Theater

The musical Chicago may be set in the 1920s, but the issues discussed are relevant to the 2020s. Chicago is on stage through Sunday afternoon at the Walton Arts Center.

Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express is on stage at John Brown University. Becca Martin Brown, the features editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, says she's eager to see this new version from Ken Ludwig.

There are people on stages everywhere this weekend. Becca Martin Brown, the features editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, says productions at TheatreSquared, Fort Smith Little Theater, Arkansas Public Theater and, oh yeah, Format Festival, are just the beginning.

The cheesiness, the 1950s sense of existential worry and the 1950s sensibility are all in the new stage adaptation of It Came From Outer Space, opening tonight on the TheatreSquared stage in Fayetteville.

The Arkansas New Play Festival at TheatreSquared wraps up this weekend. We talked with Tony Meneses and Michelle Vazquez, playwright and director of the new play Ashes of a Great Fire.

The Arkansas New Play Festival at TheatreSquared wraps up this weekend. We talked with Tony Meneses and Michelle Vazquez, playwright and director of the new play Ashes of a Great Fire.

The play The Box examines how solitary confinement is used in American prisons. Sarah Shourd, the playwright/director/actor spent more than 400 days in solitary confinement in Iran. The national tour brings the production to the Arkansas Air and Military Museum this weekend.

The play The Box examines how solitary confinement is used in American prisons. Sarah Shourd, the playwright/director/actor spent more than 400 days in solitary confinement in Iran. The national tour brings the production to the Arkansas Air and Military Museum this weekend.

A Chorus Line first hit the stage in 1975. That production won nine Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The latest version, set for an overseas tour, is preparing the show at Walton Arts Center.

A Chorus Line first hit the stage in 1975. That production won nine Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The latest version, set for an overseas tour, is preparing the show at Walton Arts Center.