{"id":2447955,"date":"2026-06-06T17:12:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2447955"},"modified":"2026-06-06T17:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:12:55","slug":"entertainment-heights-onstage-in-soma-onegin-moves-to-ozarks-the-arkansas-democrat-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/entertainment-heights-onstage-in-soma-onegin-moves-to-ozarks-the-arkansas-democrat-gazette\/","title":{"rendered":"ENTERTAINMENT: \u2018Heights\u2019 onstage in SoMa; \u2018Onegin\u2019 moves to Ozarks | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"zephr-arkonline\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>                <!-- Audio Player Container --><\/p>\n<div id=\"audioPlayer\" style=\"display: none;\"><figcaption class=\"player-label\">Let us read it for you. Listen now.<\/figcaption><audio id=\"audio\" controls=\"\" controlslist=\"nodownload\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\"><br \/>\n                Your browser does not support the audio element.<br \/>\n            <\/audio>\n        <\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><u>THEATER<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018In the Heights\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Actors Theatre of Little Rock stages Lin-Manuel Miranda\u2019s pre-\u201cHamilton\u201d Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical\u00a0\u201cIn the Heights!,\u201d\u00a07:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday through June 27 at Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, 1601 Louisiana St., Little Rock.<\/p>\n<p>The production is \u201cimmersive,\u201d meaning the performers will be making contact with some audience members throughout the show. Tickets are $35 for \u201cimmersive\u201d seats, $30 for general admission, $25 for non-immersive; $5 more at the door. Visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/actorstheatrelr.org\/tickets\">actorstheatrelr.org\/tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intext-photo inline inline_photo fr-draggable\" draggable=\"true\" id=\"4436521\">\n<div class=\"fr-img-space-wrap\"><span class=\"fr-img-caption article-photo fr-fic fr-dii\" style=\"width: 566px;\"><span class=\"fr-img-wrap\"><span class=\"fr-inner\"><figcaption>Caelon Colbert (from left) plays Benny, with Fernanda Posadas as Nina, Jacob Rivera as Usnavi and Gabriella Martinez as Vanessa in Actors Theatre of Little Rock\u2019s production of \u201cIn the Heights.\u201d (Special to the Democrat-Gazette\/Caroline M. Holt)<\/figcaption><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"fr-img-space-wrap2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"overlay\"><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><strong>Bluegrass a la Russe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TheatreSquared, 477 W. Spring St., Fayetteville, is putting \u201cEugene Onegin: A Bluegrass Musical,\u201d a new adaptation of Alexander Pushkin\u2019s drama by Obie Award-winner Sarah Gancher, onstage in its West Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through June 28.<\/p>\n<p>The theater has converted the space into an in-the-round \u201cjam circle\u201d \u2014 every seat within 20 feet of the stage \u2014 where 15 actor-musicians perform Gancher\u2019s original bluegrass score while playing Pushkin\u2019s doomed lovers Tanya and Eugene and other characters.<\/p>\n<p>Gancher\u2019s script transplants the setting to 1940s rural Arkansas, \u201cwith help from her own bluegrass background and family ties to Arkansas,\u201d according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Chavkin, a Tony Award-winner for \u201cHades\u00adtown\u201d (and also the director of \u201cNatasha, Pierre, &amp; The Great Comet of 1812,\u201danother musical based on a Russian classic, Leo Tolstoy\u2019s \u201cWar and Peace\u201d) directs. Jane Bruce plays Tanya, with Cory Jeacoma as Eugene, Sydney Shepherd as Olga and Adrian Blake Enscoe as Lensky.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $25\u2013$71; $15 for students and patrons under 30; $1 for recipients of SNAP benefits recipients through T2\u2019s Lights Up! For Access program, supported by the Walmart Foundation. Visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theatre2.org\">theatre2.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intext-photo inline inline_photo fr-draggable\" draggable=\"true\" id=\"4436522\">\n<div class=\"fr-img-space-wrap\"><span class=\"fr-img-caption article-photo fr-fic fr-dii\" style=\"width: 566px;\"><span class=\"fr-img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" arts=\"\" at=\"\" center.=\"\" class=\"article-photo fr-fic fr-dii\" democrat-gazette=\"\" fayetteville=\"\" generation=\"\" height=\"533\" is=\"\" new=\"\" onstage=\"\" riverdance=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wehco.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com\/img\/photos\/2026\/06\/05\/Riverdance--3-_t800.jpg?90232451fbcadccc64a17de7521d859a8f88077d\" the=\"\" this=\"\" to=\"\" walton=\"\" week=\"\" width=\"800\"\/><span class=\"fr-inner\"><figcaption>&#8220;Riverdance 30 \u2013 The New Generation&#8221; is onstage this week at Fayetteville&#8217;s Walton Arts Center. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"fr-img-space-wrap2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"overlay\"><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><u>DANCE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Riverdance 30\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRiverdance 30 \u2013 The New Generation,\u201d the 30th-anniversary production of the dance and music show, is onstage, 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Fayetteville\u2019s Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. Tickets are $63.25-$97.75. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/waltonartscenter.org\">waltonartscenter.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><u>MUSIC<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scholarship winner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chloe Rackley of Cheltenham, Pa., is the winner of the $1,000\u00a02026 Peggy Gram Scholarship\u00a0from the Top of the Rock Chorus, the Central Arkansas chapter of SingUnited International (formally Sweet Adelines International).<\/p>\n<p>Rackley, a violinist, will be a sophomore music major at Wheaton College Conservatory in Wheaton, Ill., this fall. She has played with the Philadelphia Sinfonia Players and Wheaton College Orchestra and teaches using the Suzuki method, with plans to start an inner-city youth orchestra in the Philadelphia area.<\/p>\n<p>The Top of the Rock\u2019s scholarship fund, named for Gram, who spent more than 40 years as director of Top of the Rock Chorus, provides scholarships to women involved in music or vocal performance education.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><u>THEATER<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Theatrical \u2018Diamonds\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elijah Taylor, a student at Bentonville West High School, took Best Actor honors and Alma High School\u2019s Cali Ferguson was named Best Actress at the Walton Arts Center\u2019s\u00a0Diamond Awards\u00a0showcase and ceremony May 23.<\/p>\n<p>Best Supporting Performance went to Sansa Meadows of Clarksville High School and Jenna Scott of Bentonville High School. Isaac Sides of Bentonville High School won Outstanding Vocal Performance; Andrew Bush of Alma High School and Karen Leite of Fort Smith Southside High School won for Outstanding Dance Performance; Sansa Meadows of Clarksville High School won for Outstanding Acting Performance; and Fort Smith Southside High School took the award for Best Ensemble Performance.<\/p>\n<p>Industry professionals adjudicated 12 Northwest Arkansas high school theater programs that produced full-length musicals.<\/p>\n<p>The Best Actress and Actor winners will compete in the Broadway League Foundation\u2019s National High School Musical Theatre Awards, aka \u201cThe Jimmy Awards,\u201d on June 22 in New York.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><u>ETC.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Transcribe-a-Thons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arkansas TV and the Arkansas Center for the Book, a program of the Arkansas State Library, are holding free, hands-on\u00a0Transcribe-a-Thons\u00a0across the state through June, the first of which takes place at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Hempstead County Library, 500 S. Elm St., Hope.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the lineup:<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f 1 p.m. June 16, Garland County Public Library, 1427 Malvern Ave., Hot Springs<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f 10:30 a.m. June 27, Phillips County Library, 702 Porter St. No. 3142, Helena-West Helena<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f 10:30 a.m. June 30, Mahony Family Library (Auditorium), South Arkansas College, 300 Summit Ave., El Dorado.<\/p>\n<p>The program for each will include clips of Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt\u2019s documentary \u201cThe American Revolution\u201d; participants will help transcribe Revolutionary-era documents through the Library of Congress\u2019 \u201cBy the People\u201d project.<\/p>\n<p>No prior experience is required; lunch or snacks will be provided. Volunteers will receive guidance on how to create and review transcriptions; transcription work will take place on computers \u2014 participants are welcome to take their own laptop or tablet; participants at the Hempstead County Library in Hope are encouraged to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Those planning to attend events in Hot Springs and El Dorado are encouraged to register at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/arkansastv.gov\/events\">arkansastv.gov\/events<\/a>; those planning to attend the Hope and Helena events should contact the libraries.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><u>TICKETS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Hamilton\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Celebrity Attractions is selling single tickets \u2014 $49-$199 plus possible additional fees \u2014 for the touring production of \u201cHamilton\u201d (book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda), 7:30 p.m. Aug. 25-28, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 29 and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Aug. 30 at Little Rock\u2019s Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. at Broadway. There is a limit of nine tickets per account. There will be a lottery for 40 $10 seats for each performance. Details will be announced closer to the engagement. Call (501) 244-8800 or visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.celebrityattractions.com\/SetLocation.asp\">CelebrityAttractions.com<\/a> or <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/\">Ticketmaster.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>        <!--Author Byline Cards--><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline-card\">\n<div class=\"byline-text\">\n<h3 class=\"author\">\n<p>                        <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arkansasonline.com\/staff\/eric-harrison\">Eric E. Harrison<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<p class=\"author-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"staffer__email\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arkansasonline.com\/news\/2026\/jun\/06\/entertainment-heights-onstage-in-soma-onegin-moves-to-ozarks\/mailto:eharrison@adgnewsroom.com\">eharrison@adgnewsroom.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eric E. Harrison covers classical music, theater and restaurants for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He joined the then-Arkansas Democrat on the copy desk in June 1977 and served for 17 years (including the entirety of the newspaper war) as the paper&#8217;s entertainment editor before taking on his current role as features reporter. He is also host of the weekly classical music show &#8220;Major and Minor Masterpieces&#8221; on public radio station KLRE-FM, 90.5.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.arkansasonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. 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