Performing arts venues
MUSIC
Verizon Arena
One Verizon Way, NLR, 340-5660, www.verizonarena.com.
With a capacity of 18,000, this venue hosts the biggest concerts in Central Arkansas as well as a variety of other events, including dance and sports events, conferences and more.
THEATER
Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre
MacArthur Park, Ninth and Commerce sts., 372-4000, www.arkarts.com.
Theater seats 381.
Arkansas Repertory Theatre
601 S. Main St., 378-0405, www.therep.org.
This is the state's largest nonprofit professional theater company and a member of the League of Resident Theatres. Its main stage seats 385 and a black box theater seats 99. Typically produces eight to 10 shows every season.
Usual showtimes 7 p.m. Wed.-Thu.; 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; 2 p.m., 7 p.m. Sun.
Argenta Community Theater
406 Main St., NLR, 353-1443. argentacommunitytheater.com.
Multipurpose nonprofit facility with 218-seat theater for plays, film, readings and other special events.
Murry's Dinner Playhouse
6323 Col. Glenn Road. 562-3131. www.murrysdinnerplayhouse.com.
This long-running dinner theater venue, founded in 1967, usually produces a dozen or more shows a year, with heavy emphasis on musicals — including jukebox musicals — and comedies.
6 p.m. dinner, 7:45 curtain Tue.-Sat.; 11 a.m. brunch, 12:45 p.m. performance, 5:30 p.m. dinner, 6:45 p.m. curtain Sun., $15-$33.
Weekend Theater
Seventh and Chester Sts., 374-3761, www.weekendtheater.org.
A nonprofit community black box theater that typically produces a dozen shows a season, including musicals, classics and contemporary works. True to its name, shows are on weekends only.
7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. (also 2:30 p.m. Sun., musicals only).
Robinson Center Music Hall
Markham and Broadway.
Large concert hall that hosts touring Broadway shows and is home to the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.
Evening shows at 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., matinees at 1 p.m. Celebrity Attractions, 300 S. Spring St., Suite 220, 244-8800, www.celebrityattractions.com.
MUSICAL GROUPS
Arkansas Chamber Singers
Times and venues vary. 377-1121, www.ar-chambersingers.org. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 students and seniors.
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
All performances are at Robinson Center Music Hall unless noted. 666-1761, www.arkansassymphony.org. Ticket prices vary.
Chamber Music Society Of Little Rock
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi, 773-3603, www.chambermusiclr.com. $10-$20.
Little Rock Wind Symphony
Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Drive. 666-0777, www.littlerockwindsymphony.org. $8-$10.
UALR Artspree
Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave. 569-3288. $20, $10 students, free for UALR students.
OTHER COMPANIES
Community Theatre of Little Rock
Music, dance and theater. Home of Improv Little Rock, a sketch-comedy group. The Public Theater, 616 Center St., 410-2283, www.ctlr-act.org.
Red Octopus Productions
Seasonal shows featuring adult humor and comedy sketches. The Public Theater, 616 Center St., 291-3896, www.redoctopustheater.com.
Natural State Brass Band
Usually performs at Immanuel Baptist Church, 501 N. Shackleford Road,
"Trinity Presents ..."
Musical productions. Trinity United Methodist Church, 1101 N. Mississippi Ave., 377-1161, www.tumclr.org/trinityPPS.html.
Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts
Variety of musical and special events. 20919 Denny Road, 821-7275, www.wildwoodpark.org.
DANCE GROUPS
Arkansas Festival Ballet
Performs at Academy of Dance Studio, Breckenridge Village. 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road, 227-5320, www.arkansasdance.org.
Ballet Arkansas
Performs at Robinson Center Music Hall. Office: 7509 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, 223-5150, www.balletarkansas.org.
UALR Department of Dance
Haislip Theatre and Center for Performing Arts. UALR, 2801 S. University Ave., 569-3456, ualr.edu/theatre/dance.
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Related Locations
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Argenta Community Theater
- 405 Main St., North Little Rock Argenta AR
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501-353-1443
- argentacommunitytheater.org
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Arkansas Repertory Theatre
- 601 Main St., Little Rock Downtown AR 72201
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501-378-0405
- www.therep.org
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Murry's Dinner Playhouse
- 6323 Col. Glenn Road, Little Rock Southwest Little Rock AR 72204
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501-562-3131
- murrysdinnerplayhouse.com
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Verizon Arena
- 1 Alltel Arena Way, North Little Rock Argenta AR 72114-5681
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501-975-9001
- verizonarena.com
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The Weekend Theater
- 1001 W. 7th St., Little Rock Downtown AR 72201
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501-374-3761
- www.weekendtheater.org
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