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Stage Notes Calendar

Opening this week:

Second Thought Theatre: Your Wife’s Dead Body, opened Wednesday-July 29.

Danielle Georgiou Dance Group: Match Point, 6 p.m. Friday at Dallas Contemporary. 

Artstillery: LUX: a solo show, Friday-July 20 at 723 A Community Space. 

Stolen Shakespeare Guild: Hairspray, Friday-July 27.

Theatre Denton: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Friday-July 27. 

Theatre Arlington: Club Cabaret: Totally Made-Up Musical, 8 p.m. Saturday. 

Lyric Stage: Lyric Under the Stars concert series, 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Lyric Stage Studio.

Theatre Three: Fight Night – The Short of It, 7 p.m. Monday. 

Broadway at the Bass: The Wiz, Tuesday-July 20 at Bass Hall, pictured.

Onstage now:

American Chronicle Theatre Co.: King Kirby, through Saturday at Cox Playhouse.

Circle Theatre: A Strange Loop, through Saturday, pictured.

Allen Contemporary Theatre: Curtains, through Sunday.

Dallas Theater Center: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, through Sunday. 

The Firehouse Theatre: Oklahoma, through Sunday. 

Hip Pocket Theatre: The Billy Club Puppets, through Sunday.

Jubilee Theater: The Fall of Heaven, through Sunday.

Art Centre Theatre: Girls Weekend, through July 19.

The Core Theatre: Southlake, through July 20.

Shakespeare Dallas: Othello, through July 20 at Samuell-Grand Amphitheater.

Shakespeare Dallas: The Importance of Being Earnest, through July 26 at Samuell-Grand Amphitheater.

Pocket Sandwich Theatre: Star Trip: A Tale of Two Captains, through Aug. 23. 

Avant Chamber Ballet announces new season

Earlier this week, Avant’s Artistic Director Katie Puder announced the company’s 13th season which will also be its largest programming year to date. The expanded season features two distinct subscription series. Both will be presented at Moody Performance Hall in the Dallas Arts District with live music accompaniment at each show.

“I am thrilled to announce this season, which is packed with exciting collaborations, live orchestras, and beloved audience favorites returning to the stage,” Puder said in the press release. “We are particularly excited to introduce our new Family Series, offering two flexible ways for audiences to subscribe and experience the magic of ACB.”

Each series will consist of four productions. The season includes:

Classic Series

Dec. 5-7: The Nutcracker.

Feb. 14 and 15: Rhythm and Romance.

March 27 and 28: Pulcinella: Reimagined with the Orchestra of New Spain.

April 25 and 26: The Seasons.

Family Series

Dec. 7: Nutcracker: Short and Suite. Noon.

Feb. 14: Peter and the Wolf. 2 p.m.

March 28: Pulcinella Jr. 2 p.m.

April 25: Carnival of the Animals. 2 p.m.

Subscriptions are available now at AvantChamberBallet.org.

Musical Writers Festival kicks off this weekend in Frisco

The 2025 Musical Writers Festival, produced by MusicalWriters.com, will feature two exciting evenings celebrating celebrate new musical works from writers throughout the country. The festival will run Friday and Saturday at the Hyatt Regency Frisco . The festival will showcase a mix of nationally acclaimed musical theatre talents alongside Dallas-Fort Worth talents.

The event begins with the New Works Cabaret and Writer Open Mic, an evening of original songs written by musical theatre creators. These pieces will be brought to life by DFW
vocalists, along with special performances by festival guest artists Joey Contreras and Alyssa Payne.

Friday night will also include a VIP Meet & Greet at 6 p.m. prior to the performance. VIP ticket holders will enjoy a private reception with the featured artists, a grazing table, and a complimentary drink ticket.

Saturday night is the festival’s New Musicals Spotlight featuring staged highlights from four new musicals currently in development. The shows include:

BL!NK by Grace Ward and Elke Meyers, presented as a SheDFW Festival preview.

Living the Dream by Michael Chu and Ulf Anneken. This is an encore performance of a recent MusicalWriters.com Staged Reading and recent Pitch Night winner.

Wolf Ballad by Lindsay “Fiskars” Cutting, preview of upcoming MusicalsWriters.com
Staged Reading and recent Pitch Night winner.

Show to be announced by a local Dallas-based writer. This is expected to be an exclusive preview of a new musical heading into production later this year.

Those attending can purchase an All-Access Performance Pass, which includes admission to both evening events. General admission tickets and VIP access are also available, all at the festival’s website.

–Rich Lopez

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