Michael Jenkins News

This classic musical Man of La Mancha, plays in the Marian Theatre July 8 & 11, 2015, then under the unreachable stars in the Solvang Festival Theater July 17 - August 16. Check out what Julie Garnye has to say on playing 'Aldonza' in the production below!

This classic musical Man of La Mancha, plays in the Marian Theatre July 8 & 11, 2015, then under the unreachable stars in the Solvang Festival Theater July 17 - August 16.

PCPA will present a sparkling new production of Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady this spring and summer season. It will play in the Marian Theatre tonight, April 23 through May 10, then in the Solvang Festival Theater June 11 through July 12.

PCPA will present a sparkling new production of Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady this spring and summer season. It will play in the Marian Theatre April 23 through May 10, then in the Solvang Festival Theater June 11 through July 12.

Terrace Plaza Playhouse will present DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, opening tonight 20 February - 4 April, 2015 and running every Friday, Saturday and Monday evening at 7:30 PM.

Before Wendy… before he was Captain Hook… before a boy was given the name Peter Pan…and before there was a Neverland, there was a Starcatcher Apprentice named Molly, a pirate named Black Stache, and a nameless orphan…and they are about to be thrown together in a perilous (and wildly hilarious) adventure on the high seas. But, of course none of this actually exists, unless you are prepared to use your imagination.

As BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, Dallas Summer Musicals' decision to cast a Caucasian actor as King Mongkut in their scheduled production has caused quite the controversy. Last week, The Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC) published an open letter to the theatre company in light of their choice to employ 'yellowface' - today, Dallas Summer Musicals has responded.

Terrace Plaza Playhouse will present DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, opening 20 February - 4 April, 2015 and running every Friday, Saturday and Monday evening at 7:30 PM.

While many are looking forward to the upcoming Broadway revival of THE KING AND I starting rehearsals, a controversial decision to cast a Caucasian actor as King Mongkut in Dallas Summer Musicals' forthcoming production is generating the opposite response. The Asian American Performers Action Coalition wrote an open letter to DSM expressing their disgust with the organization's choice to use the practice of yellowface.

Before Wendy… before he was Captain Hook… before a boy was given the name Peter Pan…and before there was a Neverland, there was a Starcatcher Apprentice named Molly, a pirate named Black Stache, and a nameless orphan…and they are about to be thrown together in a perilous (and wildly hilarious) adventure on the high seas. But, of course none of this actually exists, unless you are prepared to use your imagination.

February starts off with a bang when mini-competitors embark on a major battle with the premiere of Kids Baking Championship on Monday, February 2nd at 8pm.

The Press Club of Dallas will present the 2014 Newsmaker of the Year Award to Michael A. Jenkins celebrating his international reputation as a theatre visionary, Dallas Summer Musicals producer, world-wide theme park developer, and Broadway impresario. This exciting evening of music and tributes brings together theatre legends, friends and colleagues to pay homage to Jenkins' vigorous, creative leadership as DSM enters its 75th year of entertaining Dallas with extraordinary musical theatre.

A magical new musical opens the Pacific Conservatory Theatre's 51st Season - the world premiere production of Renegade Animation's Christmas Is Here Again. This frolicsome adventure for the entire family is a new stage musical by Brad Carroll and Jeremy Mann based on the film of the same name written and directed by Robert Zappia. Christmas is Here Again plays in the Marian Theatre today, November 13 - December 24, 2014.

The Press Club of Dallas will present the 2014 Newsmaker of the Year Award to Michael A. Jenkins celebrating his international reputation as a theatre visionary, Dallas Summer Musicals producer, world-wide theme park developer, and Broadway impresario. This exciting evening of music and tributes brings together theatre legends, friends and colleagues to pay homage to Jenkins' vigorous, creative leadership as DSM enters its 75th year of entertaining Dallas with extraordinary musical theatre.

A magical new musical opens the Pacific Conservatory Theatre's 51st Season - the world premiere production of Renegade Animation's Christmas Is Here Again. This frolicsome adventure for the entire family is a new stage musical by Brad Carroll and Jeremy Mann based on the film of the same name written and directed by Robert Zappia. Christmas is Here Again plays in the Marian Theatre November 13 - December 24, 2014.

Hockadoo! Phoenix Theatre's production of Memphis is exhilarating! CJ Pawlikowski is electrifying as Huey Calhoun, the department store stockboy who finds the music of his soul in rock and roll and propels himself to local fame as a DJ, but not without stirring up the animosity of the local bigots. Michael Barnard's staging and direction of the Tony award-winning musical by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro is impeccable.

Oklahoma!, the groundbreaking musical that ushered in the golden age of musical theatre, plays at the Solvang Festival Theater today, August 1, through the 24th, 2014.

Oklahoma!, the groundbreaking musical that ushered in the golden age of musical theatre, plays in the Marian Theatre today, July 16 - 26, 2014, then in the Solvang Festival Theater August 1 - 24, 2014.