Review by Lauryn Angel Imagine watching a play with performers who embody the worst acting stereotypes. Complicate that with a set and props that continually malfunction. It sounds like the last way you’d want to spend your time, but on the contrary, The Play That...
Review by Lauryn Angel When I was asked if I wanted to see a musical based on the first book in the Percy Jackson series, I felt more than a little trepidation. A musical based on The Lightning Thief? This could go very wrong or very right. I felt like taking a...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes Let’s get the obvious out of the way first: Eric Idle’s Broadway spin-off Spamalot, the recipient of three Tony Awards including Best Musical, is no substitute for Monty Python and the Holy Grail. But, on a Thursday night in Dallas, no one in...
Review by Monique Thompson P H E N O M E N A L! Officially titled HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL, is a theatrical production about forgotten American Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton. The production tells the story of his ascent out of poverty and to power against...
Review by Monique Thompson From the Tony Award®-winning creators of the Broadway classic Ragtime, this dazzling show transports us from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets out to discover the mystery of...
Review by Lauryn Angel The Phantom of the Opera made its debut thirty years ago, and though I’ve been a fan of the musical almost that long, I had not seen it on stage until its stop at Dallas Summer Musicals for the 2018-2019 season. And it knocked my socks off! This...
Review by Monique Thompson The #1 longest running American musical in Broadway history, Chicago, has touched down at the Winspear Opera House in the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas. If you’re unfamiliar with the plot, Chicago is set in Chicago, IL in the late...
Review by Lauryn Angel The 2003 Jack Black vehicle School of Rock seems like an odd choice for Andrew Lloyd Webber to turn into a musical, but in many ways, it also seems like an obvious choice. The movie is fun, full of music, and has a great message for both kids...
Review by Lauryn Angel LeakyCon wasn’t the only place to spot Harry Potter fans over the past weekend. Actors Joseph Maudsley and James Percy brought Potted Potter – a parody that promises all seven books in 70 minutes – to Dallas’s Wyly Theater. James, a...
Review by Lauryn Angel Love Never Dies is a sequel to Andew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera that picks up the story ten years after the events in the Paris opera house. The Phantom (Bronson Norris Murphy) has taken up residence on Coney Island, with Madame...