University of Arkansas
The Fine Arts Center was designed by Fayetteville native Edward Durell Stone, who also designed Radio City Music Hall and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The buildings are indicative of Stone's idiosyncratic modern style which included patterns of ornament. Stone also designed a fraternity house, now used for academic purposes, and an apartment complex named Carlson Terrace on campus, which has since been demolished.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
In 1977, the Opera House hosted George Bernard Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra" with Rex Harrison and Elizabeth Ashley. The American Ballet Theatre has also frequently performed at the Kennedy Center. The troupe's 2004 production of "Swan Lake", choreographed by Kevin McKenzie, was taped there, shown on PBS in June 2005, and released on DVD shortly after.