THEATER
Immersive ‘Chicago’
Actors Theatre of Little Rock stages “Chicago” (music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Ebb and Bob Fosse), in “immersive” fashion and in the round, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday through July 27 at Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, 1600 Louisiana St., Little Rock.
The “immersive” production, in the same mold as the theater’s production of “Sweeney Todd,” puts the action — in a 1920s jazz-club setting — within and surrounding the audience and allows some audience members to join in.
A pre-show starts 20 minutes before each performance. The theater group is rating the show PG-13 for material “which may not be suitable for all audiences,” including sexual content, strong language, gun use and death.
Seating is in three types: immersive, $35, which includes a show cocktail delivered by actors during the pre-show; fully non-immersive, $30, for which “there is zero audience interaction of any kind”; and general, $25 for adults and $20 for students, senior citizens and military, which have “light audience interaction.” Visit actorstheatrelr.org/tickets.
‘Jersey Boys’ at MDP
“Jersey Boys” (music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice), the origin story of the Four Seasons, opens Wednesday and runs through Aug. 17 at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock.
Ethan Patterson plays Frankie Valli, with Micah Patterson as Gaudio, Michael Klucher as Tommy DeVito and Caleb Menard as Nick Massi. The cast also includes Xavier Jones, Thomas Williams, Ethan Hart, Jamie Stewart, Tom Cooper, Drew Posey, Ashley Merrill, director/choreographer Moriah Patterson and Lexi Brooks.
Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday (12:30 p.m. Wednesday matinees only, July 10, 17 and 24) and 12:45 and 6:45 p.m. Sunday. The buffet opens 90 minutes before curtain time. Tickets (including meal and show): $42-$44, $30 for children 15 and younger; $30 show only. Call (501) 562-3131 or visit murrysdp.com.
MUSIC
Festival of the Senses
A 7 p.m. Sept. 24 recital by violinist Kiril Laskarov and pianist Carl Anthony, both members of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, kicks off the 2024-25 Festival of the Senses performing arts series at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 4106 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock.
Their program includes the Violin Concerto No. 3 by Camille Sant-Saëns and the Violin Sonata No. 18 in G major, K. 301, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The rest of the lineup (except as noted, all at 7 p.m.):
◼️ Nov. 12: “An Evening with the Man Known as Craig O’Neill,” in the church’s Parish Hall
◼️ Dec. 6: The Natural State Brass Band, concert of holiday music
◼️ Feb. 11: Violinist Andrew Irvin, cellist David Gerstein and pianist Jaeyeon Park. The program includes the Violin Sonata No. 3, op.101, by Johannes Brahms, and the Piano Trio in g minor by Bedrich Smetana
◼️ March 4: Mardi Gras Party with The Goat Band (jazz quartet: drums, guitar, saxophone and bass), Parish Hall, 6 p.m.
◼️ April 29: organist Rees Roberts.
Admission is free. Call (501) 753-3578, email baxternan@aol.com or visit stlukeepiscopal.org.
