Performing Arts

Actor Esteban Vilchez says he had to practicing singing the songs for Disney’s Tarzan while running on a treadmill.

This week’s collection of things to do include a fundraiser for a Dallas comedy icon, a retelling of one of Disney’s classic animated film on the stage and a performance by comedian John Early.

Agora Artists cedes the dance floor to actual dancers.

This week you’ll have the chance to take a run on the world’s biggest bounce house, meet Daniel Tiger and his friends and watch a horror classic in the scariest possible setting.

Events this week include Texas Ballet Theater at the Wyly, Peelander Yellow at Kettle Art Gallery, and Texas photographers at PDNB Gallery.

George Lopez now knows who “that motherfucker” Ralph Barbosa is. He found out the hard way. Episode 97 of Lopez’s OMG Hi! podcast, which premiered Feb. 6, featured guest speaker and comedian Steve Treviño, who tours nationally and whose comedic roots stem from Dallas.

If you missed the Edgar-nominated crime writer at her Arts & Letters Live event on Valentine’s Day, love is not lost. Dallasite Kathleen Kent will be dazzling audiences with another reading and signing of her latest Black Wolf 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at Interabang Books (5600 W. Lovers Lane).

You know you’re getting old when every entertainment token from your childhood- bands, series, films – starts getting reunited, remade, rebooted or in any way repackaged and sold to you again. And you’re the first sucker in line to buy it.

It’s that time of year when we get a small window of snow in Dallas and everyone and everything goes haywire. People show up late because of traffic caused by someone who doesn’t realize that icy roads can make their car drive into the path of another oncoming vehicle.

Imagine that you’re all dressed up and ready for opening night at The Dallas Opera. After enjoying a glass of wine in the lobby, you find your seat inside the Winspear Opera House and get comfortable just as the house lights dim.

The Stonewall uprising of 1969 brought the issue of LGBTQ rights to the forefront of America’s consciousness. It may have ignited a movement that’s led to the acceptance of LGBTQ people in so many

Arts Mission Oak Cliff (410 S. Windomere Ave.) is doing the Kit Kat Club right, and we know this because they have a recommendation that this production of Cabaret not only features strobes and haze, but is best meant for audiences 16 and older. As romance blooms in the dynamic Berlin club circa 1931, Nazi presence is growing stronger and suppressing the creative, theatrical and non-conforming.

Always offering a variety of stunning exhibitions, Conduit Gallery (1626-C Hi Line Drive) serves up a triple dose of color and form. Hanging through February 11, audiences can take in the cognitive and clinical psychology-influenced patterns of Susan Barnett, which also serve as meditative tools, the play of fiber and light from Marco Querin, and folk art-reverent narratives from Gabe Langholtz.

Preschool-age kids can gather round storyteller Oba William King for a selection of stories and songs about Kwanzaa. And the educational fun doesn’t end with that, because King also takes participants through a craft to even further engage them.

Don’t ever let someone tell you that comedy is dead. While some older comedians like to proclaim that “cancel culture” and “diversity” are making audiences too sensitive to deliver great comedy, we’ve seen some incredible new artists announce their presence over the past few years.

People talk a lot about the magic of Christmas, but now the magic is really coming to life because Cirque du Soliel is here. With a show based on the beloved Clement Clarke Moore poem, Cirque brings a beautiful acrobatic show designed so the whole family catches the spirit of Christmas.

Broadway isn’t getting any cheaper. Although every school has its batch of “theater kids,” the percentage of avid musical fans who actually get to see new shows during their initial run on Broadway is relatively slim.

It’s not all about the human kids. Furry and feathered friends deserve to tell the jolly man in the red suit which toys they want with a bow on top, and Galleria Dallas (13350 Dallas Parkway) is making that possible before we even get to Turkey time.

If you’re lucky enough to get an invitation to the Peacock Theater in Frisco, you’ll experience something that even the biggest and grandest stage can’t replicate. The Peacock Theater is a small, 100-seat enclosed theater owned by Randy and Kristy Pitchford on the second floor of their castle themed home…

Hannah Vaughan shouldn’t have been driving on July 1, 2021. She had run to her car crying inconsolably, and her brother pleaded with her to pull over. It was a miracle she didn’t wreck the car.

Sock monkey? Nah. As McSweeney’s has made it clear, “it’s decorative gourd season, motherfuckers!” And this is your chance to make one for free!