AT WALTON ARTS CENTER: ‘Margaritaville’ musical a breezy but basic show aimed squarely at a carefree crowd
It’s a must-visit vacation destination if you love Jimmy Buffett or have a 30A sticker on your car window.
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REVIEW: Small story looks at the bigger picture in TheatreSquared’s close up of ‘Native Gardens’
There’s a depth of reality at work that really pushes Native Gardens. For a show that is nominally about a garden, it was a far from peaceful affair.
In first official event, The Momentary hints at artists to come beginning early 2020
Saturday marked the first official event for The Momentary
Sheryl Crow and Jason Isbell link up for music-first night of songs and collaborative spirit
Both bands were well-oiled machines.
WITH PHOTOS: Roots Fest Finale – A calm(ish) ending to a weekend of stories old and new
Roots music comes in many forms, but it’s familiar and comforting. Just like the Fayetteville Roots Festival, now 10 years into its run.
WITH PHOTOS: Roots Fest Day 3 – Juggling the hard choices on a day filled with food and music
The food elements of the festival have been made into an event rivaling the mainstage music, and no one can be excused for choosing one over the other.
WITH PHOTOS: The Roots Fest goes all in on The Band in a Fayetteville-centric tribute
The threads between The Band and the Friday musical guests, and by proxy Fayetteville, are weaved together tightly.
WITH PHOTOS: Rain can’t overwhelm the firepower of Roots Fest opening night headliner St. Paul and the Broken Bones
Thursday night at the Roots Fest has never had a headliner with the firepower or starpower of St. Paul and the Broken Bones.
ROOTS FEST: The best of what’s left: How to experience the Fayetteville Roots Festival if you don’t have tickets
A day-by-day summary of what’s still available, with an emphasis on ways nonticket holders can get in on the action.
REVIEW: ‘Shakespeare in Love’ provides a loving introduction to new T2 space
The new TheatreSquared looks brilliant, and we’ll talk about it for some time to come.
REVIEW WITH PHOTOS: The ‘ALTimate’ tour with Live and Bush brings ultimate reminder of the past and present to Walmart AMP
Always go see your favorite music from your first musical days when you have a chance.
First look: TheatreSquared makes final preparations inside new downtown theater complex
The finishing touches are currently being applied to the brand-new, purpose-built theater complex on the southeast corner of Spring Street and West Avenue in Fayetteville.
REVIEW: Hootie & the Blowfish take themselves, and a massive AMP crowd, down memory lane
Nostalgia sells. And Hootie & the Blowfish continue to be very good salesmen.
ACO to open interactive exhibit ‘The King’s Mouth’ by art-focused musician Wayne Coyne
A fully immersive listening experience created by Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne allows people to experience music from the band that can be heard nowhere else.
REVIEW: Three-band rock tour brings some goodness to the AMP in Rogers
Young the Giant, Fitz and the Tantruns, and Coin played a ‘good’ show at the Walmart AMP on Wednesday.
REVIEW: Musical theater classic ‘Les Miserables’ closes out WAC season by going big (and going dark)
It’s a big production, with big ideas and big topics. And that’s a reason it remains one of the biggest draws in musical theater.
REVIEW: ‘Cats’ deftly prowls the WAC again after more than two decades away
The show is imaginative, bold and transporting, all of which are things we ask musical theater to be.
REVIEW: Avett Brothers offer a good show at the AMP, but one not quite up to their lofty standards
When the namesake brothers sing harmony vocals, they make one of the most melodious sounds you might see in any concert environment.
REVIEW: The Killers bring a nearly lethal dose of glam rock to Walmart AMP
In a 20-song, pyrotechnic-popping, nonstop dance party, the Las Vegas band also lived up to the showmanship and swagger of their hometown.
REVIEW: TheatreSquared says ‘Yaasss’ to comedy and queens in new show that closes its old space
It’s an outrageous tale, one that stretches believability.
REVIEW: Leon Bridges and Northwest Arkansas crowd can’t match energy levels at AMP show
Bridges and his band either lacked the musical muscle to overcome the crowd around me or perhaps the crowd lacked the attention span to recognize a good thing when they saw one.
As the first “State of the Art” exhibit at Crystal Bridges is celebrated, plans for a second exhibit are slowly unveiled
Like its predecessor, ‘State of the Art II’ will showcase a nationwide selection of contemporary art from artists not yet recognized at the national level.
