Must-see entertainment in Anchorage

This small off-center playhouse is the best live theater in town, staging everything from Hamlet to Archy and Mehitabel (comic cockroach and a cat…

Impresses tourists with the 40-minute film Aurora: Alaska’s Great Northern Lights (adult/child $15/7), screened on the hour from 9am to 9pm during summer…

Cruise into this very cool venue (check out the mural on the lobby ceiling) where you can enjoy great microbrews, wine and dinner while watching first-run…

Anchorage Opera is the largest producer of the performing arts in Alaska and one of America’s leading regional opera companies.

A fun, cruisy bar with two dances floors, Drag Diva shows, a cabaret, and dance music most nights after 9pm.

Anchorage had an orchestra before it had paved roads, which says a lot about priorities around here.

Brings Broadway hits and concerts to Anchorage.

A pre-professional dance company.

More than just Anchorage’s favorite meat market, ‘Koots,’ as the locals call it, is a landmark. The sprawling, wooden edifice has 10 bars, four dance…

This semipro team of the Alaska Baseball League plays at Mulcahy Ball Park, where living legend Mark McGuire once slammed a few homers. Also taking the…

Try this place for top-drawer musical groups, trade shows and other big events.

One of Anchorage's two baseball teams.

More a tourist trap than a movie house, with IMAX-style nature films and a 15-minute theatrical simulation of the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake.

The 'Sully' hosts large musical acts and sporting events.