THEATER
‘Bonus’ shows on docket
Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center will present six touring Broadway shows, five of them “coming straight from Broadway,” according to Jennifer Ross, the center’s vice president of programming, in its 2026-’27 Procter & Gamble Broadway Series.
The lineup: “The Outsiders,” Sept. 1-6; “Buena Vista Social Club,” Dec. 15-20; “The Notebook,” Feb. 24-28; “The Sound of Music,” April 13-18, 2027; “Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical,” May 25-30, 2027; and “Just in Time,” July 6-11, 2027.
In addition to the six-show series, four touring “bonus” shows are on the docket, to which subscribers will have first access to buy tickets: eight performances of “Dirty Dancing,” Oct. 21-25; five performances of “Jersey Boys,” Nov. 27-29; four performances of “Kinky Boots,” April 30-May 2, 2027; and five performances of “Beetlejuice,” June 4-6, 2027.
Season subscribers will also “be the first in line to guarantee your seats for the Northwest Arkansas debut of ‘Wicked,’” already on the schedule for the 2027-’28 season.
Six-show Broadway subscription packages are $351-$585. Dates, programs and prices are subject to change. Call (479) 571-2785 or visit waltonartscenter.org.
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Grant programs
Curt Fields, a lifelong student of the American Civil War and active living historian and who recently co-authored a book, “Unconditional Surrender: Ulysses S. Grant in the Civil War,” personates Grant for “An Evening with General Grant,” 7 p.m. Tuesday and “An Evening with President Grant,” 7 p.m. Wednesday at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. Co-sponsor for the two-night event is the Civil War Round Table of Arkansas and the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History. Admission to both “evenings” is free. Fields’ book is for sale in the museum’s gift shop. Call (501) 376-4602.
Grant, by then a former president, visited Little Rock April 14-15, 1880, and stayed at the Capital Hotel. The first former president to visit Arkansas’ capital city, he made speeches and also attended a parade in his honor.
Museum’s spring break
The Rogers Historical Museum, 313 S. Second St. at Cherry Street, will be spending “Spring Break at the Museum: Colonial Days,” examining how children’s work and play in 18th-century America compares to life today, Tuesday-Thursday. It’s part of the museum’s yearlong celebration of America’s 250th anniversary.
The lineup:
◼️ “Yo-Yos,” Tuesday, 45-minute sessions at 9, 10 and 11 a.m. Kids will discover how simple gadgets entertained colonial children and then build their own classic yo-yo to take home.
◼️ “Off the Sheep,” Wednesday, 90-minute sessions at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Colonial toys made from farm byproducts like wool taught children to handle the materials they would later process as adults. Presenter Eddon Boyd from the Brick Street Handspinners will demonstrate the processing by hand of raw fleece shaved off the sheep before it can be felted or spun, and woven into cloth. Kids will learn how to sort the wool, discovering what can be washed and used and what should be thrown away.
◼️ “Jacob’s Ladder,” Thursday, 45-minute sessions at 9, 10 and 11 a.m. Via an 18th-century “optical illusion” flip toy made from simple wood and ribbon, youngsters will discover how these entertained families on the American frontier and build their own heirloom toy to take home.
The series is recommended for youngsters 6-12. It’s free; timed registration is required for each day’s session with the option to register for one day or all three. Sign up is only required for children, but parents/guardians are required to stay with their children during the programs.
To register, call (479) 621-1154 or visit rogershistoricalmuseum.org/spring-break.
Garden talks
The 2026 Mount Holly Garden Series kicks off with Ted Lewis of Floral Express giving a talk titled “It’s A Spring Thing,” 9 a.m. April 18 at the Bell House in the center of Mount Holly Cemetery, 1200 Broadway, Little Rock.
Take along a lawn chair; there will be door prizes. Admission is by suggested $10 donation; proceeds benefit the cemetery. Email [email protected].
The rest of the lineup (all at 9 a.m. Saturdays at the cemetery’s Bell House):
◼️ May 16: “Roses, A to Z,” James Shelton, manager, Baucum Nursery, Arkansas Forestry Division.
◼️ June 20: “What’s New in Aquaculture,” Mark Gibson, Green Thumb Water Gardens.
◼️ July 18: “How to Grow BEAUTIFUL African Violets,” Alice Brown, president, Arkansas African Violet Society.
◼️ Aug. 15: “Ancient and Old Growth Ecosystems of Arkansas: From Forests to Grasslands,” Theo Witsell, co-founder and chief conservation officer for the Southeastern Grasslands Institute.
◼️ Sept. 19: “Preparing Your Garden for Fall,” Susan Rose, Master Gardener.
◼️ Oct. 17: “Making a Compost for Your Spring Garden,” Wintersage and Sydney Red Horse, Luck Be A Lady Rentals and Repairs.
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