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Golden Girls-themed show sashays to Dallas on smash nationwide tour

Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue will be at Wyly Theatre, January 30-February 4.

Photo courtesy of Murray & Peter Present

After a successful run across the country in 2023, the theater production Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue will expand to 40 more cities in 2024, including a stop at Wyly Theatre in Dallas, January 30-February 4.

The production is making its first visit to Dallas after traveling to 14 cities throughout 2023. Dallas will be the second stop on the tour in 2024, following the opening show in Houston, January 23-27.

The show, put on by Murray & Peter Present, brings Miami’s sassiest seniors to the stage for one more hurrah. Sophia is out on bail after being busted by the DEA for running a drug ring for retirees. Blanche and Rose have founded CreakN, a thriving sex app for seniors. And Dorothy is trying to hold it all together with help from a new (much) younger sex-crazed lover.

Written by Robert Leleux, the show features an all-male cast, including Ryan Bernier as Dorothy, Vince Kelley as Blanche, Adam Graber as Rose, Christopher Kamm as Sophia, and Jason Bowen as Stanley/Burt.

Tickets for the production, which will have eight performances, will go on sale at ATTPAC.org on Friday, October 13. Ticket prices start at $40; a special VIP photo experience add-on includes photos with the actors on the Golden Girls set after the show.

Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue 2024 dates

Jan 23 - 27: Houston, Texas, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Jan 30 - 4: Dallas, Texas, Wyly Theatre
Feb 6 - 25: Chicago, Illinois, Broadway Playhouse
Feb 27: Madison, Wisconsin, Overture Center for the Arts
Feb 28: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Paramount Theatre
Feb 29: Peoria, Illinois, Peoria Civic Center Theater
Mar 1 - 2: Columbus, Ohio, Southern Theatre
Mar 3: South Bend, Indiana, Morris Performing Arts Center
Mar 5: East Lansing, Michigan, Wharton Center for Performing Arts
Mar 6: Akron, Ohio, E.J. Thomas Hall at the University of Akron
Mar 7: Toledo, Ohio, Stranahan Theater
Mar 8: Cincinnati, Ohio, Aronoff Center
Mar 9: Erie, Pennsylvania, Warner Theatre
Mar 10: Lexington, Kentucky, Lexington Opera House
Mar 12: St Louis, Missouri, Stifel Theatre
Mar 13: Huntsville, Alabama, VBC Mark C. Smith Concert Hall
Mar 14: Birmingham, Alabama, BJCC Concert Hall
Mar 15: New Orleans, Louisiana, Saenger Theatre
Mar 16: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, River Center Theatre for Performing Arts
Mar 17: Jackson, Mississippi, Thalia Mara Hall
Mar 19: Pensacola, Florida, Saenger Theatre
Mar 20: Fort Myers, Florida, Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall at FSW
Mar 23 - 24: Tampa, Florida, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Mar 26: Louisville, Kentucky, Brown Theatre
Mar 27: Atlanta, Georgia, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
Mar 28: Memphis, TennesseeOrpheum Theatre
Mar 29: Kansas City, Missouri, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Mar 30: Bowling Green, Kentucky, SkyPAC
Apr 1: Charlotte, North Carolina, Belk Theater
Apr 2: Spartanburg, South Carolina, Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium
Apr 3: Durham, North Carolina, Durham Performing Arts Center
Apr 4: Roanoke, Virginia, Berglund Performing Arts Theatre
Apr 5: Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville Civic Auditorium
Apr 7: Dayton, Ohio, Schuster Center
Apr 9: Richmond, Virginia, Dominion Energy Center
Apr 10: Syracuse, New York, Landmark Theatre
Apr 11: Concord, New Hampshire, Capitol Center for the Arts
Apr 12: Hartford, Connecticut, The Bushnell
Apr 13: Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
Apr 14: Providence, Rhode Island,Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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The Joke Has Landed

New comedy club at Toyota Music Factory in Irving gets set for laughs

Photo by Anna Dolmany

This is the fifth Punch Line location.

It's almost time for Punch Line Irving to open its doors, and Dave Chappelle is at the ready. The famous comedian will christen the new comedy club with four sold-out shows on December 17 and 18, but there's plenty more funny business in store for 2026.

First announced in November, this is Punch Line's fifth location — and second in Texas, the first opened in Houston in 2024 — and it's taking up residence at the Toyota Music Factory. The 240-seat club plans to host more than 350 shows and private events annually, featuring a blend of high-wattage celebrity and homegrown talent.

Its decor nods to the brand's belief that comedy is a sport, with feature wall showcasing punching bags and boxing bells signed by "heavy hitter" performers.

The menu also echoes the theme, with such cocktails as the Bellringer (bourbon, lemonade, and Liquid Death half-and-half iced tea), Ringside Ranch Water (blanco tequila, hibiscus, lime, and soda), and the Espresso All-Star, their take on the espresso martini. Food includes Punch Line favorites like the Mic Drop Burger, Punch Line Nachos, and Homemade Punch Pop Tarts in bourbon apple or strawberry cream.

There is also a second, more flexible space outside the main showroom called The Callback Bar that's designed to host smaller performances, as well as a furnished patio.

Punch Line Irving The Callback Bar.Photo by Anna Dolmany

Photo by Anna Dolmany

This is the fifth Punch Line location.

The talent gets treated as well as the audience, with a private comics lounge in place of a traditional dressing room. Designed as a shared gathering space, it sports a custom media wall showing the live-show feed, a dressing table, a private ensuite restroom, and a hospitality station.

Punch Line makes it a point to support the local comedy scene, and its Irving location will be no exception. Twenty-five cents from each ticket at participating shows benefits Comedy Gives Back, a nonprofit organization providing financial grants and resources to stand-up comedians in need. The club also hosted its first open mic on December 9 to welcome the community, with participating comics donating nonperishable items to the North Texas Food Bank.

Don't fret if you didn't snag tickets to Dave Chappelle — big names like Leslie Jones, Tone Bell, Pete Holmes, and Christina P. all have shows scheduled in the first few months of 2026 and tickets are on sale now.

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