BWW's Top Dallas Theatre Stories of 2012

BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of Dallas in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!

January

DTC Presents GIANT, 1/18-2/19

Dallas Theater Center presents Giant at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center Jan. 18 - Feb. 19. Tony Award-nominated Michael Greif will direct this new musical by Sybil... (read more...)

Dallas Opera's TRISTAN & ISOLDE Opens 2/16

The Dallas Opera will present Richard Wagner's intense and passionate drama, TRISTAN & ISOLDE, for the first time in nearly forty years. This new TDO production opens Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7... (read more...)

WaterTower Announces Artists, Schedule for 2012 Out of the Loop Fringe Fest

WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin today announced the line-up for the 2012 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival, March 1-11 at the Addison Theatre Centre. ... (read more...)

February

Casa Mañana Theatre Announces RENT, Opening 3/3

The smash-hit musical Rent is coming to Casa Mañana Theatre March 3 - 11. Tickets are on sale now.... (read more...)

Casa Mañana Presents Jason Robert Brown and Shoshana Bean, 2/25

Casa Mañana today announced that Tony Award-winning Composer Jason Robert Brown and Broadway actress Shoshana Bean will perform live in concert Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Casa Mañana Theatre. Tick... (read more...)

Casa Mañana Presents Jason Robert Brown Master Class and Concert

Tony Award-winning Composer Jason Robert Brown will conduct a master class and perform live in concert Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Casa Mañana Theatre.... (read more...)

March

Winners of Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition Announced

The Dallas Opera Guild's 24th Annual Vocal Competition for young opera singers ended on a high-note last evening when ten outstanding finalists (with Texas connections) were awarded a total of $20,000... (read more...)

WaterTower Theatre Appoints Frost Bank's Megan Steinbach to Co-Chair the Corporate Council

WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin and Derek Blount, President of the Board of Directors today announced the appointment of Megan Steinbach as Co-Chair of the Corporate Counci... (read more...)

Column Awards Winners Announced, Include ICT, Uptown Players, Dallas Theater Center

Monday February 27, THE COLUMN AWARDS (TCA) organization honored excellence in theater within the Dallas-Fort Worth Theater community, which held its 13th annual gala this past Monday. TCA is the only... (read more...)

April

Dallas Opera Breaks World Record For Simulcast by the Dallas Foundation

The Dallas Opera, in partnership with Cowboys Stadium, has entered world record territory: more than 30,500 tickets to the Dallas Opera's one-night-only April 28th Dallas Opera Cowboys Stadium Simulca... (read more...)

Stage West Theatre Opens RED HOT PATRIOT: THE KICK-ASS WIT OF MOLLY IVINS, 5/10

Stage West presents Red Hot Patriot: the Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, opening May 10 at Fort Worth's Stage West.... (read more...)

Photo Coverage: Artes de la Rosa Presents MARIA DE BUENOS AIRES

Artes de la Rosa presents the Regional Premiere of Astor Piazolla's Tango Operita, MARIA DE BUENOS AIRES begining May 11th at Artes de la Rosa's home The Rose Marine Theater. Check out the promotional... (read more...)

May

Playwrights Horizons' FAR FROM HEAVEN, TheatreWorks' WHEELHOUSE and More Awarded NAMT Grants

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) announces 15 awards granted from their National Fund for New Musicals, a major funding program to support NAMT member not-for-profit theatres in their ... (read more...)

Dallas Theater Center Presents GOD OF CARNAGE, Beginning 5/11

Dallas Theater Center presents God of Carnage at the Kalita Humphreys Theater, May 11 - June 17, directed by Joel Ferrell. The laugh-out-loud hilarious God of Carnage, Ferrell's first production since... (read more...)

Dallas Theater Center Names Joel Ferrell Associate Artistic Director

Dallas Theater Center Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty announced today that DTC Associate Artist Joel Ferrell has been promoted to Associate Artistic Director. In his new position, Ferrell will contin... (read more...)

June

Dallas Theater Center Presents JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, 6/22-8/5

Dallas Theater Center presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center June 22 - Aug. 5. DTC Associate Artistic Director Joe... (read more...)

BWW Reviews: JERSEY BOYS Spans Generations with Energetic Music

With every element of a well-made musical, JERSEY BOYS might just be the best of the past decade's jukebox musical trend.... (read more...)

BWW Reviews: Shakespeare Dallas Presents a Sumptuous, Musical TWELFTH NIGHT

Originally penned as a celebration of the final day of the Christmas holiday, this production of TWELFTH NIGHT captures the mirth and music originally associated with this play.... (read more...)

July

LES MIS 25th Anniversary Tour Stops at Bass Concert Hall, 9/26-30; Tickets on Sale 7/27

Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of LES MISERABLES will go on sale at 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 27 for the premiere Fort Worth engagement at Bass Performance Hall. The al... (read more...)

Dallas Opera Receives $250,000 Grant From the Texas Instruments Foundation

The Dallas Opera has announced that the company has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Texas Instruments Foundation, which recently approved grants totaling $1.5 million to a dozen diverse North T... (read more...)

BWW Reviews: Theatre Too Stages Intimate AVENUE Q

Even puppets are awkward in their intimate moments. Through July 29, audiences sit just a few feet from AVENUE Q residents when they're making whoopee in Theatre Too - the compact basement space of Th... (read more...)

August

KD Studio's Imagination Players Presents FAME JR., Now thru 8/5

A host of talented actors, singers and dancers will burst on to the stage for FAME JR. when the KD Studio's Imagination Players and director Terri Ferguson open the doors for the explosive first perfo... (read more...)

Watertower Theatre to Extend SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE Revue Through 8/19

Terry Martin, producing artistic director of WaterTower Theatre, today announced an extension of SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE, which is now playing. The musical revue will be extended for one week through Sun., ... (read more...)

Amphibian Announces Grand Opening of Berlene T. and Jarrell R. Milburn Theatre, 10/20

Amphibian Stage Productions today announced that the grand opening of its new home at 120 South Main Street will take place on Saturday, October 20, 2012. The property will house the professional thea... (read more...)

September

LES MIS 25th Anniversary Tour Stops at Bass Concert Hall, Now thru 9/30

Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of LES MISERABLES are on sale for the premiere Fort Worth engagement at Bass Performance Hall. The all new production of LES MISERABLES... (read more...)

BWW Reviews: Second City Does Dallas Laden with Zingers

Things you should know about me before we begin: I work at Klyde Warren Park (you know, the deck park over Woodall Rogers Freeway); I just willingly moved back to Dallas from New York City; I am in my... (read more...)

BWW Reviews: Theatre Arlington Produces Electrifying RENT

The show's messages: "No Day But Today" and "Measure Your Life in Love" resound in this production.... (read more...)

October

Casa Mañana Presents 42ND STREET, Nov 10-18

Casa Manana presents the iconic musical 42nd Street on November 10 - 18 at Casa Mañana Theatre. Tickets are on sale now.... (read more...)

Fort Worth Opera Presents 2013 New Works Showcase FRONTIERS, 5/6-11

Fort Worth Opera revealed today the names of the composers whose works have been selected for participation in the first season of the company's exciting, annual new works program, Frontiers, making i... (read more...)

A JAZZ DREAM Opens 11/1 at UNT

The poetry of William Shakespeare's timeless A Midsummer Night's Dream is swinging to a new beat with newly composed tunes, classic jazz standards and choreographed dance numbers in A Jazz Dream, The ... (read more...)

November

Dallas Theater Center Partners with North Texas Food Bank for Fifth Consecutive Year

Dallas Theater Center and the North Texas Food Bank are teaming up for the fifth consecutive year to increase awareness about hunger in North Texas and to provide assistance to those in need. This par... (read more...)

STT Announces Kelsey Head as New Co-Artistic Director

Second Thought Theatre announced today that Kelsey Head will be the company's new Co-Artistic Director. Head, who joins current Co-Artistic Director Steven Walters, will begin work with STT immediatel... (read more...)

Dallas Theater Center Presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Opening 11/13

Dallas Theater Center will present Dickens' classic tale, A Christmas Carol, at the historic Kalita Humphreys Theater. DTC Associate Artistic Director Joel Ferrell will direct and choreograph this fes... (read more...)

December

Our Productions Theatre Co. & Theatre FMPAT Present PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES, 12/13-23

The roof will be raised with toe-tappin' tunes as Our Productions Theatre Co. & Theatre FMPAT presents PUMP BOYS & DINETTES by John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel and Jim... (read more...)

Pegasus Theatre Presents XSR: DIE! in Living Black and White, 12/31-1/20

XSR: Die! (Cross Stage Right--Die!) by Kurt Kleinmann will be presented by Pegasus Theatre, opening December 31, 2012, and running through January 20, 2013, at the Eisemann Center for Performing Arts,... (read more...)

Dallas Summer Musicals Announces Mini Packs of Four, Five, or Six Shows On Sale Now

Dallas Summer Musicals, Inc. (DSM) will offer Mini Packs of four or more shows. Pick at least three other shows and then add WICKED, Disney's THE LION KING, or another show to create your 4-Show Mini ... (read more...)

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