Bob Hess News

The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Dallas Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Dallas Theater Center (DTC) presents A Christmas Carol at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre Nov. 25 - Dec. 24. Directed by Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company member Alex Organ and starring Kieran Connolly as Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol is brimming with joyful songs, magical spirits and holiday cheer as this holiday classic embodies a story of joy, redemption and the spirit of Christmas.

Dallas Theater Center (DTC) presents Trouble in Mind at the Kalita Humphreys Theater Oct. 13 - 30. Directed by Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company member Tiana Kaye Blair, Trouble in Mind is a funny, moving, and ultimately shattering look at racism, identity, and ego in the high-stakes world of New York Theater.

Dallas Theater Center (DTC) announced the addition of Olivia de Guzman and Gary Adler to the theater's staff of resident artists. Adler will join the theater as Resident Music Director and de Guzman will be the newest member of the Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company as this year's Linda and Bill Custard SMU Meadows Actor. 

Dallas Theater Center brings the well-known, beloved story of The Sound of Music to Wyly Theatre for a short while longer. Don't miss out on the songs you know and love, performed by this skilled, multicultural cast. March 26-April 24. Read our critic's review.

With the classic music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II that audiences have grown to love, DTC's The Sound of Music will be directed by Enloe/Rose Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty, who will seek to tell the classic story in a fresh, innovative way.

Dallas Theater Center is presenting The Sound of Music through April 24 at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre. With the classic music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, DTC's The Sound of Music is directed by Enloe/Rose Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty, who seeks to tell the classic story in a fresh, innovative way.

Dallas Theater Center (DTC), presents The Sound of Music March 26 - April 24 at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre. With the classic music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II that audiences have grown to love, DTC's The Sound of Music will be directed by Enloe/Rose Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty, who will seek to tell the classic story in a fresh, innovative way. 

Dallas Theater Center has announced the addition of several full-time resident artists!

Dallas Theater Center has announced the addition of several full-time resident artists! Zachary J. Willis, Christina Austin Lopez, and Bob Hess join the Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company. while Jonathan Norton, DTC playwright-in-residence, has been promoted to a full-time staff member!

EXIT Theatre presents the second night of FRINGE SNEAK PEEK: a Celebration of the San Francisco Fringe Festival, at 7pm Pacific time on Tuesday September 15 at www.facebook.com/exitheatre/live. The SNEAK PEEK is free and available to all, including non-Facebook users.

An American playwright in search of the next great story thinks he's hit the jackpot with Charlotte von Mahlsdorf a?" a German transgender woman who survived Nazi Germany- but gets much more than he bargained for as he unearths her story and her secrets.

WaterTower has announced that patrons will be able to enjoy the Pulitzer Prize winning play, I Am My Own Wife by Dallas native playwright Doug Wright, directed by Ashley Puckett Gonzales, and starring Bob Hess, from the comfort and safety of their own homes from July 16-August 2, 2020.

WaterTower Theatre announced that it will round out its 2019-20 season with video on demand filmed presentations of I Am My Own Wife this July and a star-studded concert event in August.

Hazel and Robin are retired physicists, living in a small cottage on the English coast, in the aftermath of a recent nuclear disaster. Their daily routine of keeping house, yoga, and tending to the cows is upended by the sudden and unexpected arrival of Rose, a former colleague and friend. As crackers and wine are trotted out, so are old jealousies, and the true reason for this visit, which seems to be an evening of laughter, food, and memories, reveals itself to be something else entirely. Stage West presents Lucy Kirkwood's thrilling and astonishing Tony nominee The Children, which begins a 5-week regional premiere run on Thursday, March 12.

EXIT Theatre has announced the winners of our 2020 San Francisco Fringe Festival lottery. Held on Saturday, February 15, at 2PM, in front of a live audience of Fringe fans, and streamed on Facebook Live, we pulled the names of festival applicants from the official 'Fringe Bucket.' The San Francisco Fringe Festival, in accordance with CAFF (Canadian/North American Association of Fringe Festivals) principles, is non-curated and open-access, with performers from multiple disciplines invited to apply. Altogether, EXIT Theatre drew a total of 48 companies as performers and waitlist for the 29th annual San Francisco Fringe Festival, running September 10 - 19, 2020.

WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Shane Peterman today announced casting and creative details for I Am My Own Wife.

Matt Lyle's A 3D ADVENTURE more than lives up to its title, providing audiences with a madcap rush of scenes filled with action and laughter. But much like a hastily edited fight sequence, the story often feels clunky and uneven, privileging easy gimmicks over dramatic development.

Matt Lyle's world premiere comedy brings a witty energy to Circle's season as a small theater troupe's madcap production goes inexplicably, spectacularly off the rails. The actors find themselves cast into a strange surreal world resembling some of your most beloved films. This epic whirlwind of theater and movie magic is a raucous adventure through time, space, and extremely quotable lines.

Matt Lyle's world premiere comedy brings a witty energy to Circle's season as a small theater troupe's madcap production goes inexplicably, spectacularly off the rails.