Dallas Summer Musicals’ The King and I Enchants With Grandeur, Daring
Producing a large-scale, well-publicized musical when the very same show is being staged in a major Broadway revival either takes immense bravery or deep pockets. Dallas Summer Musicals’ sumptuous The...
View ArticleA Family’s Tragic Secrets Come Out of the Shadows in Cara Mia’s Lydia
Communication—and lack of it—is at the heart of Octavio Solis’ Lydia, having its regional premiere by Cara Mia Theatre Co. as part of the AT&T Elevator Project. It’s 1970s El Paso, and the Flores...
View ArticleDallas Theater Center Scores Touchdown With Colossal
Shows like Colossal demonstrate exactly why Dallas is so lucky to have the Wyly Theatre. The versatile space is rendered nearly unrecognizable by director Kevin Moriarty and set designer John Coyne—and...
View ArticleNothing Ordinary About Debut of Our Productions Dallas
Though its basic premise sounds like the ultimate cliché—four young people navigating life and love in New York City—there is nothing predictable about Ordinary Days. Instead, the lovely chamber...
View ArticlePrism Splatters Audiences in West Dallas Warehouse
Big ideas with a big cast in a big warehouse—it’s the latest from movement company PrismCo. Founders Katy Tye and Jeffrey Colangelo first developed their company’s namesake show while students at SMU...
View ArticleThe American Tragedy of WaterTower Theatre’s All My Sons
It begins like a Greek tragedy: Cracks of lightning illuminate a figure, wild-haired and wide-eyed, as she stares in horror at the tree in her backyard. In the strobe light’s flash, she is gone and the...
View Article6 Must-See Shows in Dallas Theater This May
May is a strange time for theater companies: many are wrapping up their seasons, while some younger, newer companies are still gathering steam. And we can’t discount touring companies, which really run...
View ArticleThe More Absurd, the Better in The Down Low’s Hilarious Nightmare
Two things to know about Danny O’Connor’s new play: it’s crazy, and crazy-good. Staged in a home on Mockingbird Lane, this wacky and bloody romp takes place entirely in a living room, where 15...
View ArticleDisney’s Newsies Will Please the ‘Fansies’
Disney’s Newsies has been through quite a few transformations. It began as a ’90s box-office flop starring Christian Bale (and Ann-Margaret, oddly) that went on to find cult status on video. In 2011,...
View ArticleSense and Mediocrity: The Dallas Theater Center’s Limp Austen Adaptation
While there is an interesting parallel drawn between the gossip-filled 1790s of the Dashwood sisters and the constantly connected world we currently live in, that’s not enough to make this adaptation...
View ArticleThe Tender Madness of the Dallas Theater Center’s Medea
We are told in Medea that "great passions grow into monsters," and there is no doubt that Sally Nystuen Vahle's terrifying mother and scorned wife is fueled by passion. Her keening wails and raging...
View Article6 Must-See Shows In Dallas Theater This April
Spring in Dallas can be a fickle thing—who knows how many more of these gorgeous days we have before the searing heat of summer sets in? I understand your hesitation to spend even a single evening...
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