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    Onstage Love

    10 lusty Dallas shows that bring on the showmance

    Lindsey Wilson
    Jan 30, 2014 | 1:59 pm

    Stages across Dallas-Fort Worth are feeling a little twitterpated. From saucy sex comedies to epic romances to unions that might, um, raise a few eyebrows, the plays and musicals onstage during Valentine's Day are showing us that love, actually, is all around.

    Ghost the Musical
    Dallas Summer Musicals, through February 9
    Performing Arts Fort Worth, February 11-16

    A love so great it can't die, but instead finds a sassy medium to serve as a conduit for all the things left unsaid. The beloved film, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, receives the stage treatment, using special effects by Paul Kieve that are scary good. (The man has received the magic world's version of the Oscar, for goodness' sake.)

    Don't worry, "Unchained Melody" is in there, as is the pottery scene. We can all breathe easy now.

    I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
    Theatre Too, through February 16

    The only thing that's been changing about Theatre Three's annual hit is the cast, which year after year gives some of the most talented local performers a fun exhibition for their skills. This year we're presented with Max Swarner, Sonny Franks, Kim Borge and Amy Mills. The musical revue touches on all the different stages of love, from new infatuation to comfortable married life to death do us part (literally).

    On the Eve
    Theatre Three, through February 16

    Huzzah! It extended! This critically acclaimed original musical can do no wrong as far as the critics are concerned, and audiences should take advantage of this fortuitous extension to see what all the fuss is about. Go for the toe-tapping tunes, the electric performances, the wholly original story and the feeling of euphoria. Space and time can't stop Chase Spacegrove, and they can't stop true love, either.

    Cock
    Second Thought Theatre, through February 22

    John is dating a man before he breaks up with him and then finds himself attracted to a woman. Now John is confused. Dating suddenly gets a lot more difficult when you're note even sure which gender you want to pursue.

    Mike Bartlett's provocative play received the Second Thought treatment with a remarkably insightful staged reading during the last Uptown Players Pride Festival. Now it's exploring a full-length production under the direction of Alex Organ.

    Her Song
    Echo Theatre, through February 22

    The Bath House Cultural Center gets transformed into a 1930s-style supper club for Her Song, a collection of tunes by female composers and songwriters from the first part of the 20th century. Danielle Georgiou Dance Group and members of Matt Tolentino’s Big Band help create this immersive (truly, there's a dance floor just waiting for you to cut a rug on it) and multidisciplinary bit of nostalgia.

    Oedipus el Rey
    Dallas Theater Center, through March 2
    One of drama's greatest tragedies is built around a surprisingly tender — albeit gross — love story. Luis Alfaro updates Sophocles' Greek myth to modern-day LA, turning gangs and prison into the fate the characters cannot escape.

    Sabina Zuniga Varela and Philippe Bowgen impress as the doomed lovers, exhibiting a commendable amount of vulnerability in addition to flesh. In case you find their connection just a little too icky, wait a bit and things will turn violent and bloody. This is Greek tragedy, after all.

    Venus in Fur
    Circle Theatre, through March 8

    Thank Fifty Shades of Grey for making domination acceptable dinner conversation. In David Ives' dark sex comedy, a writer-director laments the lack of actresses suitable to play the lead in his new play, based on an Austrian novel from the late 1800s.

    Enter Vanda, a desperate, crude actress who exhibits an almost preternatural understanding of the role. As the action gathers steam, things get steamy. Top-notch actors Chris Hury and Allison Pistorius portray the pair, who engage in a mysterious dance of control and power that quickly veers into erotic territory.

    The Little Mermaid
    Dallas Summer Musicals, February 13-March 2

    The girl. Gives up. Her fins. I mean, really, that's about as sacrificial as one can get for love, no? Some might argue that the message — a girl should change to win her man — is antiquated and a bit dangerous, but then the Academy Award-winning songs start up and the crab is singing and I dare you not to love it at least a little bit.

    Rumor has it that this national tour will include flying effects instead of the Heelys (wheeled shoes) used in the original Broadway production.

    Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
    Uptown Players, February 14-March 9

    Off-kilter playwright Christopher Durang mashes together Chekhov's tragi-comic characters and themes of existential loss and longing. The result is this winner of the 2013 Tony Award for best play.

    Although the plot mainly centers on three siblings and their damaged relationships with each other, there is the introduction of a vapid boy toy named Spike, who's been towed along to Bucks Country, Pennsylvania, by the glamorous if slightly fading movie star Masha. Because it's Uptown Players, expect bawdy hilarity without the slightest hint of self-consciousness.

    The Motherfucker With the Hat
    Kitchen Dog Theater, February 14-March 15

    Jealousy is often an unfortunate side effect of love. In Stephen Adly Guirgis' 2011 play, it's the driving force that convinces Jackie, a former drug dealer recently sprung from prison, to suspect his girlfriend is cheating on him.

    His proof? He finds an unrecognizable hat in her apartment. KDT company members Christopher Carlos, Christie Vela, Michael Federico and Liza Marie Gonzalez are directed by Jaime Castañeda.

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    Season Announcement

    Dallas Theater Center finds rhythm and rhyme in 2025-26 season

    Lindsey Wilson
    Apr 2, 2025 | 5:31 pm
    Ragtime at City Center Encores
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    "Ragtime" was recently staged in New York by City Center Encores.

    The 2025-26 season for Dallas Theater Center is a mix of classic and new, large and small, and it even raises the curtain on more collaborations with the Tony Award-winning regional theater.

    This season includes the launch of a three-year partnership between Dallas Theater Center and Stage West Theatre in Fort Worth, as well as a multi-year partnership with SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts and the Sexton Institute for Musical Theatre. An ongoing collaboration continues with TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and DTC will newly partner with Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra on a concert to be performed at Bass Performance Hall featuring FWSO, conducted by Robert Spano, and actors from DTC’s Brierley Resident Acting Company, directed by DTC's executive director Kevin Moriarty.

    “Collaboration is at the heart of DTC’s mission,” Moriarty says. “It’s wonderful to join with TheaterSquared to support Jonathan Norton’s brilliant playwriting and introduce his work to a national audience. Further, by partnering with Stage West Theatre, SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts and the Sexton Institute for Musical Theatre, and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, we are able to expand opportunities for artists, introduce new audience members to the arts, and enrich our artistry. I’m grateful to be surrounded by so many talented, visionary artists and arts leaders here in North Texas and honored to be partnering with them this season.”

    “In curating Dallas Theater Center’s 2025-26 season, I chose to follow my mission as a playwright, which is to break down barriers through the shared joy of great storytelling,” says interim artistic director Jonathan Norton. “And the five shows in our upcoming season will do just that."

    First up is the classic slapstick farce Noises Off by Michael Frayn, directed by Ashley H. White.

    This play-within-a-play plunges you into the chaotic world of Nothing’s On, a fictional touring production tormented by backstage romances and onstage blunders. From flubbed lines to slamming doors, witness the hilarious unraveling of a troupe of eccentric actors. It runs October 3-26, 2025, at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

    Next is the Pulitzer Prize-winning Fat Ham by James Ijames, a co-production with Stage West that's directed by vickie washington.

    In this Dallas premiere of the hit Broadway comedy, Juicy’s got a lot on his plate — his mom just married his uncle. All he wants is to make his own way as a queer Black man in a Southern family. But here’s the rub: his father’s ghost just turned up at a backyard barbecue demanding vengeance. In this delicious and sizzling reinvention of Shakespeare’s masterpiece, a young man vows to break the cycles of violence in service of his own liberation and joy. It runs January 30-February 8, 2026, at the Kalita Humphreys Theater

    The regional premiere of Donnetta Lavinia Grays' Where We Stand, another co-pro with Stage West, follows.

    Directed by Akin Babatunde, Broadway actor and Dallas legend Liz Mikel plays a lone storyteller who weaves a world through music and magic — part fable, part call-and-response. Your town stands at a crossroads. A neighbor — desperate and out of options — has struck a dangerous bargain. Now, their fate lies in your hands. In this interactive play presented as a town hall gathering, the audience must choose: mercy or justice? The future of the town — and the fate of a soul — hang in the balance. This isn’t a game. It’s your choice. It runs February 27-March 22, 2026, at Bryant Hall on the Kalita Humphreys Theater campus.

    The grand, sweeping musical Ragtime will be produced in partnership with SMU and AT&T Performing Arts Center, with direction and choreography by Sexton Institute for Musical Theatre director Joel Ferrell.

    Based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow, with music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and book by Terrence McNally, the musical tells the intertwined stories of three families from different walks of life, all chasing the American Dream in 1902 New York. It runs March 27-April 19, 2026, at the Wyly Theatre.

    The world premiere of Jonathan Norton's Malcolm X and Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmy’s Chicken Shack in Harlem closes out the regular season.

    A commission by and co-production with TheatreSquared, which previously supported the development of Norton’s I AM DELIVERED’T, the play will be directed by Dexter J. Singleton. In the sweltering summer of 1943, two young men — Little & Foxy — forge an unlikely bond over leftover fried chicken and dirty dishwasher. But as the world outside erupts in chaos, their friendship is tested by betrayal, ambition, and the call of history. Inspired by a true story. It runs May 8-June 7, 2026, at the Wyly's Studio Theater.

    "There is nothing like the rejuvenating sensation of rollicking laughter spreading through packed houses at Noises Off and Fat Ham," says Norton. "Where We Stand will inspire rich conversations about forgiveness and redemption. Ragtime will send audiences home lifted by the stirring music and feeling ever more hopeful in these changing times. And Malcolm X and Redd Foxx Washing Dishes At Jimmy’s Chicken Shack in Harlem will leave you empowered with the knowledge that true friendship can change the world. I can’t wait for October, when I get to welcome audiences at the start of our new season. We will throw open our doors and become Dallas’ town hall — a place for the community to gather for conversation, celebration, and ultimately, connection.”

    There are also two add-on productions, beginning with the company's annual presentation of A Christmas Carol.

    Based on the novel by Charles Dickens, adapted by Kevin Moriarty, and directed by Alex Organ, with musical direction by Cody Dry, and choreography by Joel Ferrell, DTC's production takes audiences on a magical Christmas Eve adventure with Ebenezer Scrooge, as three otherworldly spirits whisk him away on a breathtaking journey of hope and redemption. From the nostalgic warmth of Christmases past to the stark truths of the present and the ominous shadows of the future, Scrooge's journey is a spectacle of wonder. It runs November 28-December 28, 2025, at the Wyly Theatre.

    Under the direction of Robert Spano and Kevin Moriarty, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Dallas Theater Center collaborate to bring musical drama and theatrical intrigue center stage in the FWSO's newest "Theater of a Concert" concept: Shakespeare at the Symphony.

    Featuring Mendelssohn's Selections from A Midsummer Night's Dream and Prokofiev's Selections from Romeo and Juliet, interspersed with scenes from Shakespeare, the multi-discipline production brings The Bard to life. It runs February 27-March 1, 2026, at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth.

    DTC’s Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company members will be featured throughout the 2025-26 season. Company members include Christina Austin Lopez, Tiana Kaye Blair, Blake Hackler, Bob Hess, Liz Mikel, Alex Organ, Molly Searcy, Tiffany Solano, Sally Nysteun Vahle, Esteban Vilchez, and Zachary J. Willis.

    “The talent and collaborative spirit of my colleagues in the Brierley Resident Acting Company constantly inspires me,” Norton says. “And later this spring I look forward to announcing a new company member who will further enrich our artistry.”

    Subscriptions are available now and can be purchased at DallasTheaterCenter.org and by phone at 214-522-8499. Single tickets are not yet available.

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