Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
TODAY
Royal Oliver!
The Royal Players will stage Oliver! (book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist), 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through Dec. 10 at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market, Benton. Sponsors are the Jeff Mattingly Foundation and First Security Bank. Tickets are $15, $12 for senior citizens, military and college students, $6 for students high school and below. Call (501) 315-5483 (LIVE) or visit theroyalplayers.ticketleap.com.
FRIDAY
'Trolley Song'
A humble middle-class family deals with life, love and the 1904 World's Fair in Meet Me in St. Louis (music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, book by Hugh Wheeler, based on the 1944 MGM movie musical), onstage 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 7-9 and 14-16 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday and Dec. 10 and 17 at the Studio Theatre, 320 W. Seventh St., Little Rock. The show contains mature language, themes and situations. Tickets are $25, $20 for senior citizens (65+), military and students. Call (501) 374-2615 or visit studiotheatrelr.com or centralarkansastickets.com.
History sandwich
The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program will tour Little Rock City Hall, 500 W. Markham St., at noon Friday for its December "Sandwiching in History" session. The building, designed by Charles L. Thompson, has been the capital city seat of government since 1908 and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Admission is free. Call (501) 324-9880, email info@arkansaspreservation.org or visit arkansaspreservation.org.
Gallery Walk
Hot Springs art galleries and studios will offer a special Gallery Walk and a weekend of art demos, exhibits and events Friday-Sunday as part of the second annual "It's a Wonderful Life in Hot Springs" celebration. Participating galleries will collect nonperishable food items for Jackson House, a Hot Springs food pantry with a hot lunch program. A list of galleries and activities is available at HotSpringsArts.org.
Christmas festival
Ouachita Baptist University's Concert Choir, Ouachita Sounds, Women's Chorus and Ouachita Singers will headline the School of Fine Arts' "A Festival of Christmas," 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, which marks the festival's 25th anniversary and the same anniversary of the construction of the university's Jones Performing Arts Center, where the festival performance will take place. The lineup of performers will also include Ouachita Honor Choir, a local children's chorus; the Ouachita's Handbell Ringers; and a pit orchestra of students from OBU's instrumental program. Tickets are $12, free (one per) for OBU students with ID. Call (870) 245-5555 or visit obu.edu/boxoffice.
SATURDAY
'Swingin' Christmas'
The Arkansas Chamber Singers will hold a fundraiser, "A Swingin' Christmas," Saturday -- 5:30 p.m., cocktails and silent auction, with a 6:15 p.m. dinner -- with a premium view of the Capitol Lighting Fireworks display, at the Little Rock Club, on the top floor of the Regions Financial Center, 400 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock. The B-Flats will provide entertainment. Tickets are $125. Call (501) 377-1121.
Holiday pops
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Philip Mann will take their Home for the Holidays pops performance on the road, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Fine Arts Center, East Arkansas Community College, 1700 Newcastle Road, Forrest City. Tickets are $25. Call (870) 633-4480, Extension 352, or visit eacc.edu.
SUNDAY
1 concerto, 4 pianists
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Community Orchestra will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. The program: the Concerto in E-flat major for two pianos and orchestra, K.365, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with pianists Eri Okawa and Ethan Day soloing in the first movement and Michael Caysido and Samuel Schalchlin in movements two and three; and the Symphony No. 88 in G major by Franz Joseph Haydn. Victor Ellsworth conducts. Admission is free. Call (501) 569-3294.
TICKETS
Mamma Mia!
Tickets --$45-$65, $30 for students -- are now on sale for the musical Mamma Mia! (inspired by and featuring the songs of ABBA, book by Catherine Johnson), March 14-April 8 at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 601 Main St., Little Rock. Call (501) 378-0405 or visit TheRep.org.
Weekend on 11/30/2017