Walton Arts Center

Peter Pan is coming to Arkansas this month at the Robinson Center in Little Rock from Sept. 13 through Sept. 15 and then at Walton Arts Center from Sept. 24 through Sept. 29. This production has roots in the nearly 70-year-old Broadway hit, but it also features a newly adapted script from Larissa FastHorse. The tour’s director, Emmy winner Lonny Price, visited the Carver Center for Public Radio to discuss the production.

The Starlight JazzClub season at Walton Arts Center begins Saturday, Sept. 7, with the Sean Mason Quartet performing in the Starr Theater. Mason’s jazz mixes old and new. Saturday night audiences will likely hear original music and interpretations of standards going back a century. Last week, Robert Ginsburg, host of Shades of Jazz on KUAF, talked with Sean Mason about the upcoming performance.

Kyle Kellams speaks with Ben Harris, the executive director of the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas about the upcoming season.

One of the most celebrated musicals in theater history will launch a national tour from Fayetteville. "Hamilton" will open at Walton Arts Center next week, but the cast and crew are here now as the national tour works through technical rehearsals before beginning a year-long trip across the county. Last evening Tyler Fauntleroy and Marja Harmon, Alexander Hamilton and Angelica Schuyler, in this production, respectively, sat down in the Walton Arts Center Lobby.

The Walton Arts Center is now accepting submissions for their fourth annual "Our Art, Our Region, Our Time" group art exhibition. Curated by local artist Kathy Thompson, the exhibit will feature and celebrate works exclusively from Northwest Arkansas visual artists.

This week, Mary Badham, of stage and screen "To Kill a Mockingbird" fame, came to the Carver Center for Public Radio to talk about the subtle changes in Aaron Sorkin’s script and the challenges of playing Mrs. Dubois. We wanted to share more of the conversation with you today, including Badham's recollection of another iconic performance, visiting botanical gardens and her joy of talking with students.

On today's show, preparation is underway for a city-wide clean-up day in Fayetteville. Also, a life with "To Kill a Mockingbird." Plus, the Fort Smith Symphony teams up with Captain Kirk.

The national touring production of Disney’s "Aladdin" is on stage at Walton Arts Center through Sunday afternoon. This morning, Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams met the production’s Genie, Marcus M. Martin, in the Walton Arts Center. He said he's been readying himself for the role of the boisterous genie for a long time.

For the first time, the Walton Arts Center will host 10 Broadway shows during the 2024-25 season-one each month from August through May. Curt Owens, director of programming at Walton Arts Center, and Jennifer Ross, vice-president of programming, came to the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio to talk with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about those ten productions.

On today's show, touching base with the state now that we're a month out from the big eclipse. Also, Walton Arts Center readies ten big shows for the next Broadway season. Plus, music radio with personality.