theatre

A Very Merry Cirque Show: “‘Twas the Night Before” Opens in DFW

“‘Twas the Night Before,” Cirque du Soleil’s first ever Christmas show, is now open at the Texas Trust CU Theatre in Grand Prairie! From an acrobatic act set on a hotel bellcart suspended in the air to a disco-inspired roller-skating duo to hilariously cheeky, hoop-diving Santa’s reindeers, each set of this festive show is inspired […]

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Hadestown Weaves an Enticing Fairy Tale at the Winspear

Once upon a time… in a place that feels an awful lot like the Big Easy, was a fairytale spun by the gods to show us a little more about love, trust, and the imperfect world in which we live. This prescient fairytale, Hadestown, is currently on its National Tour and playing in Dallas’ Winspear […]

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Dear Evan Hansen Brings Light to Mental Health Issues in Beautiful Show

Over a third of all teens and adolescent admit to being bullied online, according to a national mental health foundation. That is part of what made Dear Evan Hansen, now touring at the Music Hall at Fair Park as a part of the Dallas Summer Musicals, such a timely show when it originated in December […]

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Celebrate your inner princess with DSM production of Anastasia

Every little girl dreams of being a princess in some form or another.  Watching the Dallas Summer Musical’s production of Anastasia at The Music Hall at Fair Park is a blissful escape to that time when each of us danced about in a tiara or dreamt of finding our own Prince Charming. For years, shows […]

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Ring in the Holiday Fun with Dallas Summer Musicals

It’s holiday time, and Dallas Summer Musicals has some great shows for you to enjoy with family and friends this year. I recently had the pleasure of checking out Dallas Summer Musicals’ production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic, The Sound of Music. It’s running through November 22, so if you have a chance to […]

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Get ready for an incredible 2015-2016 season from Dallas Summer Musicals!

I have had a blast at some of the Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM) productions so far this year, including Cinderella and The King and I, and, most recently, Dirty Dancing. But I am really looking forward to what’s coming up for the 2015-2016 season at the Music Hall at Fair Park. So, go get your musical […]

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A Lovely Night with Cinderella at Dallas Summer Musicals

Rodger’s & Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the first play I can remember attending as a very small child, so it holds a special place in my heart. The Broadway tour production of Cinderella, presented by Dallas Summer Musicals, does not disappoint. Cinderella might be the best production I’ve seen at Dallas Summer Musicals. Everything about this […]

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The King and I Brings “Something Wonderful” to Dallas

The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I, is a theatrical classic; a tale of East meets West, imbued with deeper themes of love in different forms, of respect, of facing the unknown, of equality, of traditions, of internal conflict, of resistance and change. Dallas Summer Musicals’ self-production of The King and I is […]

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