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Stage Notes Calendar
Opening this week:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, today-Sunday.
The Firehouse Theatre: Million Dollar Quartet, today-Feb. 23.
FWSO Pops: Tony Bennett: The Official Music Celebration, Friday and Saturday..
The Dallas Opera: Orpheus and Eurydice, Friday-Feb. 15.
Kitchen Dog Theater: Wakey, Wakey, Friday-Feb. 23 at Expo Park.
Lewisville Playhouse: Tigers Be Still, Friday-Feb. 23.
Mesquite Arts Theatre: Harvey, Friday-Feb. 23.
Onstage in Bedford: Proof, Friday-Feb. 23.
Rockwall Community Playhouse: Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot, Friday-Feb. 23.
Soul Rep Theatre Co.: The African Company Presents Richard III, Friday-Feb. 23.
Theatre Arlington: In the Heights, Friday-Feb. 23.
Theatre Coppell: You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Friday-Feb. 23.
Uptown Players: we are continuous, Friday-Feb. 23 at Theatre Three.
Richardson Theatre Centre: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Friday-March 2.
FWSO Family: Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage, 11 a.m. Saturday.
Frisco Improv Players: A Night of Improv Comedy, 8 p.m. Saturday at Frisco Discovery Center.
Cara Mia Theatre: Tina’s Journey, Saturday-Feb. 23 at the Latino Cultural Center.
Ochre House Theatre: Fate Complete, Saturday-March 1, pictured.
Eisemann Center Presents: Ballet Folklórico de Mexico, 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Onstage now:
Soul Rep Theatre: The African Company presents Richard III, through Saturday.
Allen Contemporary Theatre: Almost, Maine, through Sunday.
Broadway Dallas: & Juliet, opened through Sunday, pictured.
Company of Rowlett Perfomers: Groundhog Day, through Sunday at the Plaza Theater.
Runway Theatre: Savannah Sipping Society, through Sunday.
Theatre Denton: Silent Sky, through Sunday.
Pocket Sandwich Theatre: Camp Death, through Feb. 15.
Amphibian Stage: Rooted, through Feb. 16.
Dallas Theater Center: Shane, through Feb. 16.
Stage West: Primary Trust, through Feb. 16.
Theatre Off the Square: Alice by Heart, through Feb. 16.
Circle Theatre: Destroying David, through Feb. 22.
Casa Manana: We’ve Only Just Begun: The Music of the Carpenters, through Feb. 23.
Lyric Stage: Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, through Feb. 23 at Lyric Stage Studio.
Theatre Three: Debbie Does Dallas, through Feb. 23 in Theatre Too.
Jubilee Theater: The Movement, through March 2.
Echo Theatre: Catch as Catch Can, through March 8 at the Bath House Cultural Center.
A trio of area theater companies united for Black Broadway Summer
In a major announcement earlier this week, Circle Theatre, Soul Rep Theatre Company and Stage West announced a united front to bring Black Broadway Summer where each company will individually present three prestigious plays by Black American playwrights throughout Summer 2025. These acclaimed, game-changing shows were all on Broadway from 2022-2023.
The shows include:
Jun 5-8: Ain’t No Mo’ by Jordan E. Cooper by Soul Rep Theatre Company.
June 19-July 12: A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson by Circle Theatre.
Aug. 28-Sept. 14: Fat Ham by James Ijames by Stage West.
The shows had already been announced with each company’s season, but Soul Rep General Manager Ashley Oliver saw an opportunity when she saw three companies were going to produce some of Broadway’s latest hot tickets locally.
“I was in conversation with Jonathan Norton [Dallas Theater Center Interim Artistic Director] about Circle Theatre and their season. When I looked on their website, I noticed that they were doing A Strange Loop in the summer…then I remembered that Stage West is doing Fat Ham the month after that. I looked at Jonathan and said ‘Well, I guess we are going to have a summer of Black Broadway shows in Dallas and Fort Worth,’ she said in the announcement. “I felt really invested in making the connection with Stage West and Circle Theatre…and for all [of these shows] to be done this coming summer in DFW, is not something that happens too often.”
Circle Theatre’s Ashley White saw this as a unique opportunity to serve the North Texas community with great impact.
“We are all excited to be working together to provide DFW audiences a unique chance to experience works that challenge, uplift, and celebrate Black stories in ways that are both entertaining and transformative. These plays aren’t just shows—they’re conversations, reflections, and opportunities to connect on a deeper level. This summer will leave a lasting impact on our audiences, our theaters, and the communities we serve,” the artistic director mentioned in the release.
How to have a Black Broadway Summer? Easy. Buy one ticket to any of the three shows. You will then receive discounts codes for 20 percent off the other two shows. Use your codes at each theater’s box office or online when purchasing. Boom — Black Broadway Summer. The offer is good for up to four full price tickets per theater.
“These are three landmark plays in their own right,” Stage West Associate Producer Garret Storms added. “Each of them played on Broadway between 2022-2023, and while they had different trajectories, they all had a massive impact – both in the dialogues they created and on the American Theatre at large. It’s such a treat to see these three groundbreaking new American plays being produced this summer on local DFW stages.”
For more information, click here or reach out to the individual theaters.
Shakespeare Dallas announces the shows for Season 53
In its February newsletter from earlier this week, Shakespeare Dallas revealed the shows for its upcoming season. Not the biggest secret as the company announced the season during its Measure for Measure run at Theatre Three. But without much fanfare from Shakes D, the announcement is now official.
The 2025 Season includes:
March 15: Pub Crawl. OK, maybe not part of the stage season, but the annual Pub Crawl will be held in Bishop Arts with more details to come.
June 13-July 18: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. This romantic comedy tells the story of two men who assume the identities of a fictional man named Ernest. This leads them to fall in love and encounter an assortment of comical problems along the way. Directed by Jenni Stewart.
June 20-July 20: Othello directed by Montgomery Sutton. This production will get a modern twist and is set in an alternate history version of the 1990s in which the Venetian empire is the predominant political, military and economic power.
Sept. 19-Oct. 19: The Taming of the Shrew directed by Ryan Matthieu Smith. In this romantic comedy, the Shakespeare classic will be set in the Wild West.
Subscription packages are now available: three tickets (one for each show) for $55 , six tickets for $105 or 12 tickets for $200. Subscriber benefits include early entry to the park and preferred seating.
–Rich Lopez
