Tickets for the Dallas Summer Musicals' holiday show, The 101 Dalmatians Musical,"go on sale today through Ticketmaster. The tour of the brand new show gets to the Fair Park Music Hall on Dec. 1....
This critic is starting to feel a little paranoid! At both AT&TPAC gala performances so far, the tickets (hand-delivered to the office in resplendent ribbons and calligraphy) have been for seats also assigned to somebody else. At the Wyly on...
Michael A. Jenkins of the Dallas Summer Musicals is unveiling his upcoming season to his supporters and patrons at a shindig at Fair Park this evening. He'll announce some interesting stuff. Next year's State Fair Musical, for instance, will be...
The stage version of "101 Dalmations" that the Dallas Summer Musicals is importing Dec. 2-20 now has a star attached: Rachel York. York starred in "City of Angels" and "VictorVictoria" on Broadway and went into several other shows as replacement...
Let me just get this out of the way right up front: I love ABBA. Love them, love them, love them. I couldn't wait to see Mamma Mia!, having somehow missed it on its other tours through this area....
I took my two younger boys to The Wizard of Oz yesterday at the Music Hall at Fair Park and we were enthralled as much by the kid-packed audience in the full house as we were by the show on...
We ran a story this morning taken from a WFAA-TV news report last night about the Dallas Summer Musicals' management group deciding not to manage downtown's Majestic Theatre any longer. I talked to DSM president Michael A. Jenkins today about...
I've always been a big admirer of Jonathan Larson's score for Rent, not to speak of his witty, literate lyrics -- unique in such a "rock"-oriented show, I think. I love the way the songs pay homage to Broadway tradition,...
The great, still underrated actor Stacy Keach will be touring through Dallas in Frost/Nixon next week, and I interviewed him for an advance feature today. He plays President Nixon, of course, but he told an interesting story about another Commander...
If anyone is planning a Broadway trip over the holidays, this is truly a chance to catch 'em before they close. According to a story that ran in the The Daily Telegraph today, 15 Broadway shows are about to be...
Atlanta's Theater of the Stars confirmed this afternoon that its touring production of Disney's Tarzan has been canceled. That's the one that the Dallas Summer Musicals has on its upcoming season...and DSM has already invested $250,000 in the show. Obviously...
You've still got a few days to catch Chicago's famed Second City comedy troupe (touring edition) at the Majestic Theatre, presented by the Dallas Summer Musicals. This is undoubtedly the most fun you'll have this week -- and they even...
If the conductor with the bouncing curls in the orchestra pit of the Dallas Summer Musicals' The Color Purple, that's because it's Sheilah Walker. The veteran conductor of many Broadway tours had returned home to teach in DISD the last...
Jersey Boys, playing through Aug. 16 at the Music Hall at Fair Park, is a very cool show, an utterly enjoyable way to while away a few hours on a summer night. Check out Lawson Taitte's review. For me,...
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