Review by Monique Thompson THE COLOR PURPLE is the 2016 Tony Award® winner for Best Musical Revival! Hailed as “a direct hit to the heart” (The Hollywood Reporter), this joyous American classic has conquered Broadway in an all-new “ravishingly reconceived production...
Review by Lauryn Angel The stage is set up to look like a classroom, with filling cabinets and a teacher’s desk off to the sides and a large, empty blackboard in the middle. Soon, our instructor arrives, dressed like most of the male professors I teach with – jeans,...
Review by Lauryn Angel I confess that I knew very little about Hello, Dolly! before seeing it at Dallas Summer Musicals. I knew that Carol Channing played the role of Dolly Gallagher Levi on Broadway – but that’s about it, really. So I went into the theater knowing...
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...