What's Up! Podcast - Broadway's back at WAC!

April 08, 2021 00:37:53
What's Up! Podcast - Broadway's back at WAC!
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What's Up! Podcast - Broadway's back at WAC!

Apr 08 2021 | 00:37:53

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Hosted By

Becca Martin-Brown Monica Hooper April Wallace

Show Notes

The Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville announced its 2021-22 Broadway season tonight, April 7, during the annual "sneak peak" event. The Broadway season begins Oct. 26 with new musical "Come From Away" and the series includes six shows. Four of those shows will be Arkansas debuts. What's Up! associate editor Jocelyn Murphy spoke with Scott Galbraith, WAC vice president of programming and executive producer, and Jennifer Ross, programming director, about the new season, the emotion of re-opening the WAC, and that special two-week run of "Hamilton." Read more in the What's Up! section on April 11. WAC 2021-22 Broadway Season: *"Come From Away" - Oct. 26-31 *"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" - Nov. 30-Dec. 5 *"Mean Girls" - Dec. 14-19 *"An Officer and a Gentleman" - Jan. 4-9 "Hamilton" - March 22-April 3 "Fiddler on the Roof" - May 10-15 *Arkansas premiere

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