The Arkansas Repertory Theatre (commonly called “the Rep”) was founded in Little Rock (Pulaski County) by ...

Lucille (Lucy) Babcock was a noted actress in theater and television who established the first community theat...

Ballet Arkansas is a professional dance company headquartered in Little Rock (Pulaski County). Ballet Arkansas...

Fran Bennett is an actress who has worked in theater, television, and films. She appeared on stage across the ...

Maxwell Blade is an illusionist and comedian who was based in downtown Hot Springs (Garland County). He began ...

With such a colorful name, it is small wonder that magician J. B. Bobo is known throughout the world. Adults a...

Opening in New York City on October 25, 2019, Broadbend, Arkansas is a two-act play/musical produced in associ...

Irene Castle was a famous ballroom dancer in the 1910s to the 1930s who appeared in several silent movies and ...

The Community Theatre in Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) is one of the oldest one-screen, nickelodeon-type theat...

Rhonda Lee Oglesby Coullet was the only Miss Arkansas ever to resign her title. After briefly fulfilling her r...

Lorraine Albert Cranford was the founder of Ballet Arkansas—a company that traces its roots to the Little Ro...

Melinda Dillon was an American actress who appeared in dozens of movies, plays, and television shows. She was ...

Arkansas has a long history of cross dressing, often called dressing in “drag.” Drag shows in the state ha...

The Farkleberry Follies were a popular musical and theatrical stage show that spoofed politicians and other ne...

The Greek Amphitheatre, located at the junction of East Lane Drive, East University Street, and Crescent Drive...

The Gridiron Show is a satirical musical production that makes good-natured fun of prominent people in politic...

Lawrence Olivier Hamilton was a Broadway star who appeared in such shows as Porgy and Bess, The Wiz, and Jelly...

Allie Cleveland Harrison was a professor of the dramatic arts who, for more than four decades, made a mark in ...

Bill Hicks was an American stand-up comedian and social critic in the tradition of Lenny Bruce and Richard Pry...

Throughout her career, Gertrude Hadley Jeannette was a playwright, producer, director, and actress with roles ...

Located in downtown Little Rock (Pulaski County), the Kempner Theater (sometimes spelled “Theatre”) was op...

Popular during the nineteenth century, the minstrel show was one of the earliest forms of theatrical entertain...

In 1967, Ike Murry—the attorney general of Arkansas from 1949 to 1953 and a gubernatorial candidate in 1952�...

Arkansas native Amina Claudine Myers is a noted pianist, singer, educator, recording artist, and composer who ...

Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point is a summer program that trains opera singers and stages performances...

Wilbur Carl “Skip” Redwine was a composer and songwriter from Marshall (Searcy County). Skip Redwine was b...

The Saenger Theatre, which opened in Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) on November 17, 1924, was called “The Sho...

Born into a theatrical family, Fay Templeton excelled on the legitimate and vaudeville stages for more than ha...

Although Arkansas was often considered wild and uncultured in its early history, the state has a consistent th...