Five Arkansas Symphony musicians will offer a different take on Richard Strauss' tone poem Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks with Franz Hasenohrl's "deconstructed" version, Till Eulenspiegel -- einmal Anders! ("another way," or, "for once differently"), in a River Rhapsodies chamber concert, 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Hall of the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock.
Hasenohrl compressed Strauss' 15-minute piece to approximately eight and reduced the full orchestration to violin, bass, clarinet, bassoon and horn.
The program will also include the Quintet in D major for clarinet, horn, violin, cello and piano by Ralph Vaughan Williams and the Septet in E-flat major, op.20, by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Tickets are $23, $10 for students and active duty military. Call (501) 666-1761, Extension 100, or visit ArkansasSymphony.org.
Political farce
Anybody who thinks politics is a farce -- especially on the cusp of the 2016 presidential election -- will find plenty of evidence in Ray Cooney's Out of Order, which the folks at Murry's Dinner Playhouse are adapting from British parliamentary hanky-panky to Washington whoopie, Tuesday-Dec. 31 at the dinner theater, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock.
A senator's (Ken Goodman) plan to spend the evening with the secretary (Jordan Phipps) of a member of the opposite party goes seriously awry after the discovery of a dead body. The usual Cooney-esque farcical elements, including scantily clad characters, slamming doors, banging windows and corpses springing from closets, ensue.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (12:45 Wednesday matinees only Nov. 25 and Dec. 2), 12:45 and 6:45 p.m. Sunday. Buffet opens 90 minutes before curtain. Tickets are $32-$36, $23 for children 15 and under; $25 and $15 show only. Call (501) 562-3131 or visit murrysdp.com.
Silent accompaniment
The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra will accompany The Clown Princes of Silent Comedy, three silent films starring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fayetteville's Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., part of the center's 10x10 Arts Series. Tickets are $10. Call (479) 443-5600, email tickets@waltonartscenter.org or visit waltonartscenter.org.
Hendrix concert
The Hendrix College Wind Ensemble and Choir will present a concert featuring the music of guest composer Philip Rice, 7:30 p.m. Monday in Staples Auditorium at Hendrix, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway. The wind ensemble will perform Rice's They Have Pulled Down Heaven and works by Vaclav Nelhybel, Frank Ticheli and Dana Wilson. The choir will perform Rice's Three Celtic Blessings. Together they will perform selections from Aaron Copland's Old American Songs.
Gretchen Renshaw conducts the Wind Ensemble. Andrew Morgan is director of choral ensembles. Admission is free. Call (501) 450-1422 or (501) 450-1248.
Tibetans in residence
The monks of Tibet's Drepung Loseling Monastery will perform Sacred Music Sacred Dance for World Healing as part of their "Mystical Arts of Tibet" international tour, 7 p.m. Thursday in the Vada Sheid Community Development Center, Arkansas State University-Mountain Home, 1600 S. College St., Mountain Home. Tickets are $25 (plus fees), $12.50 (plus fees) for age 18 and younger and ASUMH students. Call (870) 508-6280 or visit thesheid.com.
The monks, in residence Monday-Thursday, will also construct a mandala sand painting in the Sheid Center's Dale Bumpers Great Hall, noon-6 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday and 10-11 a.m. Thursday, with a noon closing ceremony at noon. Admission is free.
Art auction
The River Valley Arts Center will hold its Holiday Jubilee 2015 Art Auction & Fundraiser, 7-10 p.m. Friday at the Russellville Country Club, 59 Country Club Road, Russellville. The event will include music by the Jazz Reunion Band, live and silent auctions, a wine pull and complimentary photo, wine and heavy hors d'oeuvres; there will also be a cash bar. Tickets are $50 in advance, $60 at the door. Call (479) 968-2452.
Sugar Plum tea
Western Arkansas Ballet's annual Sugar Plum Fairy Tea, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Nov. 22 at the Riverfront Glass Pavilion, 100 N. B St., Fort Smith, will feature lunch, desserts and snacks, photo ops with Nutcracker characters and "fun Nutcracker and Christmas crafts with Queenie Eileenie."
Tickets are $25 through Tuesday. Call (479) 785-0152 or visit waballet.org. The tea is in conjunction with the ballet company's production of P.I. Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the ArcBest Corp. Performing Arts Center, 55 S. Seventh St, Fort Smith.
Fort Smith season
The Fort Smith Little Theatre, 401 N. Sixth St., Fort Smith, will open its 69th season with Farce of Nature by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, Feb. 11-20.
The rest of the 2016 lineup:
• March 31-April 9: Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
• June 2-11: The Lights Are Warm and Coloured by William Norfolk
• July 28-Aug. 13: Singin' in the Rain (music by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, lyrics by Freed, book adapted by Betty Comden and Adolph Green from their screenplay)
• Sept. 22-Oct. 1: Money Matters by Michael-Susan Parker
• Nov. 10-19: The Game's Afoot: Holmes for the Holidays by Ken Ludwig.
There are two off-season productions:
• April 21-23: Frankenstein, one-act adaptation by R.N. Sandberg from the novel by Mary Shelley
• Dec. 8-10: Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus by Jamie Gorski, based on the 1897 New York Sun editorial by Francis P. Church.
Opening-night gala season tickets are $100, and include hors d'oeuvres and beverages before each performance and reserved seats for all six opening-night gala performances. Regular season tickets are $55. Call (479) 783-2966 or visit the website, fslt.org.
Style on 11/15/2015