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    Your Show of Shows

    4 fresh Dallas art exhibits to start the new year right

    Kendall Morgan
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    Jan 5, 2017 | 1:45 pm

    Whatever happens in 2017, it certainly won’t be boring — and January’s exhibitions are no exception to the rule. A provocateur photographer, a modernist sculptor, a lush landscape artist, and a sonic installation are just a few of the essential shows on view this month.

    “Provocateur,” Tyler Shields at Samuel Lynne Galleries
    Opening reception:
    January 7, 5-8 pm
    Exhibition dates: January 7-February 11

    LA-based celebrity shutterbug Tyler Shields has shot everyone from Zachary Quinto to Lindsay Lohan, but his more provocative work that plays with fashionable iconography is far more interesting than a portrait of just another pretty face.

    Models nibble on Prada popcorn, slurp from an oversized bottle of Chanel No. 5, and go at it Adam-and-Eve style with a snakeskin Birkin bag. Risible and risqué, the candy-colored prints are just the thing for collectors who don't take their walls too seriously.

    “Views,” Anna Membrino at Erin Cluley Gallery
    Opening reception:
    January 7, 6-8 pm
    ​Exhibition dates: January 7-February 11

    In the sweet spot between still life and landscape lies the work of local painter Anna Membrino. Exploring the way nature produces endorphins in our brains with her Georgia O’Keefe-esque canvases, Membrino says she’s “interested in creating a space that hovers between … a real location and a surreal invention.”

    Introduced to the artist’s work through local art enthusiast Gail Sachson, Erin Cluley was attracted to the layers inherent in these oversized canvases.

    “Anna’s work was intriguing to me from the start,” Cluley explains. “For its beauty, but even more so for its mysteriousness. And I think the contemporary artists she is referencing make for interesting developments in the paintings: James Turrell, Kara Walker, Lisa Yuskavage, and others.”

    It’s a big week for Cluley both in and out of her gallery — she’s also debuting a series of murals that grew out of her collaboration with the developer Robert Shaw, of the new apartment/retail development Cypress at Trinity Groves. Painted by area talents JM Rizzi, Wheron, and Soner, the murals dress up the plywood walls surrounding the Cypress building site while contributing to the burgeoning creative movement afoot in West Dallas.

    “Totem,” Ryan Goolsby at Liliana Bloch Gallery
    Opening reception:
    January 7, 6-9 pm
    ​Exhibition dates: January 7-February 11

    The wooden work of Ryan Goolsby does a loop-de-loop in an effortless way that belies his expert technique. With his latest show “Totem” at Liliana Bloch Gallery, the TCU-educated sculptor marks a new time in his life with pieces that are both playful and approachable.

    Bloch first showed Goolsby’s creations in her former Deep Ellum space, and was initially skeptical of his medium of choice.

    “To me, sometimes wood can be very boring, but it was love at first sight,” she recalls. “I invited him to my group show, and we’ve been working together ever since.”

    Bloch says the artist is “having fun — you can see it in his pieces, but the work is flawless. The joints aren’t visible — it’s insane! I love toys and that’s why I like sculpture so much. To me, these are living beautiful toys you can see from every angle.”

    “Live From Culture Hole,” Jake Meginsky at Culture Hole
    Opening reception:
    January 14, 10 pm-midnight
    Exhibition dates: By appointment, January 14-February 25

    An edgy project space underneath the first floor of the Power Station, Culture Hole has never shied away from off-the-beaten-path programming. This January, you can make the descent to see the latest in the “Live From Culture Hole” series featuring a “psychopathic experience” from Jake Meginsky.

    The composer, performer, and installation artist combines computer software and hand-built electronics to heighten the audience’s perception of sound in a site-specific way. Using sine waves that resonate through panes of glass of varying sizes, the work will be determined by the physical boundaries of the space.

    Singular sonic experiences are inherent in the approach of Hole founders Gregory Ruppe and Jeff Gibbons, and their sound series collaborator Avi Varma, who set out to create an “intensive listening experience” with each show.

    “Sound often gets lost in the experience of things or drowned out,” says Ruppe. “(Our shows) straddle the line between a performance and an exhibition, and we just hope that we’re creating an environment where people are paying close attention to the sound and listening to what the artists are offering to them.”

    Murals in progress on the walls of Cypress at Trinity Groves, facilitated by gallerist Erin Cluley.

    J. M. Rizzi
      
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    Murals in progress on the walls of Cypress at Trinity Groves, facilitated by gallerist Erin Cluley.
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    Season Announcement

    Uptown Players Dallas reveals glitter-drenched new season for 2025-26

    Lindsey Wilson
    Apr 30, 2025 | 10:09 am
    Urinetown: The Musical at NYCC Encores
    Photo by Joan Marcus
    A New York production of "Urinetown: The Musical" was produced in early 2025.

    The newly-released 2025-26 season of Uptown Players Dallas comes with a knowing wink behind the titles, with a goal to provide comfort, commentary, and chuckles.

    It's the 24th season for the company, one of the leading regional theaters in the DFW area, with a blend of satire, spectacle, and heartfelt storytelling in five bold productions celebrating queer joy and resilience.

    Highlights include a holiday misadventure, fairy tale revue, the political satire Urinetown, and Paula Vogel’s Mother Play. The season runs December 2025 to August 2026 at Dallas venues.

    It begins with festive flair during the holidays, as Carol Ann Knipple — first seen in 2021's When Pigs Fly — returns forStar of Wonder: A Carol Ann Christmas.

    Micah Green stars in this world premiere, with book and original lyrics by Mark Waldrop and additional material by B. J. Cleveland. After her beloved Melody Barn theater in Minnesota burns to the ground, Carol Ann refuses to give up her dream and relocates her Christmas spectacular to a Dallas stage she doesn’t fully understand. What follows is a merry misadventure of casting chaos, theatrical surprises, and side-splitting parodies, all led by Carol Ann’s blissfully misguided vision and unstoppable spirit. It runs December 5-14, 2025, at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

    Pure Glitter, a dazzling new comedy by Chicken & Biscuits playwright Douglas Lyons, is a love letter to the shimmering chaos of chosen family and queer friendship.

    The story unfolds during a surprise 10th anniversary bash thrown by Stan for his husband Tony. But when a handful of uninvited guests arrive, the night explodes into a whirlwind of secrets, sass, and unexpected truths. This Texas premiere runs March 20-29, 2026, at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

    The beloved fundraiser Broadway Our Way returns with a mischievously magical new theme: Fractured Fairy Tales.

    Written and directed by B.J. Cleveland, this all-new musical revue turns “happily ever after” on its rhinestone-covered head, blending Broadway’s biggest hits with a wild world of rogue royals, sassy witches, enchanted misfits, and storybook rebels. Whether you're team villain, fairy godmother, or a prince who prefers heels, this sparkling spectacle promises a magical night of laughter and inclusive storytelling. It runs April 30-May 3, 2026, at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

    In a city where private restrooms are banned and a corporation controls the most basic human need, a rebellious uprising takes shape in Urinetown: The Musical.

    This fiercely funny, Tony Award-winning satire skewers capitalism, bureaucracy, and environmental collapse, with music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and book by Kotis. A timely production by Uptown Players will turn a sharp eye on justice, activism, and the enduring power of community to challenge the status quo. For marginalized communities, the musical’s central fight — for dignity, voice, and bodily autonomy — feels deeply personal. It runs July 10-19, 2026, at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

    Closing out the season is Paula Vogel's Mother Play, which ran on Broadway just last year with Jessica Lange, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Jim Parsons.

    This raw and resonant semi-autobiographical work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright spans from 1962 to the present, following Phyllis, a fiercely independent single mother, and her two children as they navigate evictions, emotional upheavals, and the fragile balance between love and self-preservation. It runs August 21-20, 2026, at Theatre Three.

    Season tickets are on sale now, with discounts on both premium and regular seating. Season tickets can be purchased online at www.uptownplayers.org or by phone at 214-219-2718. Single tickets will go on sale September 2, 2025.

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