Walton Arts Center announces 2015-16 season

Diana Krall / Courtesy photo

Walton Arts Center officials this week announced the full lineup of performances for the 2015-16 season.

Headlining artists include jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall, along with Broadway favorites and new performances alike including, Pippin, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia!, Home Free: Full of Cheer, An Evening with Ira Glass, and Hubbard Street Dance.

The season kicks off Nov. 6 in Baum Walker Hall with Me & My Shadow presented by Patch Theatre Group. It will be the first performance at the arts center since the building closed earlier this month for the beginning phase of a $23 million renovation project.

Broadway Series ticket packages are available now at waltonartscenter.org and “Create Your Own” subscriptions are also available at waltonartscenter.org/cyo.

A full schedule of performances is listed below:

Nov. 6, 2015 – Me & My Shadow presented by Patch Theatre Company
Nov. 10-15, 2015 – Pippin
Nov. 17, 2015 – Paragon Ragtime Orchestra presents The Clown Princes of Silent Comedy
Nov. 19, 2015 – Diana Krall
Nov. 24-29, 2015 – Annie

Dec. 6, 2015 – Walton Arts Center and Symphony of Northwest Arkansas present The Snowman: A Family Concert
Dec. 11-12, 2015 – The National Circus and Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China
Dec. 13, 2015 – Jim Brickman Comfort & Joy
Dec. 14, 2015 – Christmas with SONOS Handbell Ensemble
Dec. 15, 2015 – Home Free: Full of Cheer
Dec. 21-23, 2015 – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical

Jan. 8, 2016 – Simone Dinnerstein
Jan. 16, 2016 – Reinventing Radio: An Evening with Ira Glass
Jan. 28, 2016 – L.A. Theater Works: Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Jan. 19-24, 2016 – Kinky Boots
Jan. 30, 2016 – Classic Albums Live presents The Beatles’ Abbey Road

Feb. 4, 2016 – BalletBoyz
Feb. 5, 2016 – Paula Poundstone
Feb. 9-14, 2016 – Mamma Mia!
Feb. 19, 2016 – Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Feb. 21, 2016 – Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny presented by Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia

March 1-6, 2016 – Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
March 8, 2016 – Salzburg Marionette Theatre presents The Sound of Music
March 12, 2016 – Mavis Staples & Nick Lowe
March 13, 2016 – Danú
March 17-18, 2016 – A Night with Janis Joplin

April 1, 2016 – The Swingles
April 1-2, 2016 – VoiceJam A Cappella Festival
April 3, 2016 – Love That Dog presented by Theatergroep Kwatta
April 9, 2016 – Hubbard Street Dance
April 10, 2016 – Menopause the Musical: The Survivor Tour
April 12, 2016 – An Evening with Branford Marsalis
April 16, 2016 – Keb’ Mo’
April 19-24, 2016 – The Bridges of Madison County
April 28, 2016 – Malpaso Dance Company with Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Octet

May 2016 – Artosphere Festival
May 1, 2016 – DakhaBrakha
May 6-8, 2016 – The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart presented by the National Theatre of Scotland
May 6-8, 2016 – Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
May 24, 2016 – Artosphere Festival Orchestra

June 9-11, 2016 – Art of Wine