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2019/20
Season Guidebook
BRINGING
THE WORLD
TO YOU
+
BLUE MAN
GROUP
IS BACK!
2019 Mystery Science
Theater 3000 Live
Oct. 29, pg 26
Randy Rainbow Live
Dec. 6, pg 33
SEPTEMBER Catherine Russell
The Rocky Horror Dec. 6, pg 22
Welcome
Blue Man Group Picture Show
Speechless Halloween Party Tim Hawkins
Sept. 10-19, pg 14 Oct. 31, pg 32 Dec. 7, pg 33
to our OCTOBER NOVEMBER Boston Brass
Christmas Bells
2019/20 Tiempo Libre
Oct. 3, pg 18
David Sedaris
Nov. 3, pg 32
are Swingin’
Dec. 8, pg 27
Season! Lyle Lovett and His
Acoustic Group
Theatre Re’s
The Nature of Forgetting
A Christmas Story,
The Musical
Oct. 4, pg 16 Nov. 5, pg 19 Dec. 10-15, pg 7
Nace Brothers Acoustic The Play That Goes Wrong Robert Earl Keen
Oct. 10, pg 24 Nov. 12-17, pg 6 Dec. 17, pg 16
Nobuntu Jason Marsalis Quartet SoNA and WAC present
Oct. 11, pg 18 Nov. 15, pg 22 The Snowman:
A Family Concert
Freddy Cole Quartet Martha Redbone Dec. 22, pg 15
Tribute to Nat “King” Nov. 16, pg 24
Cole Centennial The Polar Express
Oct. 12, pg 22 DECEMBER Dec. 23, pg 28
Reduced Shakespeare The Swingles
Company’s Winter Tales
The Complete Works of Dec. 5, pg 26
William Shakespeare
(abridged) [revised]
Oct. 17, pg 32
Escape to Margaritaville
THE BOOK Oct. 22-27, pg 5
OF MORMON
RETURNS!
See page 12 for details
Conner Peirson in The Book of Mormon.
Photo by Julieta Cervantes.
Susannah, Christopher Swan, Cal Alexander
and Colton Maurer in A Christmas Story, The
Musical. Photo by Gary Emord Netzley.
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Contents 32 LOL@WAC
4 Procter & Gamble Broadway Series 34 Mosaix Festival
12 The Book of Mormon 35 VoiceJam A Cappella Festival
14 Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield 36 Artosphere Festival
Family Fun Series 37 Art of Wine Festival /
16 Land O’Lakes Concert Series Fayetteville Film Fest
18 10x10 Arts Series 38 Packages
22 Unilever Starrlight Jazz Club 40 Resident Companies /
24 West Street Live Artistic Affiliates
26 Coca-Cola Night Out Series 41 Sponsors & Funders
28 Mattel Kids Series 42 Friends of WAC
Hailey Kilgore in Once on This Island.
30 Visual Arts / Opera Fayetteville 43 Ticketing and Box Office Photo by Joan Marcus.
31 Venue Rentals / Group Sales
2020 The Peking Acrobats
Feb. 25, pg 15
Bonnie Bishop
Mar. 21, pg 25
Erth’s Prehistoric
Aquarium Adventure:
The Mystery of the
JANUARY Les Ballets Trockadero APRIL Dinosaurs of the Deep
de Monte Carlo Apr. 28, pg 29
Jesse Cook Feb. 27, pg 27 The Real Group
Jan. 10, pg 17 Apr. 3, pg 20 MAY
Apollo’s Fire -
Amy Ray featuring Jeff Baroque Orchestra VoiceJam Competition Windmill Theatre’s
Fielder & Kerry Brooks Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: Apr. 4, pg 35 Beep
Jan. 16, pg 24 Rediscovered May 1-2, pg 29
Feb. 29, pg 20 Fiddler on the Roof
Arkansas Filmmakers Apr. 14-19, pg 10 AFO 10x10 Concert
Showcase MARCH May 6, pg 21
Jan. 18, pg 37 Mosaix Film Night
Socks in the Apr. 20, pg 34 AFO 10th
Trike Theatre’s Frying Pan Anniversary Concert
A Year with Frog Mar. 5, pg 20 Äbhä by Parshwanath May 9, pg 36
and Toad Upadhye and Punyah Dance
Jan. 25, Feb. 1 Opera Fayetteville Company Jayme Stone’s Folklife
& Feb. 8, pg 28 Glory Denied Apr. 21, pg 21 May 14, pg 25
Mar. 6-7, pg 30
Piano Battle Bollywood Boulevard The Band’s Visit
Jan. 30, pg 19 Trike Theatre’s Apr. 23, pg 27 May 19-23, pg 11
Sideways Stories from
Fred Hersch Trio Wayside School Arun Luthra’s Konnakol JUNE
Jan. 31, pg 23 Mar. 7, Mar. 14 & Jazz Project with
Mar. 21, pg 15 Selvaganesh Art of Wine:
FEBRUARY Apr. 24, pg 23 Winemaker’s Dinner
Anastasia June 11, pg 37
Ballet Memphis Raj Suresh: 4,000 Days
Mar. 10-15, pg 9
Contemporaryx3 Apr. 24, pg 34 Art of Wine: Uncorked!
Feb. 6, pg 19 Arlo Guthrie: Alice’s June 12, pg 37
Restaurant Back By fuseNWA
Tab Benoit Apr. 25, pg 34 JULY
Popular Demand
Feb. 6, pg 25
Mar. 20, pg 17 Artosphere: Arkansas’ The Book of Mormon
Daniel Tiger’s Arts + Nature Festival July 21-26, pg 12
The Messenger
Neighborhood LIVE! Apr. 28-May 15, pg 36
Legacy Band
Feb. 8, pg 29
Art Blakey Centennial
Once on This Island Mar. 20, pg 23
Feb. 11-16, pg 8
Exploring the cultural tiles of Page
Northwest Arkansas!
This year we invite our community to celebrate Indian culture
with performances in dance, music, theater and comedy.
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Broadway
Extras
Looking for new opportunities to engage?
Join us for one of these programs created just for you!
BROADWAY BOOK CLUB
Get a different perspective on the story by reading a book chosen by our staff! See the
show and enjoy a lively discussion with fellow patrons at a special book club meeting.
Escape to Margaritaville
Tales from Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett
Monday, Oct. 28, 6pm
A Christmas Story, The Musical
In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd
Bentonville Public Library
Monday, Dec. 2, 6pm
Free
Once on This Island
My Love, My Love: or The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy Free to participate. Each attendee
Monday, Feb. 17, 6pm is responsible for book and show
ticket purchases.
Fiddler on the Roof
Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories Books are available for sale at Walton
by Sholem Aleichem Arts Center’s General Mills Box Office
Monday, April 20, 6pm while supplies last.
Free
ARTS AND APPETIZERS COCKTAIL CLASSES
This popular program will provide background Mix things up before your theater date!
details about upcoming performances. You’ll enjoy two themed drinks that you
Appetizers generously provided by Bordinos. create, paired with light appetizers. Must
Cash bar available. be 21+ to participate.
Tickets $35
Monday, Oct. 14, 7pm
Escape to Margaritaville / Friday, Oct. 25
Monday, Nov. 4, 7pm
A Christmas Story, The Musical / Saturday, Dec. 14
Monday, Feb. 3, 7pm
Once on This Island / Saturday, Feb. 15
Monday, March 2, 7pm
Free to participate.
Register online at waltonartscenter.org.
Arts and Appetizers support Cocktail Classes support
Broadway BROADWAY EXTRA!
Series
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE
Pre-show Cocktail Class
Friday, Oct. 25, 6:30pm /
Tickets $35
JIMMY BUFFETT’S
2019 /
Oct. Arkansas
22-27 Set Your Mind
Premiere
Tickets start at $32 on Island Time.
8 shows
Tues-Thur 7pm
Thur 1:30pm
Fri-Sat 8pm
Welcome to Margaritaville, where people come to get away from it
Sat-Sun 2pm
all—and stay to find something they never expected. With a book
by Emmy Award® winner Greg Garcia (“My Name is Earl,” ”Raising
“A little Hope”) and Emmy nominee Mike O’Malley (“Survivor’s Remorse,”
slice of “Shameless”), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE is the musical comedy
paradise!” featuring both original songs and your most-loved Jimmy Buffett
– USA Today
classics, including “Fins,” “Volcano,” “Cheeseburger in Paradise”
and many more. USA Today calls it “A little slice of paradise!” and
Entertainment Weekly raves, “It will knock your flip-flops off!” So
don’t let the party start without you!
Recommended for ages 10 and up.
Additional support provided by Linda & Lee Scott and the Tyson Family Foundation
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Procter & Gamble
Broadway Series
2019 /
Nov.
12-17 Arkansas
Premiere
Tickets start at $32
What would happen if Sherlock Holmes
8 shows
and Monty Python had an illegitimate
Broadway baby? You’d get THE PLAY
Tues-Thur 7pm
THAT GOES WRONG, Broadway &
Thur 1:30pm
London’s award-winning smash comedy!
Fri-Sat 8pm
Called “a gut-busting hit” (The New York
Sat-Sun 2pm
Times) and “the funniest play Broadway
has ever seen” (HuffPost), this classic
“Madcap murder mystery is chock-full of mishaps
mania with and madcap mania delivering “a riotous
Monty Python explosion of comedy” (Daily Beast).
in its blood. Welcome to opening night of The Murder
It cranks at Haversham Manor where things
the chaos are quickly going from bad to utterly
up to 11!” disastrous. With an unconscious leading
– Associated Press
lady, a corpse that can’t play dead and
actors who trip over everything (including
Angela Grovey, Scott Cote and
The Play That Goes Wrong National Tour. their lines), it’s “tons of fun for all ages”
Photos by Jeremy Daniels.
(HuffPost) and “comic gold” (Variety) –
sure to bring down the house!
Recommended for ages 8 and up.
Additional support provided by Candace & David Starling
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Procter & Gamble
Broadway Series
From the songwriting team behind the smash hit Tony
Award®-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the
Academy Award®-winning film La La Land, A CHRISTMAS
STORY, THE MUSICAL brings the classic 1983 movie to
hilarious life on stage! Set in 1940s Indiana, a young and
bespectacled Ralphie Parker schemes his way toward
the holiday gift of his dreams, an official Red Ryder ®
Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle. An
infamous leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas, a
maniacal department store Santa, and a triple-dog-dare
to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the distractions
that stand between Ralphie and his Christmas wish.
Nominated for three 2013 Tony Awards including Best
Musical, the Associated Press calls A CHRISTMAS
STORY, THE MUSICAL “a joyous Christmas miracle,” while
The New York Times writes “I was dazzled. You’d have to
have a Grinch-sized heart not to feel a smile spreading
across your face.”
Recommended for ages 5 and up.
Additional support provided by
Show Sponsor Marti & Kelly Sudduth
2019 / Tues 7:30pm
Dec. Wed-Thur 7pm
Thur 1:30pm
10-15 Fri-Sat 8pm
Sat-Sun 2pm
BROADWAY EXTRA!
A CHRISTMAS STORY,
Tickets start at $40
THE MUSICAL
Cocktail Class
8 shows Colton Maurer, Susannah Jones,
Cristopher Swan, Cal Alexander
and The Cast of A Christmas Story, Saturday, Dec. 14, 6:30pm /
The Musical.
Photos by Gary Emord Netzley. Tickets $35
Arkansas
Premiere
“A joyous
Christmas
miracle!”
– Associated Press
Arkansas
Premiere
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Procter & Gamble
Broadway Series
Direct from
Broadway –
1st National
Tour!
2018 TONY AWARD WINNER
FOR BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
“What a delight it is to enter the world of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND!”
raves The New York Times. Winner of the 2018 Tony Award® for
Best Revival of a Musical, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND is the sweeping,
universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her
place in the world, and ready to risk it all for love. Guided by the
mighty island gods, Ti Moune sets out on a remarkable journey to
reunite with the man who has captured her heart.
The groundbreaking vision of two-time Tony Award nominated
2020 / 8 shows
director Michael Arden (Spring Awakening revival) and acclaimed
Feb. Tues-Thur 7pm
Thur 1:30pm
choreographer Camille A. Brown (NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live)
conjures up “a place where magic is possible and beauty is apparent
11-16 Fri-Sat 8pm
Sat-Sun 2pm
for all to see!” (The Huffington Post). With a score that bursts with
life from Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning
Tickets start at $25
songwriters of Anastasia and Ragtime, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND is a
Hailey Kilgore, Philip Boykin
timeless testament to theater’s unlimited possibilities.
Special and the cast of Once on
This Island.
seating Photos by Joan Marcus.
on stage! Recommended for ages 8 and up.
Additional support provided by Lynn & Joel Carver
BROADWAY EXTRA!
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
Cocktail Class
Saturday, Feb. 15, 6:30pm /
Tickets $35
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BROADWAY FAMILIES!
ANASTASIA
Emperor’s Ball
Saturday, Mar. 14, 12:30pm /
Tickets $20
Procter & Gamble Finger foods, soft drinks and
Broadway Series arts & crafts activities included
in purchase.
Arkansas
Premiere
2020 / Inspired by the beloved films, the
Mar. romantic and adventure-filled new
musical ANASTASIA is on a journey to
10-15 Northwest Arkansas at last!
From the Tony Award®-winning
Tickets start at $40
creators of the Broadway classic
Ragtime, this dazzling show transports
8 shows us from the twilight of the Russian Empire
to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a
Tues-Thur 7pm
brave young woman sets out to discover
Thur 1:30pm
the mystery of her past. Pursued by a
Fri-Sat 8pm
ruthless Soviet officer determined to
Sat-Sun 2pm
silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a
dashing conman and a lovable ex-
“One of aristocrat. Together, they embark on an
the most epic adventure to help her find home,
gorgeous love and family.
shows in ANASTASIA features a book by
years!” celebrated playwright Terrence McNally,
– The New York Observer
a lush new score by Stephen Flaherty
(music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) with
Lila Coogan, Victoria Bingham,
Joy Franz, Edward Staudenmayer, direction by Tony Award winner
Stephen Brower and The Company
of the National Tour of Anastasia. Darko Tresnjak (A Gentleman’s Guide
Photos by Matthew Murphy, MurphyMade.
to Love & Murder).
Recommended for ages 8 and up.
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Procter & Gamble
Broadway Series
Audiences across North America are toasting a new production of
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF!
Rich with musical hits you know and love, including “Tradition,”
“Sunrise, Sunset,” “If I Were A Rich Man,” “Matchmaker,
Matchmaker” and “To Life (L’Chaim!),” FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is the
heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives,
and life, love and laughter.
Tony®-winning director Bartlett Sher and the team behind South
Pacific, The King and I and the 2017 Tony-winning Best Play
Oslo bring a fresh and authentic vision to this beloved theatrical
masterpiece from Tony winner Joseph Stein and Pulitzer Prize
winners Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick. Featuring a talented cast,
lavish orchestra, and stunning movement and dance from Israeli
choreographer Hofesh Shechter, based on the original staging by
2020 / Jerome Robbins, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF will introduce a new
Tues-Thur 7pm
Apr.
generation to the uplifting celebration that raises its cup to joy! To
Thur 1:30pm
love! To life!
Fri-Sat 8pm
14-19 Sat-Sun 2pm
Recommended for ages 10 and up.
Tickets start at $40 Additional support provided by Cynthia Coughlin
Photo by Joan Marcus.
8 shows
“An entirely
fresh, funny
and gorgeous
new production.
A reason for
celebration!”
– New York Magazine
10 Walton Arts Center 2019/20 SeasonDirect from
Broadway –
1st National
Tour!
“A masterpiece
of small but
powerful
moments!”
– Billboard
Procter & Gamble
Broadway Series
2018 TONY AWARD
WINNER FOR
Arkansas BEST MUSICAL
Premiere
The Band’s Visit is the winner of 10 Tony Awards, including Best
Musical, making it one of the most Tony-winning musicals in history.
It is also a Grammy Award® winner for Best Musical Theater Album.
In this joyously offbeat story, set in a town that’s way off the
beaten path, a band of musicians arrive lost, out of the blue. Under
the spell of the desert sky, and with beautiful music perfuming the
air, the band brings the town to life in unexpected and tantalizing
ways. Even the briefest visit can stay with you forever.
The cast of world-class performers is led by award-winning Israeli
actor Sasson Gabay, star of the original film and the Broadway
production, and Chilina Kennedy, known best for her historic run as
2020 / Tues-Thur 7pm
Carole King in Broadway’s Beautiful – The Carole King Musical.
May Thur 1:30pm
Fri-Sat 8pm
With a Tony- and Grammy-winning score that seduces your soul
and sweeps you off your feet, and featuring thrillingly talented on-
19-23 Sat 2pm
stage musicians, The Band’s Visit rejoices in the way music makes
us laugh, makes us cry and ultimately, brings us together.
Tickets start at $32 George Abud, Harvey Valdes,
Ossama Farouk, Sam Sadigursky,
Garo Yellin, Bill Army, Sharone
Recommended for ages 10 and up.
7 shows Sayegh, Katrina Lenk, Sasson
Gabay and The Company of
The Band’s Visit. Additional support provided by Robert T. Murphy III & Beau Reynolds and
Photos by Matthew Murphy, Heroncrest at Elmdale Estate
MurphyMade.
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“
OF THIS CENTURY. ”
THE NEW YORK TIMES BEN BRANTLEY
TH E N E W YO R K TI M E S C A L L S IT “T H E B E S T M U S I C A L O F T H I S C E N T U RY.”
THE WASHINGTON POST SAYS, “IT IS THE KIND OF EVENING THAT RESTORES
YOUR FAITH IN MUSICALS.” AND ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY SAYS, “GRADE A: THE
FUNNIEST MUSICAL OF ALL TIME.” JIMMY FALLON OF THE TONIGHT SHOW CALLS IT
“GENIUS. BRILLIANT. PHENOMENAL.” IT’S THE BOOK OF MORMON, THE NINE-TIME
TONY AWARD® -WINNING BEST MUSICAL. THIS OUTRAGEOUS MUSICAL COMEDY
FOLLOWS THE MISADVENTURES OF A MISMATCHED PAIR OF MISSIONARIES,
SENT HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD TO SPREAD THE GOOD WORD. NOW WITH
STANDING ROOM ONLY PRODUCTIONS IN LONDON, ON BROADWAY, AND ACROSS
NORTH AMERICA, THE BOOK OF MORMON HAS TRULY BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL
SENSATION. CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
BOOKOFMORMONTHEMUSICAL.COM.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
JULY 21-26, 2020Broadway
Subscriptions
Do you love music, theater, comedy, dance, romance
or family friendly nights out? The 2019/20 P&G Broadway
Series has it all! And our Broadway subscription packages are
the perfect way to experience the biggest shows of the season.
The 2019/20 P&G Broadway Subscription includes all 7 shows. Prices start as low as $316!
The P&G Broadway Sampler Subscription includes three or more shows – chosen by you!
More details on pages 38-39.
CREATIVE CONVERSATIONS
Enjoy an intimate conversation with members of the touring company led
by a Walton Arts Center staff member.
SUBSCRIBER PERK
Escape to Margaritaville / post-show on Tuesday, Oct. 22
Included in the 7-show subscription
and the sampler subscription! The Play That Goes Wrong / pre-show on Wednesday, Nov. 13
A Christmas Story, The Musical / pre-show on Saturday, Dec. 14
Ned Noyes and Jamie Ann Romero in The Play
That Goes Wrong. Photo by Jeremy Daniel. Once on This Island / pre-show on Thursday, Feb. 13
Edward Staudenmayer, Tari Kelly and the company
of the National Tour of Anastasia. Photo by Anastasia / pre-show on Sunday, March 15
Matthew Murphy, MurphyMade.
Fiddler on the Roof / pre-show on Thursday, April 16 matinee
The Band’s Visit / post-show on Friday, May 22
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Series
All patrons must have a ticket regardless of age
Over 35 million people on our blue
Blue Man Group planet have experienced the exciting
Speechless Tour and spectacular show that is Blue Man
Group. And now, the Blue Men return
September 12-19 / NEW TOUR
with a brand new show — Blue Man
Thursday, Sept. 12, 7pm LAUNCHING
Group Speechless Tour. Speechless will
Friday, Sept. 13, 8pm AT WALTON
feature new and original compositions,
Saturday, Sept. 14, 2 & 8pm ARTS CENTER!
acts and instruments alongside iconic
Sunday, Sept. 15, 2 & 7:30pm
Blue Man Group moments based in joy,
Tuesday, Sept. 17, 7pm
art, music, comedy, social commentary
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 7pm
and profound absurdity. We see fun
Thursday, Sept. 19, 1:30pm /
in your future. If you like normal, think
Tickets start at $40
again — ‘cause Blue Man Group is a
Additional support provided by Billie Jo Starr rollicking rave of a good time. Join us
to experience a brand new blue!
Preview performances
See it Tuesday, Sept. 10, 7pm
first!
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 7pm
14 Walton Arts Center 2019/20 SeasonThe Snowman
Ages
SoNA and Walton Arts Center present 8+
The Snowman: A Family Concert
Sunday, Dec. 22, 2pm / Tickets $10
The family favorite NWA holiday tradition returns! Join us for the
5th annual screening of the 1982 Academy Award®-nominated
film The Snowman, based on Raymond Briggs’ classic children’s
book of the same name. This film about a snowman who comes
to life has won the hearts of families around the world for more
than 35 years. SoNA musicians, performing under the baton of
acclaimed Music Director Paul Haas, will bring to life the film’s
extraordinary score along with other holiday favorites in an
afternoon that is sure to enchant your whole family.
The Peking
Ages
Acrobats
The Peking Acrobats 6+
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 7pm / Tickets start at $15
For thirty-two years, The Peking Acrobats have redefined
audience perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. Upholding a time-
honored tradition rooted in centuries of Chinese history and folk
art. The newest generation of Peking Acrobats mixes high-tech
special effects and awe-inspiring acrobatic feats with traditional
Chinese music and instruments, creating an exuberant show
with the festive pageantry of a Chinese Carnival. They perform
daring maneuvers and display their technical prowess with such
arts as trick-cycling, precision tumbling, juggling, somersaulting
and gymnastics, pushing the limits of human ability, and defying
gravity with amazing displays of contortion, flexibility and control.
Prepare to be astounded by their bravery and dexterity when The
Peking Acrobats return to Walton Arts Center!
Additional support provided by Susan & Mike Duke
Trike Theatre’s
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Saturday, March 7, 2* & 4pm Ages
Saturday, March 14, 10am, 2 & 4pm 6+
Saturday, March 21, 10am, 2 & 4pm / 8
Shows
Tickets $14 / Studio Theater at Nadine Baum Studios
Based on the perennial favorite children’s book by the bestselling
and Newbery Medal-winning author Louis Sachar, this laugh-
out-loud performance by Trike Theatre tells the story of a
school where all sorts of funny things happen. Accidentally built
sideways and standing thirty stories high, Wayside School is full
of the most interesting classes of teachers and students you’ll
ever meet – especially on the thirtieth floor. There’s Mrs. Gorf, the
meanest teacher of all; terrible Todd, who always gets sent home
early and John, who can only read upside down. But you’ll never
guess the truth about Sammy, the new kid in town – or what’s in
store for Wayside School when Halloween comes!
Sideways Stories from
*Relaxed performance Wayside School
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Series
Lyle Lovett Jesse Cook
Robert Earl Keen
Merry Christmas from
the Fam-O-Lee
with special guest Shinyribs
Lyle Lovett and His Acoustic Group Tuesday, Dec. 17, 7pm /
Friday, Oct. 4, 8pm / Tickets start at $35 Tickets start at $27
A singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened From his humble beginnings on the Texas folk scene,
the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 Robert Earl Keen has blazed a peer-critic- and fan-lauded
albums. Coupled with his gift for storytelling, the Texas- trail that’s earned him living-legend (not to mention
based musician fuses elements of country, swing, jazz, pioneer) status in the Americana music world. After three
folk, gospel and blues in a convention-defying manner that decades, with well over a dozen records to his name and
breaks down barriers. Lovett’s live performances show not thousands of shows under his belt, there’s no denying that
only the breadth of his talents, but also the diversity of his “the road goes on forever” for Robert Earl Keen. Here for a
influences, making him one of the most compelling and festive, larger-than-life and sometimes down-right naughty
captivating musicians in popular music. Among his many concert full of holly-jolly costumes and plenty of joyful
accolades, besides four Grammy® Awards, he was given tunes, Keen and his band will perform fan favorites from
the Americana Music Association’s inaugural Trailblazer his much-loved Christmas album, including the song that
Award, and was named Texas State Musician. Help us many adoring fans know better than “Jingle Bells,” “Merry
welcome back one of music’s most vibrant and iconic Christmas from the Family.”
performers to the Walton Arts Center stage.
Additional support provided by Prudy & Dale Caudle
Additional support provided by Shareen & Alan Pruitt
16 Walton Arts Center 2019/20 SeasonRobert Earl Keen
Arlo Guthrie
Jesse Cook Arlo Guthrie:
Friday, Jan. 10, 8pm /
Alice’s Restaurant Back
Tickets start at $25 by Popular Demand
After 16 years of musical training, Jesse Cook’s Friday, March 20, 8pm /
ability as a performer came to widespread Tickets start at $39
public attention when a cable television
In 1965, Arlo Guthrie wrote a folk song about
company played his recordings as piped in
a series of incredulous events that began
background music for the channel guide. Since
on Thanksgiving day. “Alice’s Restaurant
then, Cook has traveled the globe looking for
Massacre” struck a chord with the anti-war
sounds that resonate with him. Known for his
counterculture, and by 1967, Guthrie had gone
intoxicating fusion of world music, the Juno
from playing small clubs to playing festivals
Award winner’s songs transport you – to Cairo,
and stadiums. Since then, he has come to be
Brazil, Spain and beyond. He’s a flamenco
known to generations as a prolific songwriter,
master – a virtuoso with fingers that dance
social commentator, master storyteller, actor,
across his acoustic guitar. Delivering like no
activist and iconic figure in folk music in his
other musician in this field, the twists and turns
own right with a distinguished and varied career
of genres and mood swings articulate a wide
spanning over 50 years. Commemorating the
range of emotions that make his performances
50th anniversary of Alice’s Restaurant – a movie
an especially moving musical experience.
based on his song in which he plays himself –
Guthrie returns to Northwest Arkansas on a tour
that sets the 18-minute monologue that brought
him fame and fortune front and center.
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Tiempo Libre
Nobuntu
1 / Tiempo Libre 2 / Nobuntu
Thursday, Oct. 3, 7pm / Tickets $10 Friday, Oct. 11, 8pm / Tickets $10
Representing a new generation of young African women
Classically trained at Cuba’s premier conservatories, the
singers who celebrate and preserve their culture, beauty
seven members of this three-time Grammy®-nominated
and heritage through art, this all-female a cappella
Afro-Caribbean group are true modern heirs to the
quintet from Zimbabwe has drawn international acclaim
rich musical tradition of their native Cuba. The Miami-
for its inventive arrangements that range from traditional
based Tiempo Libre is celebrated for its sophisticated
Zimbabwean songs to Afro-Jazz to Gospel. Nobuntu’s
performances of timba music – an irresistible, dance-
concerts are filled with pure voices and exhilarating
inducing mix of jazz harmonies, contemporary sonorities
rhythms, augmented only by minimalistic percussion,
and seductive Latin rhythms. “So hot and danceable that
traditional instruments such as the mbira (thumb piano)
even when you talk about the group, you find yourself
and organic, authentic dance. The ensemble promotes
moving your hips” (Richmond Times Dispatch). Featured
the belief that music can be an important vehicle for
on “The Tonight Show,” “Live from Lincoln Center” and
change – one that transcends racial, tribal, religious,
“Dancing with the Stars,” Tiempo Libre is one of the
gender-based and socio-economic boundaries. Join us
hottest Latin bands performing today.
for a stunning performance full of sparkling energy and
rich musical heritage.
18 Walton Arts Center 2019/20 Season3 / Theatre Re’s 4 / Piano Battle 5 / Ballet Memphis
The Nature of Forgetting Thursday, Jan. 30, 7pm / Contemporaryx3
Tickets $10
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 7pm / Thursday, Feb. 6, 7pm /
Tickets $10 The brainchild of internationally Tickets $10
accomplished pianists Andreas Kern
At the intersection of art and For more than 30 years, Ballet
and Paul Cibis, Piano Battle places
science, The Nature of Forgetting Memphis has worked to build a
the two musicians head-to-head on
bursts with creativity, joy and company recognized for its close
stage, charming and enchanting the
heartache. Collaborating with London ties to the region’s rich musical and
audience with a variety of classical
neuroscientist Kate Jeffery, Theatre literary heritage through dance.
pieces by composers such as Chopin,
Re has created a moving articulation Called “unorthodox, peculiar, fresh
Liszt and Debussy – and improvising
of the countless dimensions of and large-spirited” by The New York
tunes based on recommendations
memory and amnesia, linking science Times, Ballet Memphis is known for
from the audience. But a competition
with real life experiences. Through fearless risk-taking and a deliberate
wouldn’t be a competition without
movement of great physicality and diversity reflective of its origin. In this
a winner, and here YOU will be the
compelling live music, The Nature program, Ballet Memphis will perform
judge. All members of the audience
of Forgetting tells the story of Tom three works: Matthew Neenan’s Water
are invited to vote on the pianists’
– a middle aged father struggling in of the Flowery Mill, inspired by the
performances and will eventually
the early stages of dementia. The émigré painter Arshile Gorky; Flyway,
crown the champion. Part serious
piece, and Tom’s memories, are a part of the 2014 Mississippi River
classical recital, part tongue-in-
life-affirming journey into a weakened Project series, which depicts, through
cheek performance, Piano Battle has
mind, where broken does not have choreographer Steven McMahon’s
the elegance of classical music, the
to mean defeated. The Nature of lens, the peculiarities and behaviors
excitement of rock and the energy of
Forgetting is a powerful, moving of birds during their twice-a-year
hip-hop – and winning the audience’s
journey of shining humanity and a migration; and Sa Voix, Julie Marie
heart is the only thing that counts!
celebration of a life well lived. Niekrasz work inspired by how our
culture looks at Romantic ballet today
Show Sponsor
and in the future.
The Nature Piano Battle Ballet Memphis
of Forgetting
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Frying Pan
6 / Apollo’s Fire - 7 / Socks in the 8 / The Real Group
Baroque Orchestra Frying Pan Friday, April 3, 7:30pm /
Tickets $10
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: Thursday, March 5, 7pm /
Tickets $10 The Real Group is a five-member
Rediscovered a cappella ensemble from Sweden
Socks in the Frying Pan is a multi-
Saturday, Feb. 29, 8pm / who has grown to become one
award winning trio from County
Tickets $10 of the leading forces in the world
Clare on the West coast of Ireland,
of vocal music today. From their
Named for the classical god of the universal hub of Irish traditional
youthful beginnings at the Academy
music and the sun, Apollo’s Fire music. Their dynamic vocal
of Music in Stockholm, where they
was founded in 1992 with the vision harmonies, virtuosic musical ability
acquired the prodigious technical
of an ensemble dedicated to the and on-stage wit has captured and
expertise that has since become their
baroque ideal that music should captivated audiences the world
trademark, to their current reign as
evoke the various “affekts” or around. Comprised of the Hayes
best-selling recording artists, The
passions in the listeners – whether brothers on the accordion, fiddle and
Real Group has earned widespread
that be joy, contemplation, rage, banjo, and their bandmate Aodán
recognition and acclaim for their
despair or triumph. Hailed as “one of Coyn on guitar and vocals, Socks
combination of perfection, personal
the pre-eminent period-instrument in the Frying Pan’s modern take on
touch and a wide-ranging repertoire
ensembles” (The Independent, the traditional style and energetic
of jazz, pop and folk harmonies.
London), these performers use every approach has gained them critical
Winners of the 2019 Contemporary A
means possible to cast an emotional acclaim and earned them a spot at
Cappella Recording Awards’ Lifetime
spell on the audience – rhetoric, every major Irish festival in the U.S.
Achievement Award – and now joining
gesture, harmony and more – with Now, the worldwide ‘Sock Invasion’
us as the 2020 VoiceJam A Cappella
an intention to take the listeners with continues when they take the stage in
Festival Headliner, this coveted
them on an emotional journey. In Arkansas for the first time ever!
ensemble is considered to be, by all
this performance, Vivaldi’s beloved
accounts, the royalty of vocal jazz.
concertos are brought to life as
the revolutionary acts of musical
See page 35 for info on the
storytelling they were meant to be.
5th Annual VoiceJam Festival!
If you think you know Vivaldi’s Four
Seasons, prepare to be surprised!
20 Walton Arts Center 2019/20 SeasonU.S.
Premiere 9 / Äbhä by Parshwanath Upadhye
and Punyah Dance Company
Tuesday, April 21, 7pm / Tickets $10
Äbhä
Punyah Dance Company (Bangalore, India) under the
artistic leadership of one of the moust sought-after classical
Indian dancers, Parshwanath Upadhye, tells the ancient
Hindu epic Ramayana – the story of legendary Lord Rama
on a quest to rescue Sita, the incarnation of Goddess
Lakshmi, whose choices would change the course of
history. Punyah approaches India’s favorite epic with a
fresh perspective, focusing on the central female character
and pushing the boundaries of the traditional dance form
Bharatanatyam (ba-rat-NAT-yam), characterized by highly
technical footwork and a vocabulary of sign language based
on hand gestures, eye contact and facial movements. With
creativity and innovation, this familiar story is brought to
new life through dance!
See page 34 for the festival lineup!
The Real Group
10 / Artosphere Festival Orchestra
Wednesday, May 6, 7pm / Tickets $10
Artosphere Festival
Orchestra Recognized as an important musical voice by American
Public Media’s “Performance Today” – the nation’s most
popular classical music radio program – this dynamic
ensemble of more than 90 young and talented musicians
from around the world come “home” to Northwest
Arkansas to celebrate their tenth year as the Artosphere
Festival Orchestra (AFO). Performing under the baton
of acclaimed Maestro Corrado Rovaris, the AFO 10x10
concert will pay tribute to their past decade performing
Artosphere together by highlighting audience-favorite composers and
Festival
Orchestra pieces from previous Artosphere Festivals.
Support for Maestro Corrado Rovaris provided by
Mary Ann & Reed Greenwood
See page 36 for more info!
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Jazz Club
All shows are cabaret-style in Starr Theater
Freddy Cole
Freddy Cole Quartet Jason Marsalis Quartet Catherine Russell
Tribute to Nat “King” Friday, Nov. 15, 7:30pm / Friday, Dec. 6, 8pm /
Tickets start at $32 Tickets start at $32
Cole Centennial
Jason Marsalis is the youngest Catherine Russell is a native New
Saturday, Oct. 12, 7:30pm /
member of New Orleans’ venerable Yorker, born into musical royalty.
Tickets start at $32
first family of jazz, made up of his Her father, the late Luis Russell, was
Like pop icon Tony Bennett, Freddy brothers – Wynton, Branford and Louis Armstrong’s musical director
Cole is a beloved musician’s Delfeayo – and their patriarch, Ellis. and her mother, Carline Ray, held
musician and a living link to the Great Jason began his musical career at advanced degrees from Juilliard
American Songbook. While there age 6, when he began taking lessons and the Manhattan School of Music.
are certain unmistakable similarities from the legendary New Orleans Not surprisingly considering her
in timbre to his brother Nat “King” drummer James Black. By high pedigree, Catherine Russell is that
Cole, Freddy’s voice is raspier, school, he was regularly performing rarest of entities – a genuine jazz and
smokier, jazzier even. His phrasing, alongside his father and brothers at blues vocalist who can sing virtually
is far closer to that of Frank Sinatra gigs throughout the country, as well anything. Her voice is full blown
or Billie Holiday than that of his as studying orchestral percussion femininity incarnate; a dusky, stalwart
brother, and his timing swings even techniques. After graduating, and soulful instrument that radiates
more. His vocals – suave, elegant, his career quickly took off – he interpretive power yet remains
formidable, sometimes spoken and performed alongside virtuoso pianist touchingly vulnerable. Her repertoire
articulate – make him one of the most Marcus Roberts, co-founded the features a selection of gems from
respected lyrical storytellers in jazz. Latin-Jazz group Los Hombres the 1920’s through the present; vital
Cole’s career continues to ascend Calientes and learned to play the interpretations, bursting with soul and
as he moves into the front ranks of vibraphone. Each passing year, humor. Catherine has performed and
America’s homegrown art form with a Jason Marsalis continues to grow recorded with such big-name artists
toe-tapping style, bluesy minimalism, and develop as both a composer and as David Bowie, Steely Dan, Levon
uptown swagger and urbane performer. With a fire in his heart and Helm, Paul Simon, Rosanne Cash
sophistication all his own. a passion for the music, his will to and many others, appearing on over
swing has never been more resolute. 200 albums.
Additional support provided by
Margaret & Dick Rutherford
22 Walton Arts Center 2019/20 SeasonJason Marsalis Quartet Catherine Russell Fred Hersch Trio
Selvaganesh
The Messenger Legacy Band
Arun Luthra
Fred Hersch Trio The Messenger Arun Luthra’s
Friday, Jan. 31, 7:30pm / Legacy Band Konnakol Jazz Project
Tickets start at $32
Art Blakey Centennial with Selvaganesh
A select member of jazz’s piano
Friday, March 20, 7:30pm / Friday, April 24, 7:30pm /
pantheon, Fred Hersch is a
Tickets start at $32 Tickets start at $32
pervasively influential creative force
who has shaped music’s course Art Blakey was often called the father Arun Luthra is one of the premier
for more than three decades as an of hard bop. He was responsible for saxophonists and composers on New
improviser, composer, educator, producing and developing more jazz York’s jazz scene. He’s an American
bandleader, collaborator and talent than any other band leader jazz musician of Indian heritage
recording artist. He has been during his more than six-decade who explores fusing the modern
proclaimed “the most arrestingly career. Art Blakey’s band, The Jazz post-bop sound with elements of
innovative pianist in jazz over the last Messengers, was considered the Indian classical music, and draws
decade” by Vanity Fair, “an elegant quintessential forum for musicians from a wide variety of modern and
force of musical invention” by The who wished to hone their talent and classic musical influences to create a
L.A. Times and “a living legend” leave their own mark on the jazz vibrant new sound and style. Joining
by The New Yorker. A fourteen- scene. Preserving, protecting and Luthra’s ensemble is Selvaganesh,
time Grammy® nominee, Hersch honoring the legacy of Art Blakey, the son of T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
has regularly garnered jazz’s most The Messenger Legacy Band is an – the legendary Indian percussionist
prestigious awards and has long elite line-up of alumni members of best-known for his ghatam work in
set the standard for expressive Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, each the pioneering acoustic fusion group
interpretation and creativity. The Fred now a longtime leader on his own Shakti with guitarist John McLaughlin.
Hersch Trio was voted the no. 2 Jazz and considered among jazz’s most Together, they’ll perform music from
Group in the 2018 DownBeat Critics accomplished players – including Luthra’s Konnakol Jazz Project – a
Poll, recognizing its unique ability Bobby Watson (alto sax), Essiet Essiet selection of works that highlights
to traverse a wide range of styles (bass), Geoff Keezer (piano), Brian Carnatic and Hindustani music
and approaches while maintaining Lynch (trumpet), Bill Pierce (tenor sax) rhythms, and the art form of konnakol.
profound depths of emotion and an and Ralph Peterson (drums).
exhilarating spark of invention.
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Nace Brothers Acoustic
Amy Ray
Presented by Neal Pendergraft
Nace Brothers Acoustic Martha Redbone An Acoustic Set
Thursday, Oct. 10, 7:30pm /
Presented in association with the
with Amy Ray
Tickets start at $32
Faulkner Performing Arts Center at featuring Jeff Fielder
Led by brothers David and Jimmy, the University of Arkansas
Nace Brothers have been performing
& Kerry Brooks
together for more than 37 years – and Saturday, Nov. 16, 7:30pm / Thursday, Jan. 16, 7:30pm /
in that time they’ve become seasoned Tickets start at $32 Tickets start at $32
professionals, considered by most
Martha Redbone is one of today’s One half of the Grammy Award®-
to be models of artistic integrity. As
most vital voices in American Roots winning folk duo Indigo Girls, Amy
fourth generation performers, the
music. A multi award-winning Ray takes the stage in this “solo”
brothers were raised on regional
musician, the charismatic songstress performance with band mates Jeff
radio and television programs like
is celebrated for her tasty gumbo of Fielder, the shape-shifting multi-
“Hillbilly Jamboree” in the golden
the folk and mountain blues sounds of instrumentalist on guitar, dobro, bass
age of honky-tonk – and you can
her childhood in the Appalachian hills and mandolin; and Kerry Brooks on
hear that rich musical heritage in
of Kentucky mixed with the eclectic upright bass and mandolin. With the
their unique blend of country, blues
grit of her teenage years in pre- group’s intuitive chops serving as
and roots rock. Their music exudes
gentrified Brooklyn. With the power of a foundation, Amy’s newest album
brilliant songwriting, expressive
her gospel-singing father’s voice and Holler focuses on the American
vocals, soaring guitar and a rock
the determined spirit of her Cherokee/ South. Amy’s knack for straddling the
solid rhythm section. The history of
Shawnee/Choctaw mother, Redbone line between the personal and the
roots rock is full of bands that have
broadens all boundaries of Americana. political shines through, with songs
flared up brilliantly and promptly
Described by Billboard magazine as about Southern identity, racism,
disappeared, but we can count on
“the kind of woman who sets trends,” poverty and the living history that
the Nace Brothers at the end of those
her songs are a brilliant collision of hides all around us.
weeks when we need some time with
cultures, telling stories that bring to
old friends and a few hours to clear
light an important piece of American
our minds.
history that has never been told.
Additional support provided by CeCe Box
24 Walton Arts Center 2019/20 SeasonTab Benoit
Bonnie Bishop
Jayme Stone
All shows are cabaret-style in Starr Theater
Tab Benoit Bonnie Bishop Jayme Stone’s Folklife
Thursday, Feb. 6, 7:30pm / Saturday, March 21, 8pm / Thursday, May 14, 7:30pm /
Tickets start at $32 Tickets start at $32 Tickets start at $32
Tab Benoit is a Grammy® nominated Called “a gifted songwriter and a Jayme Stone is a composer, banjoist,
singer, songwriter and guitarist who powerhouse singer” with a voice instigator, producer and educator
has built a remarkable 30-year career that “booms with the force of a who has developed a process of
on the foundation of his repertoire Texas straight-line squall” (Nashville trawling for understudied sounds in
that ranges from swamp-pop Scene), Grammy Award-winning the more arcane corners of the world
classics to gritty blues and rootsy singer-songwriter Bonnie Bishop to see how they’ll land in his musical
jams. Two-time winner of the B.B. may just be the “new queen of universe. On his newest album,
King Entertainer of the Year Award, country soul” (Houston Press). Stone treats old field recordings as
winner of five Blues Music Awards More than a decade after her song heirloom seeds passed down from a
and a Louisiana Music Hall of Fame “Not ‘Cause I Wanted To” topped bygone generation that he plants in
inductee, Benoit also serves as the the New York Times song of the modern soil, burgeoning into vibrant
founding member of the “Wetland year list, Bishop got her second big Sea Island spirituals, Creole calypsos
All-Stars,” a group of New Orleans break when she started working and stomp-down Appalachian dance
natives – including the late Dr. with Nashville’s hottest producer, tunes for contemporary listeners.
John, George Porter Jr. and more – Dave Cobb – who helped Sturgill Performing alongside an ensemble
dedicated to forging a musical plea Simpson, Chris Stapleton and Jason with virtuosity, musical integrity and
about the fragile eco-system that is Isbell become award-winning chart irrepressible charm, Stones’ Folklife
the increasingly depleted wetlands toppers. Inspired by the Motown album is full of beautiful, intriguing,
surrounding their home. Tab Benoit greats, like Aretha Franklin, Sam thoughtful music that rewards our
is a pioneer of the sound and style Cooke and Otis Redding, Cobb attention as much as it captures it,
indigenous to Louisiana’s wetlands, encouraged Bishop to break up with and proves that folk songs are indeed
and every performance is filled with a her old identity – moving away from perennials for the people.
passion for that purpose. country to pursue a career as a soul
singer. As Nashville’s establishment
Additional support provided by
Prudy & Dale Caudle and legions of roots-music fans are
now well aware, she ain’t who she was. See page 36 for more info!
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The Swingles
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live: The Swingles
The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour Winter Tales
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 7pm / Tickets start at $35 Thursday, Dec. 5, 7pm / Tickets start at $12
The hilarious Peabody Award-winning hit TV comedy is The Swingles have pushed the boundaries of vocal music
coming to Northwest Arkansas with an all-new Mystery for more than half a century. Today, the seven young
Science Theater 3000 Live: The Great Cheesy Movie singers that make up the London-based group are driven
Circus Tour! Join creator and original host, Joel Hodgson by the same innovative spirit that has defined the five-time
in his final tour and the world’s greatest – and only – Grammy® winners since they first made waves in the 1960s.
movie-riffing robots Tom Servo, Crow and Gypsy as they At a time when a cappella music is more popular than
take you on an exhilarating roller coaster ride through ever, The Swingles are recognized as masters of their craft
one of the cheesiest films ever made, No Retreat, No – performing creative arrangements that transport well-
Surrender. “Mystery Science Theater 3000” has earned loved songs into a distinctive world of sound in powerful
its place in history as one of the top 100 TV shows of all and surprising ways. With more than 50 recordings under
time and is currently a hit show on Netflix. Now you can their belt and a repertoire of a huge variety of music, The
sit in the same theater with your favorite characters and Swingles return to Walton Arts Center for a special holiday
experience this comedy phenomenon in a universally performance that you won’t want to miss.
acclaimed LIVE event!
Recommended for ages 10+
VIP packages available
26 Walton Arts Center 2019/20 SeasonBoston Brass
Christmas Bells are Swingin’
Sunday, Dec. 8, 2pm / Tickets start at $15
For 31 years, Boston Brass has set out to establish a one-of-a-
kind musical experience. This all-brass ensemble – made up of
trumpets, French horns, trombones and tubas, with a jazz rhythm
section – is well-known for their great music, boisterous fun and
a lively repartee with a touch of humor and personality. Boston
Brass has been featured on “The CBS Early Show,” National Public
Radio’s “Performance Today” and The Great American Brass Band
Festival, performing exciting classical arrangements and burning
jazz standards. This vibrant holiday matinee will feature the Brass
All-Stars Big Band performing audience-favorite songs from their
two holiday recordings, Christmas Bells are Swingin’ and The Stan
Kenton Christmas Carols, including a variety of solo and combo Boston Brass
selections plus fun surprises.
Les Ballets Trockadero
de Monte Carlo
Thursday, Feb. 27, 7pm / Tickets start at $24
Founded in 1974 by a group of ballet enthusiasts, The Trocks, as
the dancers are affectionately known, are a company of critically
acclaimed professional male dancers performing the full range
of ballet and modern dance repertoire, but incorporating and
exaggerating the foibles, accidents and underlying incongruities of
serious dance. The fact that men dance all the parts – heavy bodies
delicately balancing on toes as swans, romantic princesses or angst-
ridden Victorian ladies – enhances, rather than mocks, the spirit of
dance as an art form. The Trocks’ inspired blend of an impeccable
comic approach, knowledge of dance and the astounding fact that
men can, indeed, dance en pointe without falling flat on their faces
makes for a Night Out that you won’t forget!
Bollywood Boulevard Les Ballets Tockadero
de Monte Carlo
Thursday, April 23, 7pm / Tickets start at $25
The vibrancy, emotion and heart-pounding beat of Hindi cinema Bollywood Boulevard
comes to life on stage with Bollywood Boulevard! Dance, live music,
storytelling and stunning visuals combine to create a non-stop
journey through more than 100 years of Bollywood movies. Moving
from the era of black and white films to today, the music, costumes,
choreography and artwork reflect the essence of each time period.
For lifelong fans, it’s a trip down memory lane. For novice fans, it’s an
insightful and engaging introduction to the world’s largest film industry.
Through hallmark songs and dance, the show celebrates the artistry,
spirit and impact of a cultural phenomenon that has captured the
hearts of billions around the world for generations.
See page 34 for the festival lineup!
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All patrons must have a ticket regardless of age
The Polar Express All
Ages!
The Polar Express
Monday, Dec. 23, 7pm / Tickets $10
Put on your PJS and join us for some hot chocolate, a
photo with Santa and a special screening of the family-
favorite Christmas movie about a young boy on an
extraordinary ride to the North Pole! Based on the beloved
children’s book, The Polar Express tells the story of Billy,
who longs to believe in Santa Claus but finds it quite
difficult to do so, what with his family’s insistence that all
of it – from the North Pole, to the elves, to the man himself
– is just a myth. But this all changes on Christmas Eve,
when a mysterious train visits Billy in the middle of the
night, promising to take him and a group of lucky children
to the North Pole for a visit with Santa – a trip that helps
turn Billy’s crisis-in-faith into a journey of self-discovery.
Show Sponsor
Trike Theatre’s
Ages
A Year with Frog and Toad 5+
Saturday, Jan. 25, 2* & 4pm Shows
8
Saturday, Feb. 1, 10am, 2 & 4pm
Saturday, Feb. 8, 10am, 2 & 4pm / Tickets $14
Studio Theater at Nadine Baum Studios
Arnold Lobel’s treasured characters hop from page to
stage in this special production which follows two great
friends – the cheerful, popular Frog and the rather grumpy
Toad – and many of their colorful companions through four
fun-filled seasons. From planting gardens, to swimming,
raking leaves, going sledding and learning life lessons
along the way, these two best friends are happy the whole
year round! Based on the Tony®-nominated Best Musical
A Year with Frog and Toad – the groundbreaking production that brought children’s
theater to Broadway – A Year with Frog and Toad is filled
with original hummable tunes and a story line that teaches
children the value of friendship.
*Relaxed performance
28 Walton Arts Center 2019/20 SeasonLIVE
Erth’s Prehistoric
Aquarium Adventure
Beep
Ages Ages Ages
Daniel Tiger’s 3+ Erth’s Prehistoric 5+ Windmill Theatre’s 2+
Neighborhood LIVE! 2 Shows Aquarium Adventure: Beep 3
Shows
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2:30 & 5:30pm / The Mystery of the Friday, May 1, 6pm
Tickets start at $20 Saturday, May 2, 11am & 2pm /
Dinosaurs of the Deep Tickets $10
“Won’t you be my neighbor?” Daniel
Tuesday, April 28, 7pm / Starr Theater
Tiger and all of his friends from the
Tickets start at $20
beloved PBS KIDS television series In Mort’s village everything has its
and Fred Rogers Productions are The creators of Erth’s Dinosaur place, every day is the same and
hopping aboard Trolley and heading Zoo Live are taking your family on everyone likes it that way. Until one
to Fayetteville! Along with “O” an all new adventure – this time morning… crash, boom, bang… down
the Owl, Katerina Kittycat, Prince to the bottom of the ocean! Erth’s comes Beep. What is this annoying
Wednesday, Mom and Dad Tiger and Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure is interruption to Mort’s breakfast molly
many more, Daniel Tiger will take an immersive experience that invites melon? Who is this noisy robot girl,
your family on an interactive musical you to jump in and explore unknown and how will she find her home? With
adventure to the Neighborhood ocean depths where prehistoric Windmill’s trademark design, gentle
of Make-Believe, sharing stories marine reptiles lived eons ago - and storytelling, music and puppetry,
of friendship, helping others and maybe live still today! Erth shows are Beep is a slightly sideways tale about
celebrating new experiences. This at the forefront of family entertainment unexpected friendship, finding where
live theatrical production is filled with – using actors, technology, puppets, you fit and learning to mix it up a little.
music, dancing, laughter and “grr-ific” science and imagination to create This is the perfect show to introduce
surprises that will warm the hearts of an amazing visual experience that your little ones to the joy of live theater.
multiple generations. connects young audiences to the real
science of paleontology. From jellyfish
VIP packages available
to ancient crocodiles to giant, glowing
See page 36 for more info!
sea creatures that appear out of the
dark depths of the stage, this show
is full of wonderful surprises – it’s the
perfect Artosphere family fun outing!
See page 36 for more info!
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