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BWW Review: A CHORUS LINE at Uptown Players
by Kyle Christopher West - February 04, 2018
Before American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance opened a window into entertainment industry auditions, it was Broadway's A CHORUS LINE that was inviting audiences behind the curtain for a raw glimpse into the life of aspiring performers. And, just as the original 1975 New York production took the city by storm, Uptown Players' sharp staging managed to become the talk of the town in their fleeting mounting of the show. Twenty of Dallas' best dancers (plus a few out-of-towners) brought the show to life with passion, poise, and precision.
WingSpan Theatre Company Announces Staged Reading of THE COMPARABLES
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2018
WINGSPAN THEATRE COMPANY in cooperation with The Bath House Cultural Arts Center, will present a Staged Reading of THE COMPARABLES - By Laura Schellhardt. Bette, Monica and Iris are high-end real estate agents whose sales pitches are as hard and polished as their nails. 
Margaret Cho Extends 'Fresh Off The Bloat' Tour
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2018
Five time Grammy & Emmy nominated comedian Margaret Cho has announced brand new spring dates to her wildly popular "Fresh Off The Bloat" tour which launched last fall. Margaret was named one of Rolling Stone magazine's 50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time and has received rave reviews for the initial shows with the Chicago Tribune saying "Be it on-screen ("30 Rock," "Drop Dead Diva") or on stage, Margaret Cho has been one of the most exciting, unpredictable stand-up comics working for some time, and that hasn't changed in 2017. If anything, the Asian-American female comedian's voice has become more valuable than ever, given today's social climate, and Cho's material remains just as compelling, thanks in part to-and sometimes in spite of-her unapologetic delivery."
THE HUMANS Casting Announced at AT&T Performing Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2018
The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center and producers Scott Rudin and Barry Diller announce casting for The Humans. The first national tour will feature Richard Thomas as Erik, Pamela Reed as Deirdre, Daisy Eagan as Brigid, Lauren Klein as Momo, Therese Plaehn as Aimee, and Luis Vega as Richard.
THE WIZARD OF OZ Approaches Opening at Artisan Center Theater
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2018
THE WIZARD OF OZ opens at Artisan Center Theater on Friday, February 9, 2018 and runs through Saturday, March 17, 2018. The 196 seat theater-in-the-round is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst. Performances are at 7:30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with 3:00pm matinees on Saturdays beginning February 17. Reserved seating tickets are $24.00 for adults, $22.00 for students and seniors, and $12.00 for children 12 and under.  Monday through Thursday tickets are $22.00 for adults and $10.00 for children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased online at ArtisanCT.com, or by calling the box office at 817-284-1200.
Texas Ballet Theater Promotes Two Professional Division Members To Trainee Status
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2018
Texas Ballet Theater (TBT) has promoted two of its professional division students, Nineh Irving and Hannah Menchu, to the role of trainee with the company. Recognizing their talents and dedication, the TBT artistic staff promoted them to trainee status within the company.
DTC Announces 2018-2019 Season
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2018
2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award recipient Dallas Theater Center (DTC) announces titles for the 2018-2019 season, including the heartwarming, southern comedy Steel Magnolias; the critically-acclaimed Broadway play and winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, Sweat; William Shakespeare's delightful comedy, Twelfth Night; the acclaimed comedy, then film, Real Women Have Curves; a world premiere play set in Dallas, Penny Candy; a new play fresh off the New York theater season, The Wolves, and a fascinating play about the relationship between Muhammad Ali and Stepin Fetchit, Fetch Clay, Make Man. Productions will take place at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center and at the Kalita Humphreys Theater. Full season subscriptions are on sale now at www.DallasTheaterCenter.org and by phone at (214) 880-0202.
Photo Flash: Echo Theatre Presents Final Production of HER SONG
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2018
Each February, the team at Echo Theatre transforms the historic Art Deco Bath House Cultural Center into a 1930's-style supper club entertainment venue, complete with a live band, dance floor, musical/dance revue, food, drink, and libations! Audiences enjoy an entertainment experience unlike anything they've seen or heard as the fictional Echo Room supper club celebrates the great women songwriters of the first half of the 20th Century. HER SONG is unique entertainment and a perfect night out for Valentine's Month! "World-Famous" Entertainers! Dancers! Sparkling Wine! Eats!  All at the Historic Bath House Cultural Center on the glittering shores of White Rock Lake.
Outstanding Semi-Finalists Announced For Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition!
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2018
Twenty of the finest young opera singers in the United States will be competing in the 30th Annual Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition presented, jointly, by The Dallas Opera and The Dallas Opera Guild.
WaterTower Theatre Announces Details For DETOUR: A Festival Of New Work
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2018
WaterTower Theatre Artistic Director, Joanie Schultz, today announced details for the inaugural DETOUR: A Festival of New Work (March 1 - 4, 2018). This year's Festival will consist of four new play readings, three devised works, and two "late nite" performances.  Highlights from this year's Festival include a reading from Oregon Shakespeare Festival's "Play On!" initiative commissioning modern adaptations of 39 of Shakespeare's works, three new works from rising company Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, the next installment of Brigham Mosley's laugh-out-loud creation, Movies That Should Be Musicals, and more.
Theatre Three Announces an All-Star, One-Night-Only Fundraising Performance of I LOVE YOU, YOU¹RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2018
Theatre Three Artistic Director Jeffrey Schmidt has announced details about its upcoming all-star fundraising performance of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. On Valentine's Day evening, Wednesday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m., the long-running Theatre Three production will move upstairs to the Norma Young Arena Stage for a one-night-only performance featuring returning cast members from all eighteen previous productions. All tickets are $75 and are on sale now at the Theatre Three box office (theatre3dallas.com/214-871-3300, option 1). Theatre Three is located in the Quadrangle in Uptown Dallas (2800 Routh Street, Ste #168, Dallas, TX 75201).
Texas Ballet Theater Presents Ben Stevenson's Mozart Requiem Paired With His World Premiere of Martinu Pieces
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2018
Texas Ballet Theater (TBT) will present a mixed repertoire by TBT artistic director, Ben Stevenson. Stevenson will re-stage his moving Mozart Requiem together with his new ballet, Martin? Pieces, March 29-31 at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas.
Photo Flash: ELLIOT, A SOLDIER'S FUGUE Comes to the Canterbury Family Main Stage Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2018
Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Quiara Alegria Hudes takes a poignant look at the way war permeates young men's lives in a play spanning three generations of the same Puerto Rican-American family. Elliot is a Marine Corps hero back from Iraq with an injured leg and a Purple Heart. His Pop was wounded in Vietnam; his flute-playing Grandpop fought in Korea. In a fugue-like form, different wars and different tales are strung together as Ginny, his mother, seeks to reconcile the disparate parts and heal emotional wounds. Hudes' spare, intense, and poetically resonant play speaks to the personal cost of war across the ages.
The Dallas Museum Of Art Announces Gift Of Three Major European Works
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2018
Today the Dallas Museum of Art announced the gift of three major works of European art, including a rare 17th century masterpiece by Jacques Blanchard and significant works by modern masters Piet Mondrian and Pierre Bonnard. The works reflect the extraordinary generosity of Dallas collectors and their dedication to expanding the Museum's collection in meaningful ways. They include:
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF A PLAY Comes to Circle Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2018
Del Shores (playwright of Sordid Lives) returns to Circle Theatre for one day only with his new, one-man show directed by Emerson Collins. Shores proves once again that he is not a writer, but a self-proclaimed thief! In Six Characters In Search Of A Play, Shores is inspired by Pirandello's classic play to bring you six characters inspired by his real-life encounters that haven't quite made it into one of Shores' plays, films or TV shows.
WaterTower Theatre Announces Intersections Programing for ELLIOT, A SOLDIER'S FUGUE
by BWW News Desk - January 26, 2018
WaterTower Theatre Artistic Director, Joanie Schultz, today announced details for Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue Intersections programming.
BWW Review: THE COLOR PURPLE National Tour Presented by Dallas Summer Musicals
by Kyle Christopher West - January 26, 2018
When THE COLOR PURPLE opened on Broadway in 2005 it was well received, thanks in large part to the support of producing partner Oprah Winfrey, whose performance in the film twenty years earlier earned her an Academy Award nomination. The show left New York on a high note in 2008 and continued to tour through three separate national tours for several years. Flash forward to 2015, and a new interpretation of the Broadway musical has made its way back to the Great White Way. And amongst the relevant #metoo movement, the compelling story of THE COLOR PURPLE sings louder and prouder today than ever.
The Dallas Opera Announces 62nd International Season
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2018
The Dallas Opera is proud to announce its spectacular 2018-2019 Season, "Swept Away," consisting of five captivating mainstage productions, including a passionate Puccini pairing during the month of March, designed to melt the last blast of winter, followed by the company's first-ever Falstaff.
BWW Review: GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS at Bath House Cultural Center
by Samantha Shepherd - January 25, 2018
I was lucky enough to experience IMPRINT Theatreworks inaugural production of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross at Bath House Cultural Center in Dallas, TX. What a thrill! As soon as I walked into the door, I was surrounded by the feeling of love and encouragement for this cast, crew and artistic team and their new venture. Creating art is such a passionate and spiritual experience and you could just sense that the minds involved with IMPRINT Theatreworks are definitely on the right track.
ON YOUR FEET! Congas into Dallas
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2018
Dallas Summer Musicals, Inc. (DSM) and Broadway Across American (BAA) are pleased to announce that the Dallas engagement of the hit Broadway musical ON YOUR FEET! based on the life story of seven-time GRAMMY winning international superstar Gloria Estefan and her husband, 19-time GRAMMY winning producer-musician-entrepreneur Emilio Estefan is on sale now.
Dark Circles Contemporary Dance Teams Up with WaterTower Theatre for Three New Works
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2018
After three sold - out performances in Seoul, South Korea at the country's premiere performing arts venue last October, Dark Circles Contemporary Dance teams up with WaterTower Theatre one of Texas ' leading professional theatre companies to bring three adventurous works - in - progress to the Addison Theatre Centre for one performance only on March 3, 2 018. Hailed as ' Best Dance Company ' by D Magazine (2015 & 2016) and Dallas Observer (2016), Dark Circles has continually crafted and curated inspiring, innovative, and accessible dance works.
Deadline for Elevator Project Applications Approaches
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2018
The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center today reminded all Dallas-based arts groups and artists that the application period for the Elevator Project 2018/2019 season closes next week. Applications will be accepted through Wednesday, January 31, 2018 online here. The Elevator Project is a program that presents small, emerging and/or culturally specific Dallas-based arts groups and artists in performance spaces on the Center's campus in the Dallas Arts District.
BWW Review: THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW at Dallas Children's Theater
by Lorens Portalatin - January 24, 2018
Dallas audiences are among the first to experience the world of 75 larger-than-life puppets in the critically acclaimed production of THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW. Within 55 minutes you'll explore the beautiful worlds of author Eric Carle's books The Artist Who Painted A Blue Horse, Mister Seahorse, The Very Lonely Firefly and of course, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Under the direction of Douglass Burks, founding member and Master Puppeteer with Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts, four talented actors bring to life characters previously admired only as Carle's iconic collage and watercolor illustrations.
BWW Review: DADDY LONG LEGS at Lyric Stage
by Kyle Christopher West - January 24, 2018
For only four performances last weekend, the two-person musical DADDY LONG LEGS crawled in and out of the Majestic Theatre as Lyric Stage's third production of the 2017-2018 season. And although the production wasn't much larger than a postage stamp, it was a theatrical love letter full of charm.
JEKYLL AND HYDE Comes to Casa Manana
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2018
Casa Ma ana Theatre continues its 2017-18 Broadway Season presented by Frank Kent Cadillac with Jekyll & Hyde, March 3-11. Tickets are on sale now. An evocative and sweeping musical tale of the epic battle between good and evil, Jekyll & Hyde is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story about a brilliant doctor whose experiments with human personality create a murderous counterpart. Featuring a thrilling score of pop-rock hits from Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse, Jekyll & Hyde tells the saga of these counterparts one, a doctor, passionate and romantic; the other, a terrifying madman and the two women in love with him, unknowing of each other or his dark secret. This show is suitable for mature audiences.

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