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Bentonville, Arkansas

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art's outdoor performance spaces present concerts, art installations, and performing arts programming in the extraordinary natural landscape of the Ozark foothills. The museum's Walmart family funding and world-class art collection create a cultural venue of genuine international significance in a small Arkansas city, attracting artists and performers of the highest caliber for programming that serves the entire Northwest Arkansas region.

600 Museum Way, Bentonville, AR 72712

Conway, Arkansas

Reynolds Performance Hall at UCA serves central Arkansas with performing arts programming including the Delta Symphony Orchestra and UCA Performing Arts Series. Conway's growing population as a bedroom community to Little Rock with its own strong university presence creates an entertainment market that Reynolds Hall serves with quality cultural programming.

201 Donaghey Ave, Conway, AR 72035

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Baum Walker Hall at the University of Arkansas is Fayetteville's most intimate concert hall — a beautifully designed performance space presenting the Arkansas Symphony's Fayetteville series, chamber music, and University Presents cultural programming for the UA campus community. Its architectural quality and programming ambition reflect the University of Arkansas's commitment to building a comprehensive cultural institution alongside its athletics-driven national identity.

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Walton Arts Center is Northwest Arkansas's most important performing arts venue — a 1,200-seat theater and black box space presenting Broadway touring productions, international touring artists, and cultural programming at the highest level for the University of Arkansas community and Northwest Arkansas region. Named for the Walmart founding family's commitment to arts and culture, the center's programming reflects the extraordinary wealth and cultural ambition that has transformed this corner of Arkansas.

495 W Dickson St, Fayetteville, AR 72701

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Fort Smith Convention Center serves western Arkansas's largest city with concerts, theatrical performances, and community events in one of the region's most versatile performance spaces. Fort Smith's history as the gateway to the Indian Territory and its Western frontier heritage give it a unique cultural character that the convention center's programming serves.

55 S 7th St, Fort Smith, AR 72901

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Hot Springs Convention Center's theater presents performances and events for Arkansas's most historically colorful city. Hot Springs's extraordinary tourism market — anchored by Bathhouse Row national park, Oaklawn Racing, and the city's unique thermal springs heritage — creates consistent demand for entertainment programming that serves visitors from throughout the region.

134 Convention Blvd, Hot Springs, AR 71901

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort is Arkansas's premier gaming and entertainment destination — a historic thoroughbred horse racing track dating to 1905 that has expanded into a full resort casino with hotel, casino gaming, and live entertainment. The hot spring resort context makes Oaklawn a distinctive destination casino: visitors combine gambling at the races with spa visits in one of America's most historic resort towns.

2705 Central Ave 71901

Little Rock, Arkansas

Arkansas Repertory Theatre is the state's most important regional theater company — a Little Rock institution producing professional theater that has premiered works going to Broadway and presented theatrical experiences that serve as Arkansas's most significant cultural performing arts institution. Its commitment to producing theater of national quality in Arkansas's capital city reflects the state's cultural aspirations.

601 Main St, Little Rock, AR 72201

Little Rock, Arkansas

Robinson Center Music Hall is Little Rock's premier performing arts venue — a beautifully renovated 2,200-seat concert hall presenting Arkansas Symphony Orchestra concerts, Broadway touring productions, and major performing arts events for Arkansas's capital city. The center's comprehensive renovation and expansion completed in 2016 transformed it into one of the most modern and acoustically excellent performance halls in the mid-South.

426 W Markham St, Little Rock, AR 72201

Springdale, Arkansas

Arts Center of the Ozarks is Northwest Arkansas's oldest regional theater and visual arts organization — a Springdale institution providing professional theatrical and visual arts programming to the rapidly growing Northwest Arkansas community. Its long history of serving the Ozarks arts community and its adaptation to the region's extraordinary growth create a performing arts context that balances the Ozarks' rural heritage with its increasingly sophisticated cosmopolitan population.

214 S Main St, Springdale, AR 72764

Emporia, Kansas

Emporia State University and the Emporia Arts scene serve the heart of the Kansas Flint Hills — one of the most extraordinary tallgrass prairie landscapes remaining on Earth, where outstanding performing arts and the remarkable natural beauty of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve create a cultural environment uniquely shaped by the most dramatic unplowed prairie landscape in America.

Commercial St, Emporia, KS 66801

Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City Symphony is one of the finest American orchestras — presenting world-class concerts at Helzberg Hall in the extraordinary Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Moshe Safdie. The KC Symphony's remarkable artistic quality and the Kauffman Center's extraordinary architectural significance (widely considered one of the most beautiful concert halls built in America this century) create a classical music experience of genuine national performing arts significance.

Kansas City, KS 66101

Kansas City, Kansas

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts serves both sides of the Kansas City metro — Moshe Safdie's extraordinary architectural masterpiece presents the Kansas City Symphony, Kansas City Ballet, and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. The Kauffman Center's remarkable architectural quality (it has been called the finest performing arts facility built in America this century) and its consistent presentation of world-class performing arts create a venue of genuine national cultural significance.

Kansas City, KS 66101

Kansas City, Kansas

Starlight Theatre is Kansas City's most beloved performing arts venue — a beautiful outdoor amphitheater in Swope Park presenting Broadway touring shows and major concerts under the Kansas City stars. Starlight's extraordinary combination of outstanding theatrical productions, the beautiful natural setting of Swope Park (America's second-largest urban park), and the warm Kansas City summer nights create a performing arts experience of genuine heartland American character.

Kansas City, MO 64132

Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence Arts Center is one of Kansas's most important community arts institutions — a Downtown Lawrence facility presenting visual arts, performing arts, and arts education for one of Kansas's most creatively vibrant communities. The Arts Center's extraordinary commitment to making arts accessible to the entire Lawrence community and its remarkable programming breadth create a community arts center of genuine Kansas cultural significance.

940 New Hampshire St, Lawrence, KS 66044

Topeka, Kansas

Topeka Performing Arts Center serves Kansas's capital city with outstanding concerts, Broadway touring shows, and cultural events — a Downtown Topeka facility presenting world-class entertainment for the seat of Kansas state government. Topeka's extraordinary historical significance (the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case originated here) and the TPAC's consistent programming create a performing arts venue of considerable Kansas governmental and cultural significance.

214 SE 8th Ave, Topeka, KS 66603

Wichita, Kansas

Century II Performing Arts Center is Wichita's premier cultural arts complex — a three-facility performing arts campus presenting Wichita Symphony, Theater League Broadway series, and major performances for the Great Plains region. Its role as the cultural anchor for a vast region spanning Kansas, Oklahoma, and southern Nebraska makes Century II one of the most regionally significant performing arts venues in the American interior.

225 W Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202

Wichita, Kansas

Memorial Hall is Wichita's most historic performing arts venue — a 1920 neo-classical building presenting concerts, theatrical performances, and community events in downtown Wichita. Its architectural grandeur and its 100-year history as Wichita's cultural anchor reflect the ambition of Kansas's largest city to maintain performing arts infrastructure worthy of its status as the Great Plains' most significant commercial hub.

600 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202

Wichita, Kansas

Music Theatre Wichita is one of America's most celebrated regional musical theater companies — a Wichita summer theater presenting major Broadway musicals at the highest professional standard in the Midwest. MTW's extraordinary reputation for producing outstanding musical theater in a relatively small Midwest city (it regularly attracts major Broadway performers to its productions) creates a theater company of genuine national musical theater significance.

225 W Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202

Wichita, Kansas

Wichita Symphony Orchestra is one of the most important mid-size American orchestras — a Beyer Hall institution presenting world-class symphonic programming to one of Kansas's most culturally ambitious cities. WSO's extraordinary history (one of Kansas's oldest cultural institutions) and its consistent presentation of outstanding classical music create an orchestra of genuine Kansas cultural significance.

225 W Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202