One of the most celebrated musicals in theater history opened June 18 at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville as part of the revival’s national tour. Cameron Mackintosh’s re-imaginging of the classic musical based on the Victor Hugo novel ran on Broadway for two-and-a-half years before hitting the road. Now, the production is showing at the WAC through June 23, with very limited tickets remaining.

Actor Mary Kate Moore stars as Fantine, who performs the show’s iconic number “I Dreamed a Dream.” Moore stopped by the NWADG office to chat with What’s Up! associate editor Jocelyn Murphy about being part of such a storied show.

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WHEN — 7 p.m. June 19; 1:30 & 7 p.m. June 20; 8 p.m. June 21 & 22; 2 p.m. June 22 & 23

WHERE — Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville

COST — $68-$107

INFO — 443-5600, waltonartscenter.org, lesmis.com

FYI — Very limited tickets remain

Join Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports team Chip Souza, Paul Boyd and Henry Apple as they talk about sports in Northwest Arkansas. They'll discuss the University of Arkansas baseball team with Bentonville coach Todd Abbott.

The crew also talk to J.T. Baker with Perfect Timing Baseball & Softball Academy and Doug Loughridge, Alma High School football coach.

Audiences don’t need to know anything about Henrik Ibsen’s original “A Doll’s House” — or about Lucas Hnath’s “sequel," “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” really — except that the 2017 play feels very contemporary and is very accessible, agree its director, Joseph Farmer, and two of its its four stars, Kate Taylor Williams and Kris Isham.

They stopped by the NWA Democrat-Gazette Wednesday to talk with Features Editor Becca Martin-Brown about the “dramedy” opening June 14 at Arkansas Public Theatre in Rogers.

FAQ

‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’

WHEN — 8 p.m. June 14-15; 2 p.m. June 16; again June 20-23

WHERE — Arkansas Public Theatre at the Victory in Rogers

COST — $22-$29

INFO — 631-8988

TAKE NOTE — This production contains adult language and content and is recommended for mature audiences.

Flip Putthoff, Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette outdoors writer, talks about bass fishing.

Flip will tell us about the best time of year to fish for bass, the best baits including three different kinds of topwater lures and the best time of day.

Join Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Chip Souza, Henry Apple and Rick Fires on this episode of "The Shop."

They talk about the conference realignments for high school sports and who are the best athletes from each local high school.

Beaver Lake has been the water supply for much of Northwest Arkansas for nearly 55 years. But without steps to protect it, its capacity to deliver high-quality drinking water to the region could be challenged.

In this edition of “Speaking of Arkansas,” host Greg Harton speaks with two advocates for protecting Beaver Lake and its watershed from pollution, whether it’s in the form of erosion that causes sediment in the lake or chemicals and trash attributed to a growing population and changing land uses.

Alan Fortenberry is former chief executive of the Beaver Water District (https://www.bwdh2o.org)

Clell Ford is executive director of the Beaver Watershed Alliance (https://www.beaverwatershedalliance.org)

Events mentioned in this podcast include:

Shiloh Museum of Ozark History “Once Upon A Stream” — 10 a.m. Saturday, June 15, 2019. https://shilohmuseum.org/museum-events/once-upon-a-stream

Secchi Day — 8:30 a.m to 1 p.m. Aug. 17, 2019 https://www.bwdh2o.org/education-outreach/secchi-day

July is Lake Appreciation Month — https://www.beaverwatershedalliance.org/programming/lakes-appreciation-month.aspx

Recent Democrat-Gazette coverage of environmental issues affecting Northwest Arkansas waters includes:

New water service denied to Bethel Heights at state’s request, June 5, 2019 — https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/jun/05/new-water-service-denied-to-bethel-heig/

Some Beaver Lake swimming areas closed, May 25, 2019 — https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/may/25/some-beaver-lake-swimming-areas-closed-/

E. Coli presence prompts warning on stretch of White River, May 27, 2019 — https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/may/27/e-coli-presence-prompts-warning-on-whit/

Beaver Lake cleanup more fun than work, Sept. 18, 2018 — https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2018/sep/18/beaver-lake-cleanup-more-fun-than-work-/

West Fork sewer project gets state funding, Dec. 3, 2018 — https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2018/dec/03/west-fork-sewer-project-gets-state-fund/

The Citizens Climate Lobby’s push for a carbon fee and dividend system to reduce climate change

Members of the organization Citizens Climate Lobby stopped by the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette offices to visit with our editorial board about their hopes for federal legislation to establish a fee and dividend structure to encourage the reduction of carbon-producing activities.

Editorial page editor Greg Harton visited with two members in our Fayetteville podcast studios for the latest edition of “Speaking of Arkansas.”

For additional information about the Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s stance, visit the organization’s Carbon Fee and Dividend Policy and FAQs at https://citizensclimatelobby.org/carbon-fee-and-dividend/

For a sampling of other analyses about the merits or lack of merits for a carbon fee and dividend system, visit:

Yale Climate Connections - https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2016/07/pros-and-cons-of-a-carbon-tax-key-issues/

The Congressional Budget Office report on the “Effects of a Carbon Tax on the Economy and the Environment” - http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/113th-congress-2013-2014/reports/44223_Carbon_0.pdf

The CATO Institute - https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/case-against-us-carbon-tax

Wharton University of Pennsylvania - https://publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/live/news/1519-why-a-carbon-tax-is-good-for-the-us-economy

The National Review - https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/02/carbon-tax-dividend-plan-conservative-case/

Other editions of “Speaking of Arkansas” as well as other podcasts from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette can be found at nwaonline.com/podcast

A new tour based on the 2016 Broadway revival of "Cats" is stopping this week at the Walton Arts Center. Dan Hoy, who portrays Munkustrap, came by the NWADG office to talk with Becca Martin-Brown, features editor, about living his dream role.

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FAQ

‘Cats’

WHEN — 1:30 & 7 p.m. May 30; 8 p.m. May 31; 2 & 8 p.m. June 1; 2 p.m. June 2

WHERE — Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville

COST — $51 & up

INFO — 443-5600

Join the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports team as they talk about high school sports and Billy Joel. They will cover the baseball and softball tournaments in Northwest Arkansas and interview Crosby Tuck, the new head football coach at Van Buren.

Dr. Kevin Fitzpatrick is a professor of sociology at the University of Arkansas who is actively engaged in local efforts to ease the burdens of homelessness and create paths of assistance to help bring people out of such circumstances.

In this edition of “Speaking of Arkansas,” we discuss a new project in Fayetteville designed to usher “unsheltered” people from the woods toward permanent housing. We also discuss the challenges to those efforts and whether Dr. Fitzpatrick gives panhandlers anything when he spots them on the area’s street corners.

Links to organizations mentioned in today’s podcast include:

ServeNWA — servenwa.org

The University of Arkansas Community and Family Institute — cfi.uark.edu

The Salvation Army in Northwest Arkansas — http://salvationarmyaok.org/nwarkansas