Bandleader Nick Hilsher and the Glenn Miller Orchestra will perform timeless big-band hits, including "In the Mood," "Moonlight Serenade, "Chattanooga Choo Choo," "Pennsylvania 6-5000," "String of Pearls" and "Tuxedo Junction," 8 p.m. Monday at Robinson Center Music Hall, West Markham Street and Broadway, Little Rock. Tickets are $37 and $52 (plus applicable taxes and handling charges). Call (800) 745-3000 or visit the website, ticketmaster.com.
White-hot comedy
Comedian Ron White will stand up on the stage of Fayetteville's Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., at 7 p.m. Friday and 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $48-$78.
Singer-songwriter Margo Rey will perform at after parties at 9 p.m. Friday and 9 and 11 p.m. Saturday in the center's Starr Theater. Tickets are $20. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit the website, waltonartscenter.org.
Rucker at Rogers
Country music singer Darius Rucker, who gained fame as lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Hootie & the Blowfish, will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at the new Wal-Mart AMP, 5079 W. Northgate Road, Rogers.
Pat Green and a Thousand Horses will open. Tickets are $27-$79. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit the website, arkansasmusicpavilion.com.
Who's that?
Actor David Tennant, who played television's 10th Doctor Who, appears in a two-for-one-ticket big-screen package -- as the doctor in the two-part Doctor Who story "Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel" ("with never-before-seen content") at 7:30 p.m. Monday and as the narrator of Wings 3D, a documentary showing Earth from a bird's-eye view, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, directed by John Downer.
Arkansas theaters showing the package: the Breckenridge Village 12 in west Little Rock, the McCain Mall 12 in North Little Rock and the Conway Towne Cinema in Conway. Tickets are available at FathomEvents.com.
Ozarks opera
Opera in the Ozarks' 64th season, including 24 fully staged operatic performances in repertory in Eureka Springs and Bentonville, starts Friday at Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony, on U.S. 62 west of Eureka Springs.
The schedule at Inspiration Point's newly air-conditioned, outdoor venue (all shows at 7:30 p.m.):
• Friday, June 25, 28; July 1, 7, 16: Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Saturday, June 26; July 2, 5, 8, 17: Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi (two one-act operas on a double bill) by Giacomo Puccini
• June 24, 27, 30; July 3, 9, 14, 18: Into the Woods, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine
The season will also feature these performances at the Arend Arts Center, 1901 S.E. J St., Bentonville (except as noted, all performances at 4 p.m.):
• June 29: Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi
• July 6: Into the Woods
• July 11: Cosi fan tutte (7:30 p.m.)
• July 13: Special gala concert honoring director emeritus Jim Swiggart, featuring soprano and Opera in the Ozarks alumna Latonia Moore
Tickets are $20, $25 and $27. Call (479) 253-8595 or visit the website, opera.org.
Stuttgart season
The Grand Prairie Center, Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas, 2709 U.S. 165 S., Stuttgart, opens its 2014-15 performance series in Riceland Auditorium at 8 p.m. Aug. 16 with Drake White and the Big Fire, with special guest Leith Loftin. The concert is in conjunction with Mack's Prairie Wings' Fall Festival in Stuttgart. Tickets are $15.
The rest of the lineup (except as noted, all tickets $30 and $20):
• Sept. 21: 13-year-old pianist Ethan Bortnick in concert with Irish singer Damian McGinty, 3 p.m.
• Nov. 7: Marty Stuart and His Superlatives, 8 p.m.
• Dec. 7: CenterStage Dance and Cheer's Christmas Spectacular, 3 p.m.
• Dec. 9: Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Holiday Extravaganza, 8 p.m.
• Feb. 10: National Players touring production of To Kill a Mockingbird, Christopher Sergel's adaptation of Harper Lee's novel, 7 p.m.
• Feb. 15: America's Got Talent finalist Cirque Zuma Zuma, 8 p.m.
• March 12: Touring musical production -- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 7:30 p.m.
• April 10: Yesterday and Today -- The Ultimate Beatles Experience, 8 p.m.
• May 30: The Remedy, 7 p.m., $15.
Season passes, on sale July 1-Aug. 16, are $192 and $136, with new "pick three fall" and "pick three spring" packages available. Call (870) 673-4201, Extension 1895, or visit pccua.edu.
Style on 06/15/2014