Roundup: Check Out The Top Stories From Dallas You Might Have Missed 5/5 - Dallas Opera's NORMA and More!

By: May. 05, 2017
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Happy Friday, BroadwayWorld! Here are the top stories from Dallas you might have missed this week!


1) Children of Rock to Hit the Road on SCHOOL OF ROCK National Tour; Dates Announced!
by BWW News Desk - April 27, 2017

Broadway legend Andrew Lloyd Webber has announced his high-octane Broadway and West End hit School of Rock - The Musical will launch a US National Tour in Rochester, NY, at RBTL's Auditorium Theatre in September 2017.. (more...)

2) Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our Broadway World - 4/28; IN THE HEIGHTS in DC, HERE LIES LOVE at Seattle Rep and More!
by BWW Special Coverage - April 28, 2017

BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature a Spanish adaptation of IN THE HEIGHTS in Washington, DC, HERE LIES LOVE at Seattle Rep, and WEST SIDE STORY in Los Angeles, just to name a few. Check out our top features below!. (more...)

3) Nominate NOW for the First-Ever 2017 BWW Dance Awards!
by BWW Staff - April 28, 2017

Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2017 BWW Dance Awards! Dance professionals, professional dance companies, and professional dance productions in all dance genres in any part of the United States are eligible. The awards honor professional dance in America that took place from January 1st to December 31st 2016. Our editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through May 15.. (more...)

4) Nominate NOW for the First-Ever 2017 BWW Classical Music Awards!
by BWW Staff - April 28, 2017

Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2017 BWW Classical Music Awards! The awards honor professional classical music recordings that were released from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016. Our BWW editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through May 15th.. (more...)

5) Winners of the 29th Annual Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition Announced
by BWW News Desk - May 01, 2017

An elite group of nineteen of the most talented young opera singers in the country competed this weekend for prestige and prizes in the 29th Annual Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition.. (more...)

6) Dallas Theater Center Honored with 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award
by BWW News Desk - May 01, 2017

The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, that the Dallas Theater Center in Dallas, TX, will be the recipient of the 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award.. (more...)

7) Kitchen Dog Theater presents TREVOR
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2017

Kitchen Dog Theater continues its 26th season of theater with the area premiere of Trevor by Nick Jones. Inspired by true events,?Trevor?is a subversive comedy about fame, success, and the lies we tell ourselves to keep people from taking away an erratic, 200-pound chimpanzee. At the center of this hilarious and heart-wrenching play are two individuals fighting against a world unable to understand their love: Trevor, a chimpanzee who once performed in commercials with the likes of Morgan Fairchild, and his owner Sandra, who swears he would never hurt a fly...at least not on purpose. KDT Co-Artistic Director Tina Parker directs this hilarious and heartbreaking exploration of family, flawed communication, and humanity. . (more...)

8) Photo Flash: Fun House Theatre and Film presents ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY WOMEN
by BWW News Desk - April 27, 2017

The Dallas Children's Theater Academy and Fun House Theatre and Film present an original comedy from the mind of Jeff Swearingen this May with Robin Hood and his Merry Women. Writer and director Jeff Swearingen turns the classic tale of Robin Hood into a girl-powered rallying cry fit for audiences of all ages. Reflecting our times and comedically using a well-known story to touch on the subjects of equality and fairness, an all youth cast delivers the tale of a band of women who put the HER in Sherwood Forest, May 19-27.. (more...)

9) The Grand 1894 Opera House presents Vince Gill
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2017

The Grand 1894 Opera House presents Vince Gill, Thursday, June 29,2017 at 7:30 pm. Tickets may be purchased at The Grand's Box Office, 2020 Postoffice Street, by calling 409.765.1894, 800.821.1894, or online at www.thegrand.com.. (more...)

10) Dallas Opera Announces Cast Change for NORMA 5/7
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2017

The Dallas Opera has released soprano Elza van den Heever from singing the upcoming matinee performance of Vincenzo Bellini's NORMA on Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 2:00 p.m., due to a family emergency. Acclaimed Italian-Canadian soprano, Aviva Fortunata, will assume the role of the betrayed Druid priestess.. (more...)

 

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