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    Big voice, big heart

    Dallas theater community remembers passionate and beloved performer Jeff Kinman

    Elaine Liner
    Jan 10, 2013 | 10:30 am
    • Singer, actor and voice coach Jeff Kinman gave his final public performance lastMarch in Uptown Players’ annual fundraising show, Broadway Our Way.
      Photo by Mark Oristano
    • There will be a memorial for Jeff Kinman on January 12, 11 am, at KalitaHumphreys Theater.
      Photo by Mark Oristano

    Singer, actor and voice coach Jeff Kinman gave his final public performance last March, knocking out a powerful solo in Uptown Players’ annual fundraising show, Broadway Our Way, at Kalita Humphreys Theater. He looked frail, but he threw his beautiful tenor into every note of the ballad “Fly, Fly Away,” from the musical Catch Me if You Can.

    He made it through the two-weekend run of the show, but it was the last time Dallas audiences saw Kinman on a stage. He died in the early hours of December 28 at Legacy Founders Cottage, the Oak Cliff hospice where he spent the last two weeks of his life.

    This Saturday, January 12, at 11 am, there will be a public memorial service for Jeff Kinman at Kalita Humphreys Theater. Many of Kinman’s Dallas musical theater co-stars are scheduled to sing, including Denise Lee, Stephanie Riggs, Ashley Puckett Gonzales and Sara Shelby-Martin.

     

      “He had a dry sense of humor that was matched with a feisty wit, and he topped it all off with impeccable taste,” says actress Ashley Hollon White.

    Kinman designed the service’s set list himself: “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” “To Make You Feel My Love,” “Everything Is Possible,” “Songbird” and “Someone Will Sing All the Time.” His partner of nine years, musical director and composer Adam C. Wright, will accompany the singers; actor Brian J. Gonzales will emcee. (In late 2011, Kinman sang at a benefit at Dallas Children’s Theater to raise money for Gideon’s Feet, a local charity started by Brian and Ashley Gonzales to provide care for North Texas artists in need.)

    Kinman’s friends and colleagues say they aren’t surprised that he left specific instructions for a show he couldn’t be in. Perfectionism, in performance, in how words were spoken and sung, was part of his personality.

    “Jeff had a knack for sarcasm and a reputation for a no-nonsense approach to everything around him,” says actress Ashley Hollon White. “He was honest and direct, with a heart of pure gold. He had a dry sense of humor that was matched with a feisty wit, and he topped it all off with impeccable taste.”

    “He loved singing and performing, and he loved all of us who shared that love with him,” says Cathy O’Neal, a union stage manager who worked on many of the shows Kinman did in area theaters over the past decade. “Offstage, he had a smart, wicked sense of humor. Jeff was a stickler for correct word choice and grammar.”

    Actress, singer and voice teacher Wendy Welch sang with Kinman in Broadway Our Way two years ago and visited him during his last days in the hospice. “It was a dream to harmonize with that gorgeous voice,” says Welch, “feeling the nuances and straight tones together, finding ‘one voice.’ Jeff's voice was stunning, a gift.

     

      “He approached friendship with the same honesty, sensitivity, love and support as he did his work,” says actress Wendy Welch. “He leaves a void that no one will ever fill.”

    “He had the utmost respect for the artists with whom he worked, and he embraced the collaborative process with passion and fury. He loved it. I was also proud to call him my friend. He approached friendship with the same honesty, sensitivity, love and support as he did his work. He leaves a void in our theater community that no one will ever fill, and I will forever be grateful for knowing him.”

    Kinman, a Dallas native and graduate of Bryan Adams High School, was 47 when he died of complications from HIV. He had performed many times in Uptown Players’ shows at Kalita Humphreys and at the company’s former home at the Trinity River Arts Center.

    He sang and acted in musicals at Lyric Stage, Theatre Three, Theatre Arlington, Flower Mound Performing Arts Theatre and others. He was an active member of Actors Equity. He founded his own voice studio in 2011 and coached singers with the same passion he gave to his own performances.

    It was obvious to those who’d seen him in so many roles over the years that he was in poor health in last spring’s Broadway Our Way. But even struggling to get through that show’s strenuous group numbers, which included climbing up and down a large staircase on the stage, he kept smiling, singing and dancing. (This year’s Broadway Our Way runs January 18-27 at Kalita Humphreys Theater.)

    Last spring Kinman sang these lyrics in that song from Catch Me if You Can, by composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Whittman:

     Fly, fly, fly away
    We didn’t get to say goodbye, goodbye
    No need to tell me why, my baby
    Maybe it’s because you’ll fly back home to me one day.

    His performance was transcendent on opening night, and nobody else in the cast received a louder or more heartfelt ovation. It was a perfect moment for Kinman. It felt like a gift from him to his audience, a special pairing of singer and song, of lyrics and authentic emotion. It was as if Kinman was singing for his life. He always sang like that.

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     Kinman’s family requests that any donations be made in his honor to Legacy Founders Cottage.

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    Theater Critic Picks

    From Wilde to 'The Wiz': 8 unmissable July shows in North Texas

    Lindsey Wilson
    Jul 2, 2025 | 10:18 am
    Second Thought Theatre presents Your Wife’s Dead Body
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    Your instinct during the summer might be to hide out in an air-conditioned theater, and there are plenty of options to do exactly this month. But we would be remiss if we didn't remind you about a North Texas tradition: Shakespeare under the stars. Pack a picnic, bring a blanket, and watch The Bard (and this year Oscar Wilde) at Samuell-Grand Amphitheater with Shakespeare Dallas. Both shows opened in June, but continue through most of July.

    Here are eight shows local shows, listed in order of start date:

    The Importance of Being Earnest
    Shakespeare Dallas, through July 18
    This witty romantic comedy by Oscar Wilde, first performed in 1895, tells the story of two men who assume the identities of a fictional man named Ernest. This leads them to each fall in love and encounter an assortment of comical problems along the way.

    Othello
    Shakespeare Dallas, through July 20
    In this Shakespearean tragedy, Othello is at the peak of his powers: not only Venice's greatest general but also husband to the noble and beautiful Desdemona. But he does not know that in passing over his servant Iago for promotion, he has created a deadly but brilliant enemy. This production is set in an alternate-history version of the 1990s in which the Venetian empire is the predominant political, military, and economic power.

    King Kirby
    American Chronicle Theatre Co., July 4-12
    This is the story of Jack "King of Comics" Kirby. The play follows him from the tough Jewish ghetto of Hell’s Kitchen in New York, to the harrowing battlefields of Normandy during WWII, to tense Senate hearings in the 1950s. Watch as he creates some of the most iconic heroes in pop culture: Captain America, Thor, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, the New Gods, and countless others.

    Your Wife’s Dead Body
    Second Thought Theatre, July 9-26
    Written by Second Though Theatre artistic associate Jenny Ledel in her playwriting premiere, the play takes place in the near future, as Jane takes advantage of a new AI technology that would extend her lifespan ... even if she's not around to see it for herself.

    The Wiz
    Broadway at the Bass, July 15-20
    This all-new production of the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical returns “home” in an all-new pre-Broadway tour, the first one in 40 years. The groundbreaking twist on The Wizard of Oz changed the face of Broadway, from its iconic score packed with soul, gospel, rock, and finger-snapping '70s funk to its stirring tale of Dorothy’s journey to find her place in a contemporary world.

    Noises Off
    Mainstage Irving-Las Colinas, July 18-August 2
    This play-within-a-play captures a touring theater troupe’s production of Nothing On in three stages: dress rehearsal, the opening performance, and a performance towards the end of a debilitating run. Playwright Michael Frayn gives a window into the inner workings of theatre behind-the-scenes, progressing from flubbed lines and missed cues in the dress rehearsal to mounting friction between cast members in the final performance.

    Everybody's Talking About Jamie
    Uptown Players, July 18-August 3
    Inspired by true events, this musical tells the inspiring story of Jamie New, a 16-year-old boy from Sheffield who dreams of becoming a drag queen. His loving mom showers him with endless support but it's not all rainbows for Jamie as his deadbeat dad and some ignorant school kids attempt to rain on his sensational aspirations.

    Shucked
    Broadway at the Bass, July 29-August 3
    This Tony Award-winning musical comedy features a book by Tony Award winner Robert Horn, a score by the Grammy Award-winning songwriting team of Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and direction by Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien. The corn-fed, corn-bred American musical is sure to satisfy an appetite for great musical theater.

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