Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
FRIDAY
Bad Seed
Under an ostensibly sweet, charming exterior, the daughter (Brooklyn Courtney-Moore) of a prominent couple in a small Southern town (Drew Ellis, Katy Fraley) may be hiding something a lot more disturbing in Bad Seed by Maxwell Anderson, based on the novel by William March, opening Friday at the Weekend Theater, West Seventh and Chester streets. Curtain times: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday through April 15. Tickets are $16, $12 students and senior citizens, with a $2 "Date Night Discount" for the Thursday performance. Call (501) 374-3761 or visit weekendtheater.tix.com.
Documentary debut
The Arkansas Sounds Music Series will screen the public premiere of AETN's documentary Dream Land: Little Rock's West 9th Street, 7 p.m. Friday at Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. The film features historians and local residents regaling the history of the once-vibrant black business and entertainment district, home to Taborian Hall and the Dreamland Ballroom. Doors open at 6. Admission is free. Call (501) 918-3033 or visit arkansassounds.org.
Tough Room
Tiny Dumpster, Ark., must start dealing with big-city problems in Rough Night at the Remo Room, the latest show from sketch comedy company The Main Thing, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday through June 17 at the Joint, 301 Main St., North Little Rock. Tickets are $24. Call (501) 372-0205 or visit TheJointArgenta.com.
Christie mystery
The Pocket Community Theatre, 170 Ravine St. at Ramble Street, just off Park Avenue, Hot Springs, stages Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and April 7-8 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday and April 9. Tickets are $10, $5 for children 12 and younger. Call (501) 623-8585 or visitpockettheatre.com.
SATURDAY
'Dance Impact'
Dancers from Ballet Arkansas, Untapped, Untapped Youth Ensemble, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Henderson State University, Shuffles & Ballet II and Ms. Karen's Dance Studio will be onstage for "Dance Impact," 8 p.m. Saturday at the Argenta Community Theater, 405 Main St., Little Rock. Doors open at 7. Tickets are $15, $10 for children, plus fees. Call (501) 353-1443 or visit bit.ly/DanceImpactTickets.
Junktique Sale
Catholic High proves one person's "trash" can be another person's "treasure" as it holds its 49th annual Junktique Sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, at the school, 6300 Father Tribou St., Little Rock. The sale funds special school projects (including technology, equipment and an endowment fund to assist students with tuition needs). The 2016 sale took in nearly $33,000. Call (501) 517-5153.
Fashion statement
Bridgette Fedak, a designer for women's clothier Lilly Pulitzer, will give a talk titled "What Year Is It Again??" at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Arkansas Arts Center in MacArthur Park, East Ninth and Commerce streets, Little Rock. She'll provide insight on her background, describing how growing up abroad influenced her at a young age and taught her about fashion and will discuss the dynamics of her team and how she finds inspiration for her designs.
It's part of the center's Art of Fashion lecture series. Sponsor is the Lilly Pulitzer Store at Dillard's, Park Plaza, which will host a post-lecture fashion show and pop-up shop. A reception with mimosas and lite bites will precede the lecture at 10:30 a.m. Tickets are $20, free for Arts Center members; seating is limited and reservations are required. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit arkansasartscenter.org/tickets. Call (501) 907-5946 for lunch reservations.
SUNDAY
Community band
The 75-member North Little Rock Community Concert Band will open its 35th season at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Patrick Henry Hays Center, 401 W. Pershing Blvd., North Little Rock. Director Rico Belotti's "Sound Off" program includes marches by John Philip Sousa and Kenneth J. Alford; Chant and Jubilo by the late Arkansas Composer Laureate W. Francis McBeth; English Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams; and film music from Lawrence of Arabia and Casablanca. Admission is free. Call (501) 758-2576 or visit nlrcommunityband.com.
'Organic' jazz
The Jazz Organ Collective -- Brian Hamby, organ; Tyler Weaver, guitar; Scott Southern, drums; Dave Williams II, tenor sax; and Nancy Carlton, vocals -- will perform jazz standards, 4-6 p.m. Sunday at the Coronado Center, 150 Ponderosa Way, Hot Springs Village. Tickets are $10. Call (501) 922-5050 or (512) 964-5927, email b3hamby@yahoo.com or visit b3hamby.com
Unmoving Alexander
Two Beans Productions' Alexander Who's Not Not Not Going to Move (music by Shelly Markham, based on the book by Judith Viorst) will be onstage at 3 p.m. Sunday at the East Arkansas Community College Fine Arts Center, 1700 Newcastle Road, Forrest City, part of the college's Family Series. Tickets are $14.50. Call (870) 633-4480, Extension 352, or visit eacc.edu.
AUDITIONS
Disney in El Dorado
The South Arkansas Arts Center, 110 E. Fifth St., El Dorado, will hold auditions for Disney's Beauty and the Beast, 6 p.m. April 7 and 10 a.m. April 8. Director Monroe Moore and musical director Chris McCroskey will cast "all ages, heights, physical types and performance levels," according to a news release, in character roles (four women, seven men and one boy or girl), a large ensemble of 24-30 adults and teens and a 12-20 member children's ensemble, ages 7-12. Be prepared to sing a number from any Broadway show. The center will hold early registration 6-8 p.m. April 6; you may submit a video audition. The center will host a Cast Kick-off Camp, May 20-21; rehearsals begin May 30. Production dates are July 6-16. Call (870) 862-5474 or visit saac-arts.org.
TICKETS
Maxwell concert
Tickets -- $33.50-$133.50 plus service charges -- go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for the Maxwell Summers' Tour '17 concert, with special guest Ledisi and Leela James, 7:30 p.m. June 1 at North Little Rock's Verizon Arena. There is an eight-ticket limit. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Weekend on 03/30/2017