{"id":2507474,"date":"2026-07-18T17:09:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2507474"},"modified":"2026-07-18T17:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:09:04","slug":"entertainment-military-museum-to-screen-abe-lincoln-documentary-the-arkansas-democrat-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/entertainment-military-museum-to-screen-abe-lincoln-documentary-the-arkansas-democrat-gazette\/","title":{"rendered":"ENTERTAINMENT: Military museum to screen Abe Lincoln documentary | 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>FILM<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Lincoln@Gettysburg&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, screens &#8220;Lincoln@Gettysburg,&#8221; 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The documentary focuses on President Abraham Lincoln&#8217;s command in 1863 &#8220;not only on the battlefields of the Civil War, but in his high-tech command center: the War Department Telegraph Office,&#8221; according to a news release. It&#8217;s part of the museum&#8217;s Movies at MacArthur series. Admission, popcorn and soft drinks are free. Call (501) 376-4602.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><u>THEATER<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Fearless Celebration&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Actors Theatre of Little Rock will stage seven plays and musicals in its fifth-anniversary season, including one Arkansas premiere and one regional premiere.<\/p>\n<p>Season Five: &#8220;A Fearless Celebration&#8221; kicks off Feb. 17-March 6 with an &#8220;immersive experience&#8221; production of William Shakespeare&#8217;s &#8220;A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream,&#8221; featuring original music by Little Rock &#8220;feel good soul meets modern Americana&#8221; band Patty and the Cakes.<\/p>\n<p>The season includes the regional premiere, Sept. 29-Oct. 16, 2027, of &#8220;Somewhere Over the Border&#8221; (book, music and lyrics by Brian Quijada), &#8220;inspired by the real-life journey of playwright Brian Quijada&#8217;s mother from El Salvador to the United States and by (L. Frank Baum&#8217;s) &#8216;The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,'&#8221; according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>And the troupe will stage the Arkansas premiere of &#8220;Alanis Morissette&#8217;s Jagged Little Pill&#8221; (music by Morissette, book by Diablo Cody), June 9-26, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the lineup:<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f April 14-May 1: The Little Rock premiere of &#8220;The Prince of Egypt&#8221; (music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Philip LaZebnik, based on the DreamWorks Animation film)<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f July 7-10, 2027: &#8220;The Last Five Years&#8221; (music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown)<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Aug. 4-21, 2027: &#8220;Akeelah and the Bee,&#8221; adapted for the stage by Cheryl L. West based on the screenplay by Doug Atchison<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Dec. 1-18, 2027: &#8220;Fiddler on the Roof&#8221; (music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein based on the tales of Sholem Aleichem) in an &#8220;immersive reimagining.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The group&#8217;s &#8220;immersive&#8221; productions involve contact with members of the audience.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/actorstheatrelr.org\/season-five\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/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\/jul\/18\/entertainment-military-museum-to-screen-abe\/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. FILM &#8216;Lincoln@Gettysburg&#8217; The MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, screens &#8220;Lincoln@Gettysburg,&#8221; 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. 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