{"id":69629,"date":"2025-07-17T10:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T10:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/69629\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T10:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T10:18:09","slug":"get-buzzed-with-new-musical-satire-about-climate-change-from-dallas-actor-cj-critt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/69629\/","title":{"rendered":"Get \u2018Buzzed\u2019 with new musical satire about climate change from Dallas actor CJ Critt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">There are few things in theater more tricky than writing a worthwhile musical. You have to come up with an interesting story that can be told in a series of catchy tunes. A lot of diverse talents are required.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Just ask Oregon-born, Oak Cliff-based CJ Critt. For years, the well-known Dallas actor has been working on Buzzed! The Musical, a pop-rock satire that slyly comments on climate change. She wrote the lyrics and book, collaborating with four composers on the songs.<\/p>\n<p>Related:<a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__82BFj\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/2025\/07\/16\/second-thought-theatre-presents-play-about-ai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What if we could live on after death with AI? New Second Thought play examines this idea<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Before transitioning to the stage, Buzzed began as a film project called The Pollinators inspired by classic creature features of the 1950s. It\u2019s about a pair of science nerds who come to the rescue when bees stop mating. They develop Bee-agra and all heck breaks loose.<\/p>\n<p>News Roundups<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-cta-social-module__zWZy- mb-4\">Catch up on the day&#8217;s news you need to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Several readings and a concert performance were held between 2019 and 2024 at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Wild Detectives bookstore and Theatre Three, and via Zoom during the pandemic. With a 10-member cast, Buzzed is receiving its biggest production yet at Theatre Too, Theatre Three\u2019s basement performance space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>Details<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Through July 27 at 2688 Laclede St. $20-$25. <a href=\"http:\/\/cjcritt.com\/buzzed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cjcritt.com\/buzzed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Arts Access is an arts journalism collaboration powered by The Dallas Morning News and KERA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">This community-funded journalism initiative is funded by the Better Together Fund, Carol &amp; Don Glendenning, City of Dallas OAC, Communities Foundation of Texas, The University of Texas at Dallas, The Dallas Foundation, Eugene McDermott Foundation, James &amp; Gayle Halperin Foundation, Jennifer &amp; Peter Altabef and The Meadows Foundation. The News and KERA retain full editorial control of Arts Access\u2019 journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are few things in theater more tricky than writing a worthwhile musical. 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