{"id":298155,"date":"2025-10-12T20:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T20:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/298155\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T20:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T20:35:13","slug":"stage-notes-eastfield-to-host-first-dallas-college-dance-concert-broadway-dallas-announces-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/298155\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage Notes: Eastfield to host first Dallas College dance concert; Broadway Dallas announces gala"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stage Notes<\/a>\u00a0is a weekly aggregate post about theater, classical music, dance, comedy and stage news, events, reviews and other pertinent information.<\/p>\n

Stage Notes Calendar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opening this week<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Respighi\u2019s Fountains of Rome, opened Thursday-Sunday<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Soul Rep Theatre: King Hedley II, opened Thursday-Oct. 26 at Bishop Arts Theatre<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Circle Theatre: Mac Beth, opened Thursday-Nov. 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Theatre Three: The Trade: A Tragedy in Four Quarters, opened Thursday-Nov. 2<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ballet Papillon: Apr\u00e8s Deux|Darkness Undone, Friday and Saturday at The Grand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sundown Collaborative Theatre: Short Works Festival, Friday-Oct.-19<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Family Music Theatre: Into the Woods, Friday-Oct. 25 at the New Vida Center<\/a>, pictured.<\/p>\n

Garland Civic Theatre: The Mousetrap, Friday-Oct. 26<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lyric Stage: The Rocky Horror Show, Friday-Oct. 26<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Repertory Company Theatre: The Wedding Singer, Friday-Oct. 26<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Theatre Coppell: Rumors, Friday-Oct. 26<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hip Pocket Theatre: Frankenstein, Oct. 10-Nov. 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Richardson Theatre Centre: Let\u2019s Murder Marsha, Friday-Nov 2<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stolen Shakespeare Guild: Stolen Shakespeare Festival 2025: Twelfth Night, Friday-Nov. 2.<\/p>\n

FWSO Special: Yacht Rock Symphony, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Will Rogers Auditorium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eisemann Center Presents: Yavanik\u0101 by Priyadarsini Govind, 8 p.m. Saturday.<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Irving Symphony Orchestra: One Enchanted Evening, Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Arts District Chorale: Brahms\u2019 Requiem, 3 p.m. Sunday at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Second Thought Theatre: Incarnate, Wedesday-Nov. 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Onstage now:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Theatre Three:\u00a0The Niceties, through Sunday in Theatre Too<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Soul Rep Theatre: Audition Technique & Scene Study Intensive with Jemal McNeil, through Monday at the Kalita Humphreys Theater<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Allen Contemporary Theatre: Dracula: A Comedy of Errors, through Oct. 19<\/a>, picured.<\/p>\n

Art Centre Theatre: Misery, through Oct. 19<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Core Theatre: Inferno: Fire at the Cocoanut Grove 1942, through Oct. 19<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lewisville Playhouse: Young Frankenstein, through Oct.19<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mesquite Arts Theatre: Misery, through Oct. 19<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shakespeare Dallas:\u00a0The Taming of the Shrew, through Oct. 19 at Samuell-Grand Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

WaterTower Theatre: Broadway by North Texas, through Oct. 19.<\/p>\n

MusicalWriters.com Productions: cleaVage, through Oct. 25 at Lakeside Community Theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Upright Theatre Company: Young Frankenstein, through Nov. 2<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dallas Theater Center: Noises Off, through Oct. 26 at the Kalita Humphreys Theater<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pocket Sandwich Theatre: The Phantom of the Opera, through Nov. 15<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MOMIX Founder and Artistic Director to receive Brettell Award in the Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n

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An internationally renowned choreographer will receive a coveted award and showcase highlights from his dance company at The University of Texas at Dallas in November.<\/p>\n

Moses Pendleton<\/a>, founder and artistic director of the dance company MOMIX, has been selected to receive the 2025\u00a0Richard Brettell Award in the Arts<\/a>, the highest honor bestowed to artists by the university.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a multitalented, transdisciplinary artist. We really lucked out with him,\u201d said\u00a0Dr. Nils Roemer<\/a>, dean of the\u00a0Bass School<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to bring him to campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

MOMIX, founded by Pendleton in 1980, has earned a global following for its inventive choreography, touring worldwide for more than four decades with productions that include\u00a0Opus Cactus,\u00a0Botanica,\u00a0Lunar Sea,\u00a0Alchemia, and\u00a0Alice, among others. Before founding MOMIX, Pendleton co-founded the groundbreaking Pilobolus Dance Theater in 1971.<\/p>\n

Broadway Dallas announces its 2026 gala celebrating Music Hall\u2019s 100th anniversary<\/strong><\/p>\n

Broadway Dallas announced that tickets are now on sale for its\u00a02026 Gala celebrating the 100th\u00a0anniversary of the Music Hall at Fair Park, featuring a full performance of\u00a0The Great Gatsby,\u00a0for Saturday, Feb 21 at the Music Hall at Fair Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking forward to this once in a century event celebrating the 100th anniversary of our beloved venue, the Music Hall at Fair Park, and supporting the ongoing work we do to positively impact our community through the spirit of Broadway,\u201d Ken Novice, president and CEO of Broadway Dallas mentioned in the press release. \u201cThanks to the vision and dedication of our Chairs, Phil and Toni Sanders, it will be a remarkable evening you won\u2019t want to miss!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Presented by\u00a0The Addy Foundation\u00a0and led by Gala Chairs\u00a0Phil and Toni Sanders\u00a0with Honorary Chairs\u00a0John Quattrocchi and Joseph DeMartino, the 2026 Gala will take on the theme of the musical treating guests to the Roaring Twenties with grandeur and glamour.<\/p>\n

The 2026 Gala holds special significance as it celebrates two cultural milestones: the centennial anniversary of both the Music Hall at Fair Park and F. Scott Fitzgerald\u2019s iconic novel\u00a0The Great Gatsby.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Broadway Dallas Gala,\u00a0the organization\u2019s largest annual celebration, brings together Dallas\u2019 leaders, philanthropists, and arts enthusiasts for an unforgettable evening of cocktails, fine dining, VIP experiences,\u00a0a full performance of the Tony-winning new musical\u00a0The Great Gatsby\u00a0and a prohibition after-party. <\/p>\n

Proceeds from the Gala support\u00a0Broadway Dallas Education: On Stage, In Classrooms and Throughout the Community,<\/strong>\u00a0which provides access to the arts for more than 60,000 students and families annually across North Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Addy Foundation is committed to providing exposure to the arts, leading to understanding and acceptance of varying ideas, perspectives, and cultures,\u201d Ben Leal, president of The Addy Foundation said in the release. \u201cBy participating with Broadway Dallas, we are ensuring that exposure to the arts is reaching thousands of people in our community we serve together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for tickets and more information.<\/p>\n

Eastfield Dance Presents the Inaugural Dallas College Faculty Dance Concert<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Eastfield Dance Department and Eastfield Dance Company\u00a0present the inaugural Dallas College Faculty Dance Concert in the Eastfield\u00a0Performance Hall (F Building). Performances will be held on Oct. 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. with free admission. <\/p>\n

The Dallas College Faculty Dance Concert features work by full-time Dance faculty\u00a0 members Roberto Alvarez, Jr., Anna Marie Ewert-Pittman, Dr. Danielle Georgiou, Tessa\u00a0 Salomone, and Gina Sawyer, full-time Visual Art faculty member Eric Thayer, and the\u00a0 Chair of Performing Arts Dr. Scott Venters. Guest artists include De La Rosa Dance\u00a0 Co., 6 o\u2019Clock Dance Theatre, and the Danielle Georgiou Dance Group.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Works presented will include:<\/p>\n

Danielle Georgiou Dance Group: Golden Apparition, which combines contemporary\u00a0 dance, theatrical design and over-sized objects to create a momentary mythos.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anna Marie Ewert-Pittman \u00a0<\/strong>(Brookhaven Dance): As and When, explores the duality of body and mind, control and release and light and dark through movement and gesture.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A new collaborative piece featuring Dr. Scott Venters (Chair of Performing Arts) on \u00a0drums and performances by dance faculty members Dr. Danielle Georgiou, Anna Marie \u00a0Ewert-Pittman, Alicia Orji, Roberto Alvarez, Jr., and Tessa Salomne, will explore the \u00a0concept of resistance. <\/p>\n

Tessa Salomone \u00a0<\/strong>(Richland Dance): On Limerence and Liminality explores the making of a conscious decision to push aside romantic \u00a0feelings for the sake of continuing a platonic friendship.<\/p>\n

Gina Sawyer (Richland Dance) and local performer Lexis Greer: Chapter Nine, examines the vulnerability in the humanness that we all collectively\u00a0 share.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Roberto Alvarez, Jr. (Eastfield Dance) will present a duet that explores the struggle of\u00a0 integrating the masculine and feminine identities as taught to us by society and the\u00a0 performers\u2019 upbringing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

6 o\u2019Clock Dance Theatre will present the work Guardians.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Eric Thayer (Eastfield Visual Arts) pictured, and guest artist De La Rosa Dance Co. will each\u00a0present new works.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2013Rich Lopez<\/p>\n

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