It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman
June 18 - July 25, 2010
Original: David Newman and Robert Benton
Additional material: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
"Is the world ready for an updated Superman musical?"
http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/04/17/revamped-superman-musical-its-a-bird-its-a-plane-to-premiere-in-2010/
January 25-Feb. 14 2010
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Kevin Moriarty
"Shakespeare's beloved romantic comedy..."
http://www.dallastheatercenter.org/index.php/midsummer-nights-dream/
"... hasn’t really made a musical comedy out of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He’s made a dance party re-mix."
http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/11/02/review-dallas-theater-center-debuts-at-the-wyly/
Who's Tommy
August 27 – September 21, 2008
Music and Lyrics by Pete Townshend, Book by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff,
Directed by Kevin Moriarty
"...first rock opera ever written, Tommy has been freshly re-interpreted..."
http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/aug/25/dallas-theater-center-launches-50th-whos-tommy/
"...it evolved into something more like an oratorio."
http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2008/09/03/review-the-whos-tommy-at-the-dallas-theater-center/The Good Negro
October 15 – November 9, 2008.
By Tracey Scott Wilson. Directed by Liesl Tommy
"The drama, The Good Negro offers a character based on Dr. King."
" a skillful new historical drama"
"ultimately The Good Negro is powerful drama"
http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/oct/23/theater-review-the-good-negro/
Academic Theater
Southern Methodist University Meadows School of Arts
Am I Blue
Written by: Beth Henley
"... Am I Blue is a highly original, off-beat comedy which ranges from hilarity to pathos as it details the chance meeting of a timid college freshman and the precocious teenager who lures him into her ramshackle apartment one “rainy, blue, bourbon night.”
The Pillowman
By Martin McDonagh. Directed By Ted Gwara & Justin Amos
Performance dates: Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 8:00pm Friday, March 26, 2010 - 8:00pm
Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 8:00pm Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 3:00pm
“The Pillowman” is a dark comedy"
http://www.smudailymustang.com/?p=24340
"Energizing…a blindingly bright black comedy"
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Written by Steve Martin
Directed by: Chris McCreary
PERFORMANCES:Friday, Feb. 26th @ 10pm
Saturday, Feb. 27th @ 10pm
Sunday, Feb 28th at @ 6pm
"succeeds in being low-comedy funny"
http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9C07E0DC1E39F930A15753C1A963958260
"Off-Broadway absurdist comedy"
https://blackboard.shsu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_61108_1%26url%3d
Much Ado About Nothing
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Michael Connelly,"One of Shakespeare's sunniest, funniest comedies"
http://www.ericdsnider.com/theater/much-ado-about-nothing/
"Shakespeare comedy"
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_stage_theat/2009/03/theater-review-much-ado-about-nothing-at-orlando-shakes.html
"The Trojan Women"
By Euripides
Directed by Michael Connolly
"Euripides’ tragedy"
http://mcs.smu.edu/calendar/category/category/meadows-school-arts/theatre"...performances of Euripides’ melodrama The Trojan Women..."
http://www.noozhawk.com/arts/article/022410_gerald_carpenter_ucsbs_trojan_women_portrays_universal_misery_of_war/
