Dallas Summer Musicals, News

Jersey Boys relaunched its National Tour last year, kicking off its 15th touring season in engagement in Detroit, MI at the Music Hall, December 12-18.

This week on Black Art Matters we meet, Stormi Demerson (She/Her). Stormi is an actress, poet, spoken word artist, singer and visual artist whose interests span a broad range of spiritual, motivational, social, economic and justice issues. Stormi has been able to successfully use her eclectic talents to reach numerous audiences on varying levels.

Following critically acclaimed, sold-out engagements in the UK, the reimagined 50th Anniversary tour of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR will come to Dallas from April 5-17, 2022.

The Broadway League has announced 45 participating Regional Awards Programs for the 13th annual Jimmy Awards® which will take place on Monday, June 27, 2022 at 7:30pm at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre.

Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Dallas Summer Musicals are launching a new initiative to advance arts education accessibility during the pandemic. Between February 1-18, 2022, Dallas Black Dance Theatre will make available a virtual matinee performance of the highly acclaimed work ODETTA to every student and grade level in the Dallas Independent School District during Black History Month 2022.

Dallas Summer Musicals and Broadway Across America announced that a digital lottery will be held for the RENT 25TH Anniversary Farewell Tour, returning to Dallas’ Music Hall at Fair Park from February 18-20, 2022 as part of the Germania Insurance Broadway Series presented by DSM.

Dallas Summer Musicals has named Tom Watson as its Chair of the Board of Directors. Watson has served on the DSM Board since 2015 and has held chair positions on DSM’s Governance and Finance Committees.

JERSEY BOYS has relaunched its National Tour, kicking off its 15th touring season with technical rehearsals and an engagement in Detroit, MI at the Music Hall (December 12-18). The 2021-22 touring season will next play Dallas Summer Musicals Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas, TX, December 28, 2021 to January 9, 2022.

More than 400 Dallas leaders, philanthropists and lovers of the arts came together in “The Room Where it Happened” to celebrate the magic of musical theater at DSM’s 2021 Gala – An Evening with the Best of Broadway Featuring HAMILTON.

Following the cancellation of the Nov. 23 performance of HAMILTON, Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM) has announced a rescheduled performance on Sunday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. All remaining performances of HAMILTON at the Music Hall at Fair Park, including tonight’s (Wednesday, Nov. 24 at 7:30 p.m.), are scheduled to go on as planned.

It's time to rise up and catch HAMILTON at Dallas Summer Musicals from November 16-December 5! The 11-time TONY Award-Winning Musical left audiences in awe over our Founding Fathers at Music Hall at Fair Park.

Dallas Summer Musicals announced a digital lottery for HAMILTON tickets will begin in conjunction with the show's first performance (Nov. 16, 2021) in Dallas at Dallas Summer Musicals. A limited number of tickets will be available for every performance for $10 each.  Lottery winners are selected weekly following the schedule below:

The musical stars Edred Utomi as Alexander Hamilton, alongside Josh Tower as Aaron Burr, Zoe Jensen as Eliza Hamilton, Bryson Bruce as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, Jon Viktor Corpuz as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton, Tyler Belo as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison, and more.

Hadestown, the 2019 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, officially opened its North American Tour on October 15, at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Kicking off at the Peace Center in Greenville, SC, the tour will visit over 30 cities in its first year. Check out all the reviews...

Second Thought Theatre has announced their full production of Sweetpea. As the closing production of the 2021 season, Sweetpea will serve as the theatre’s first in-person production in 18 months.

Dallas Summer Musicals, Dallas Independent School District and a consortium of generous underwriters announced today a district-wide STEAM education program themed around the Broadway musical HAMILTON.

Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM) and Broadway Across America (BAA) announced today tickets are on sale now for the highly anticipated Dallas return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

The Honorable Michael S. Rawlings and Micki Rawlings are the honorary chairs of the Dallas Education Foundation's 2021 Annual Campaign – The HEART OF TEACHING. The Dallas Education Foundation is the direct, non-profit philanthropic partner of Dallas ISD with a mission of inspiring community investment to accelerate student success.

The Broadway sensation WICKED, the first Broadway tour in the U.S. to resume performances following the hit-19 pandemic shutdown, flew out of the Music Hall at Fair Park on Sunday, September 5 completing a successful 40-performance run presented by Dallas Summer Musicals and Broadway Across America.

Dallas Summer Musicals has announced Caroline McNeel as its new Major Gift Officer for Individual Giving and Melissa Smrekar as its new Major Gift Officer for Institutional Giving.