NWA On Stage
The excitement walking into "Hamilton" at the Walton Arts Center Wednesday evening was palpable. As the Baum Walker Theater filled prior to the show, people sn…
by Monica Hooper March 24, 2022As someone who can barely speak while walking briskly, I found it mind-blowing to watch the performers in "An Officer and a Gentleman: The Musical" at the Walt…
by Monica Hooper January 6, 2022Walking back into the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville on Tuesday night, Oct. 26, I could feel that I was trying to emotionally prepare myself. For what, I w…
by Jocelyn Murphy October 30, 2021Chan Marshall a.k.a. Cat Power opened the vein of vulnerability, love and the 1990s for Alanis Morissette's World Tour in support of the 25th anniversary of "J…
by Monica Hooper August 16, 2021Can you see me? Am I coming in to focus?
by Jocelyn Murphy April 2, 2021For the very first time since the pandemic shut down theaters across the country, the troupe of master improvisers/actors/comedians behind "Broadway's Next Hit…
by Monica Hooper March 19, 2021Sit down; let me tell you a story. You’ll hear it more than a few times during Dixie Longate’s new virtual show, “Dixie’s Happy Hour.”
by Jocelyn Murphy March 5, 2021To be in Scott Silven’s presence — even virtually — is pleasantly bewitching. The Scottish mentalist and illusionist is wonderfully skilled at putting his audi…
by Jocelyn Murphy October 2, 2020The Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville announced Tuesday that all Broadway shows -- and any performance with an anticipated audience of more than 200 people --…
by Becca Martin-Brown July 7, 2020The national tour of Broadway's 2018 revival of "Once on This Island" opened at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville Feb. 11. I was among that opening night …
by Jocelyn Murphy February 14, 2020Fort Smith Little Theatre opens its 2020 season with “The Glitter Girls,” which director Eric Wells describes as “Steel Magnolias” meets “Survivor.” Listen to …
by NWA Democrat-Gazette February 12, 2020Set designer Kim Powers and actors Na’Tosha De’Von and Troy Wallace joined features writer Lara Jo Hightower to talk about TheatreSquared’s new production, “Th…
by NWA Democrat-Gazette January 25, 2020"The Play That Goes Wrong" is hysterical.
by Jocelyn Murphy November 14, 2019International entertainment phenomenon the Blue Man Group officially premiered their new show "Speechless" at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville last night…
by Jocelyn Murphy September 13, 2019With Mother's Day approaching, I've found myself thinking back on what I was doing this time last year with my mother in town for a visit. We had made the driv…
by Jocelyn Murphy May 10, 2019