If your theater tastes lean away from Annie and The Sound of Music and more toward the dark or avant garde, you’ll probably find the repertoire at Kitchen Dog Theater to your liking. An intimate (read: small) Uptown venue with stadium-style seating ensures you’ll see every bead of sweat on the actors’ foreheads. Get there […]
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Showtunes used to get sort of a bad rap (The Sound of Music was entirely too long, don’t you think?), at least until that damn show Glee came along. Irving’s Lyric Stage has been here all along, though, working to preserve the art of the American musical by putting on world-class productions of shows like […]
Small Theatre Venue at Fair Park
Besides being an essential piece of the Dallas skyline, this I.M. Pei-designed venue is also world-renowned for its resident Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The incredible acoustics and 4,500-pipe organ must be heard to be believed. If you haven’t been since your fifth-grade class trip, it’s probably worth revisiting. Not into Tchaikovsky? Snag tickets for a night […]
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This teeny-tiny “alternative theater” in Expo Park may have relatively limited resources, with room for only 45 patrons, but its productions — many of the originals penned by ensemble members — pack a punch. The resident troupe puts on some of the more envelope-pushing productions you’ll encounter in the Dallas theater scene, from slapstick workplace […]
If you’re like us, you’ve seen the sign for Pocket Sandwich Theatre while driving down Mockingbird Lane and wondered if they had falafel. Alas, it’s not a takeout joint but a theater specializing in comedies and melodramas that encourage audience participation (think popcorn-throwing). Late nights feature everything from stand-up comedy and improv to burlesque. Also, […]
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The downstairs sibling to the Quadrangle’s theater-in-the-round, Theater Three, Theatre Too! is a smaller venue performing quirkier, darker productions, many of which are original. Whichever one you choose, it’ll certainly be a welcome departure from the typical boozing-with-bros that makes up the majority of Uptown’s nightlife scene. (Pro tip: The air conditioning can be a […]
Theatre Arlington is dedicated to the cultural enrichment, education and entertainment of the citizenry of Arlington and the North Texas community. For over 40 years, Theatre Arlington has been producing quality live theatre and award-winning shows. Theatre Arlington has also built a strong reputation for its quality Theatre Arts Education and Outreach programs for at […]
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Nestled into the Uptown plaza known as the Quadrangle, this black-box style theater-in-the-round’s location makes dinner and a show all too convenient (MoMo’s, Dream Cafe and the British Beverage Co. are all just a stone’s throw away). A diverse array of productions has included everything from Enron to Avenue Q. The concentric set-up means actors […]
Long Day’s Journey Into Night is being produced in Dallas for the first time in over two decades. Nobel Prize winning Eugene O’Neill’s monumental play is considered by many to be the greatest play of the 20th Century and a centerpiece of modern drama. The play depicts a day in the life of a theatrical […]
