlie” (RLT).

APRIL

“Anything Goes” (WAC);

“Rumors” (ACO); “Next to Normal” (T2); “Company” (UA); “American Idiot” (WAC).

MAY

“Love, Loss and What IWore” (RLT); “The Little Mermaid” (ALT); “War Horse” (WAC); “Scooby Doo” (WAC); “Barefoot in the Park” (FSLT); “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” (WAC).

JUNE

“Big” (Young Actors Guild); “Lombardi” (RLT).

JULY

Thoroughly Modern Millie” (ACO); “Emma” (FSLT); “The King and I” (RLT).

AUGUST

“Ascension Day” (ALT);

“The Spiritualist” (T2); “The Nerd” (ACO).

SEPTEMBER

“Twelve Angry Men” (FSLT); “Julius Caesar” (Classical Edge Theatre); “The Neverending Story” (ALT); “4,000 Miles” (T2);

“Cinderella” (ACO).

OCTOBER

“The Clean House” (UA);

“The Shape of Things” (NorthWest Arkansas Community College); “Peter Pan” (Trike Theatre); “Beauty and the Beast” (WAC); “Zombie High School Homecoming” (ALT); “No Sex Please, We’re British (ACO).

NOVEMBER

“Don’t Dress for Dinner” (RLT); “White Christmas” (FSLT); “White Christmas” (WAC); “Patience” (JBU); “She Stoops to Conquer” (UA);

“Memphis” (University of Arkansas-Fort Smith); “Alice in Wonderland” (ALT); “Women of Manhattan” (UAFS); “A Christmas Carol” (T2).

DECEMBER

“Fully Committed” (RLT);

“Best Christmas Pageant Ever” (ACO).