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UPTOWN PLAYERS

3636 Turtle Creek Blvd
Dallas, TX 75204



Dallas Critics Wanted

BWW is always seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage our over 130 regional areas. As a Contributing Editor, you will have the opportunity to review the shows of your choice, conduct interviews with local and touring talent, design features of your own choosing for publishing, and work/network with your local theater press reps to bring exposure to the theatrical offerings in your area.

All applicants should have excellent writing skills and an interest for giving local theaters and productions some prominence on BroadwayWorld.com.

Your compensation as a featured writer with us not only includes exclusive press seats to all of the shows you cover (as is standard in your area and arranged between you and the theater) but also the opportunity to be published under your own byline and publishing profile on both the local and main pages of the site for maximum exposure to our 5M+ monthly visitors.

If this sounds like you, please send a resume and one writing sample to social@broadwayworld.com.

Past Shows

Star of Wonder: A Carol Ann Christmas
Star of Wonder: A Carol Ann Christmas
Dec 5 – Dec 14, 2025

Uptown Players Presents the World Premiere of “Star of Wonder: A Carol Ann Christmas”A glittering new holiday musical from Mark Waldrop and B.J. ClevelandThis December,...

Star of Wonder: A Carol Ann Christmas
Star of Wonder: A Carol Ann Christmas
Dec 5 – Dec 14, 2025

Carol Ann Knipple returns in a hilarious, music-filled holiday adventure bursting with heart, humor, and Uptown Players sparkle.

we are continuous
Feb 7 – Feb 23, 2025

Uptown Players presents the regional premiere of Harrison David Rivers' play, we are continuous, from February 7 to February 23, 2025. Directed by Natalie King,...

The Boys in the Band
Aug 16 – Aug 25, 2024

Uptown Players presents The Boys in the Band, a transformative exploration of friendship and identity amidst the struggles faced by gay men in the late...

Oy Vey In A Manger
Oy Vey In A Manger
Dec 10 – Dec 12, 2021

In Oy Vey in a Manger, we find Angel, Winnie, Trixie, and Trampolina trying to sell off their manger yes, that manger before it's foreclosed...

When Pigs Fly
When Pigs Fly
Jul 9 – Jul 25, 2021

Uptown Players is proud to present the hilarious musical When Pigs Fly! In a hastily booked theater under renovation, Howard struggles to put on a...

Helen Holy's Holiday Streaming Spectacular
Helen Holy's Holiday Streaming Spectacular
Dec 4 – Dec 20, 2020

Join us for this special holiday edition of Sister Helen Holys 701 club, starring Paul J. Williams as his most popular altar ego, Sister Helen...

A Very Sordid Wedding
A Very Sordid Wedding
Aug 21 – Aug 30, 2020

It's 2015, seventeen years after Sordid Lives and Peggys unfortunate death, after tripping over G.W.'s wooden legs, and life has now moved on for the...

Head Over Heels
Head Over Heels
Jul 10 – Jul 26, 2020

For the final mainstage production of its 2019-2020 season, Uptown Players presents the regional premiere of the recent Broadway musical, Head Over Heels, the bold...

Six Degrees of Separation
Six Degrees of Separation
May 29 – Jun 7, 2020

Uptown Players continues its 2019-2020 season with the 2017 Tony Award nominee for Best Revival of a Play, Six Degrees of Separation, written by John...

Fun Home
Fun Home
Apr 10 – Apr 26, 2020

The winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Fun Home is a musical masterpiece adapted by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori from Alison Bechdel's...

Broadway Our Way
Broadway Our Way
Jan 16 – Jan 19, 2020

The Uptown Players divas return for another entertaining weekend of Broadway music with plenty of twists, laughs and surprises. The evening features many of your...

Nuncrackers a-Men
Nuncrackers a-Men
Dec 6 – Nov 15, 2019

It stars the nuns you love, this time played by men, plus Father Virgil and four of Mount Saint Helens most talented students. Featuring all...

The Cake
The Cake
Aug 9 – Aug 25, 2019

Della’s North Carolina bakery is legendary! She is overjoyed when her best friend’s daughter returns from New York to get married and asks Della to...

The View Upstairs
The View Upstairs
Jun 21 – Jul 7, 2019

When a young fashion designer from 2017, buys an abandoned building in the French Quarter of New Orleans, he finds himself transported to the UpStairs...

Broadway Our Way 2019
Broadway Our Way 2019
May 10 – May 12, 2019

The Uptown Players divas return for another entertaining weekend of Broadway music with plenty of twists, laughs and surprises. The evening features many of your...

Disaster
Disaster
Mar 22 – Apr 7, 2019

Disaster!, a musical comedy created by Seth Rudetsky, and written by Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick. It’s 1979 and New York’s hottest A-listers are lining...

A Very Judy Christmas
A Very Judy Christmas
Dec 1 – Dec 16, 2018

In this world premiere which pays tribute to the 1960’s TV specials, Judy Garland invites us into her home for her Christmas Holiday special. Share...

Straight
Straight
Oct 13 – Oct 21, 2018

Straight is a provocative new play that deals with fidelity, sexuality and identity in "post-equality" America. Funny, sad, sexy and surprising, Straight follows Ben, a...

The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
Oct 12 – Oct 21, 2018

THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY - Chuck DeSantis (Terry Martin) is a brash New Jersey detective eager for a case that gets him out...

Angels in America Part 2
Angels in America Part 2
Sep 28 – Oct 7, 2018

Part two of Tony Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS in 1980s America begins in a ruined place where the old orders are splintering and everything—andeveryone—has...

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