FUN/THEATER
Wildwood Park for the Arts reprises its 2017 production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic operetta “The Pirates of Penzance,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and March 13, 2 p.m. Sunday and March 14-15 in the Lucy Lockett Cabe Theatre at Wildwood, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. (501) 821-7275; wildwoodpark.org
The First National Tour of “MJ the Musical,” , centering on the making of Michael Jackson’s 1992 “Dangerous”world tour, is onstage 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. at Broadway. (501) 244-8800, CelebrityAttractions.com.
A middle-class family’s birthday dinner party transforms into something entirely unexpected in “Fairview.” The Arkansas premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Jackie Sibblies Drury is onstage, 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Haislip Theatre, Center for Performing Arts, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. ualr.edu/theatre.
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Children’s Theatre stages “Elephant & Piggie’s ‘We Are in a Play!’,” 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through March 28 with additional 10:30 a.m. spring break shows March 24-27 in the Performing Arts Theater at the museum, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. Recommended for ages 3 and up. arkmfa.org.
A high-priced call girl, incarcerated on a charge for killing a violent John, must prove she isn’t, as the state claims, mentally unfit to stand trial in “Nuts” by Tom Topor, onstage 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday through March 22 at the Weekend Theater, 1001 W. Seventh St. at Chester St., Little Rock. The theater is rating the show R for graphic language and discussion of sexual content. centralarkansastickets.com.
Actors Theatre of Little Rock continues its run of Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” in “immersive” fashion, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday through March 14, at Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, 1601 Louisiana St., Little Rock. “Immersive” means there’s the possibility of being touched or physically pulled into the world of ‘Oklahoma!’,” and those buying an immersive ticket get “a bowl of Aunt Eller’s homemade soup and a basket of her sweet treats.” actorstheatrelr.org.
The Argenta Contemporary Theatre continues its run of “Always … Patsy Cline,” 7 p.m. Thursday, 2 and 7 p.m. Friday through Saturday in its Act II space, 315 Main St., North Little Rock. agentacontemporarytheatre.org.
Onstage through Saturday at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock: “Butterflies Are Free” by Leonard Gershe, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday. Buffet opens 30 minutes before curtain time. Travis Ledoyt, billed as “The World’s Best Elvis,” is back at Murry’s March 11-14. (501) 562-3131; murrysdp.com.
MUSIC
The Trinity Cathedral Choir, members of the Arkansas Symphony and conductor Colin MacKnight perform Haydn’s Te Deum in C major and Mozart’s unfinished “Great” C minor Mass, 7 p.m. Friday at the cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., Little Rock. Admission is by free-will offering. A reception will follow. TrinityLittleRock.org.
The Conway Symphony Orchestra and Israel Getzov performs John Williams’ score while the movie screens behind them for “JAWS in Concert,” 7 p.m. Saturday in Reynolds Performance Hall at the University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit uca.edu/publicappearances.
The Atlanta Rhythm Section, with local opening act DeFrance, performs at 7 p.m. Friday at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave. (501) 320-5715; ronrobinsontheater.org.
Folk singer-songwriter Connie Dover performs for the Little Rock Folk Club, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Hibernia Irish Tavern, 9700 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock. littlerockfolkclub.org.
ART AND EXHIBITS
“FORM/Formation,” abstract landscapes and linen works by Laura Welshans “that explore how land is shaped by time and erosion,” is up through Sunday at Art Group Gallery, in the Pleasant Ridge Town Center, 11525 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. artgrouparkansas.com.
Arkansas Women to Watch 2026: Words Become Matter” is up through April 18 in the Underground Gallery at the CALS Roberts Library, 401 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturday. robertslibrary.org/current-exhibitions.
“Waiting For It …,” paintings by Reginald Tyler, is on display through March 13 at the Argenta Public Library, 420 Main St., North Little Rock, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. (501) 687-1061; NLRlibrary.org.
“Under A Restless Sky,” a site-specific installation by Boston-based artist Nathalie Miebach, on display through April 4 in the Jackson T. Stephens Gallery of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. (501) 372-4000; arkmfa.org.
“My Creeks,” recent paintings by Fayetteville artist and illustrator Daniel Coston that reflect his fondness for creeks, on display through April 18 at Cantrell Gallery, 8202 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. The gallery will host a reception with light refreshments 6-8 p.m. Friday March 13. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. (501) 224-1335; cantrellgallery.com.
“Disfarmer: Portraits of Rural Arkansas,” early 20th-century black-and-white portraits of Arkansans by Mike Disfarmer, is up through June, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, at the Old State House Museum in Little Rock. (501) 324-9685.
“Thomas Hart Benton,” a traveling exhibition of original artwork created by the artist during World War II, is up through July 31 at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 376-4602; littlerock.gov/macarthur.
And “Kuimeaux’s World,” drawings and paintings by late Little Rock native Dwight “Kuimeaux” Drennan, is on display through spring 2027 at Little Rock’s Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 324-9351.