Pianist/composer, trio join for Jazz at the Joint
Jazz pianist and composer John Cowherd joins the Ted Ludwig Trio for Jazz at the Joint, 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Joint, 301 Main St., in North Little Rock’s Argenta Arts District.
Tickets are $30. Call (501) 425-1528, email info@potluckandpoisonivy.org or visit jazzatthejoint.org.
Shakespeare in Love
TheatreSquared make its debut in its new home, a $31 million, state-of-the-art theater at 477 W. Spring St., Fayetteville, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday with Shakespeare in Love, Lee Hall’s adaptation of the Academy Award-winning film (screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard).
Matthew Goodrich plays young Will Shakespeare, assailed by writer’s block while trying to complete Romeo & Ethel, the Pirate’s Daughter (including a bit with a dog), with Stephanie Bignault as Viola de Lesseps, whose dreams of treading the boards (disguised as a man playing a woman) Will might be able to fulfill.
The show runs 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through Sept. 8. Tickets are $17-$54. Call (479) 777-7477 or visit theatre2.org.
Live and Bush
Rock bands Live and Bush, on their “ALT-IMATE” Tour marking the 25th anniversary of their respective landmark albums Throwing Copper and Sixteen Stone, co-headline a show with opener Our Lady Peace, 7 p.m. Wednesday at Walmart AMP, 5079 W. Northgate Road, Rogers. Gates open at 6. Tickets are $29.50-$99; a four-ticket Lawn 4-Pack is $22 per.
Also at Walmart AMP this week: Country singer Thomas Rhett’s “Very Hot Summer Tour,” with Dustin Lynch, Russell Dickerson and Rhett Akins, 7 p.m. Thursday. Gates open at 5:30. Tickets are $35.50-$105.25 plus fees. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit amptickets.com.
Big band at Harrison
The Glenn Miller Orchestra, with singers Nick Hilscher, Hannah Truckenbrod and The Moonlight Serenaders, performs at 6 p.m. Monday at the Lyric Theatre, 113 W. Rush Ave., Harrison. Tickets are $25$30. Call (870) 391-3504 or visit thelyricharrison.org.
Big-screen Woodstock
Woodstock: The Director’s Cut, a fuller version of the award-winning 1970 documentary chronicling the July 1969 Woodstock music festival, will have a single screening, 7 p.m. Thursday at movie theaters, including the Colonel Glenn 18 in Little Rock, the Razorback Cinema in Fayetteville, the Malco Fort Smith Cinema in Fort Smith and the Hollywood 15 in Jonesboro. The 3 hour, 44-minute film features performances — including by Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane — that were not part of the original theatrical version. Tickets and more information are available at FathomEvents.com.
Pilgrimage film
Buen Camino, a short documentary film that follows 18 University of Arkansas honors students who visit cathedrals and castles along the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route through France and Spain, will have its broadcast premiere at 4:30 p.m. today on the Arkansas Educational Television Network. It will also air at 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Aug. 29. The 25-minute documentary, produced by the University of Arkansas Honors College in collaboration with University Relations, won four awards in the 40th Annual Telly Awards in June.
Nutcracker auditions
Ballet Arkansas will hold auditions for its “Nutcracker Spectacular,” centered on Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky’s celebrated ballet, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Aug. 24 at Shuffles & Ballet II, 1521 Merrill Drive, Little Rock. The annual production puts a “community cast” of 250 children and adults from across the state together with the professional ballet company and with members of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra in the pit, Dec. 13-15 at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Performance Hall. Rehearsals will start in September.
Dancers age 6 and up who have at least one year of dance training and are currently enrolled in dance classes may register. Adults who have dance/acting experience and are interested in participating in this year’s production are encouraged to contact Ballet Arkansas. Audition times (sign-in begins 30 minutes before the first session, one hour prior to all others): age 13 and up, 9-10:30 a.m.; ages 6-7, 11 a.m.-noon; ages 8-9: 12:30-2 p.m.; ages 10-12: 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Additional audition requirements (dress code, fees, etc.) are available at balletarkansas.org/nutcracker-audition or by emailing nutcracker@balletarkansas.org. Call (501) 223-5150.
Newsboys at MAD
“Early bird” tickets, $25-$50 (with available, higher-priced “VIP Upgrades” that include a Q&A session with the band, souvenirs “and more”), go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday for a concert by Christian music group Newsboys United 7 p.m. Oct. 18 at First Financial Music Hall, 101 E. Locust St., in El Dorado’s Murphy Arts District. It’s part of the group’s “Greatness of Our God” Tour in support of their album, United; also on the bill: Ryan Stevenson, Adam Agee and former dcTalk member and singer/songwriter Kevin Max. Call (877) 940-3334 or visit eldoMAD.com. Week-of-show tickets increase to $35-$60.
Harding music
Tenor David Walton, a Harding University alumnus, and pianist Mark Bilyeu open the university music department’s 2019-20 Arts and Life performance series at 7 p.m. Sept. 12 in Harding’s Administration Auditorium, 940 E. Park Ave., Searcy. The recital program will include arias and songs by J.S. Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacchino Rossini and Benjamin Britten.
The rest of the lineup (except as noted, all performances at 7 p.m. in the Administration Auditorium):
■ Sept. 26: The Queen’s Cartoonists re-create original soundtracks for classic and contemporary animations.
■ Oct. 30: Pianist and Harding faculty member Scott Carrell plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 with the Russian String Orchestra and conductor Misha Rachlevsky, 8:15 p.m.
■ Jan. 23: The Brubeck Brothers Quartet performs music by and shows video clips marking the birth centennial of jazz legend Dave Brubeck.
■ Feb. 11: Third annual Arts and Life Valentine’s Dinner, prepared by university chef Anthony Tally, 5:30 p.m., followed at 7:30 by a concert by Christy Altomare, Broadway’s original Anastasia. Cone Chapel.
■ Feb. 27: Carion Wind Quintet
■ April 26: Seraph Brass, 2 p.m., Reynolds Recital Hall (west side of Burks Boulevard).
Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Season passes are $35; tickets to the Valentine’s dinner will be sold separately. Call (501) 279-4343 or visit harding.edu/artsandlife.