Until today, our favorite landlords have always been Helen and Stanely Roper. Ralph Furley a close second. Followed immediately by Amanda Woodward. Well, that Top 3 could be upended tonight as we depart the Kalita Humphreys Theater. Because that’s where Uptown Players is staging the regional premiere of Charles Busch’s The Tribute Artist, a comedy starring Coy Covington as an out-of-work […]
Some Broadway shows are just meant for Uptown Players. La Cage Aux Folles is one. Join fellow birds of a feather in the show that won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, all based on the original play by Jean Poiret. If you’ve never seen […]
Party like it’s 1912 this weekend as Titanic sails into City Performance Hall for three performances. Joining forces once again with the Turtle Creek Chorale (TCC), Uptown Players once again presents a unique concert-style experience that brings together more than 150 actors and singers, plus a 15-piece orchestra for a production that’s not a full staging of the musical, but powerful and […]
We hate weddings. Unless they’re disastrous. Then seat us in the front row! Our nuptials-gone-nasty dreams come true tonight through April 9 as Uptown Players presents It Shoulda Been You. The musical comedy hilariously brings together anything and everything that could possibly go wrong for a bride and groom, whether it’s religious clashes, drunken mothers-in-law, ex-boyfriends or long-buried scandals. It all […]
Hey, girl, hey! Give our regards to Broadway, will ya? It’s time once again for one of our favorite Uptown Players traditions: Broadway Our Way. The men battle the woman in a diva showdown of show tunes from past and future productions, as well as all-time favorites from musical theater since the dawn of time. The show is one of the […]
A lot has happened in the 23 years since Angels In America debuted. And that’s the exact reason to see the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play when Uptown Players brings the story back to the Dallas stage with the first of the two-part epic, Angels In America Part One: Millennium Approaches. Tony Kushner’s drama captures a time in LGBT […]
Tomorrow! Tomorrow! We love you, tomorrow…. To paraphrase that singing ginger orphan girl, North Texas Giving Day is only 24 hours away! That’s right, North Texas Giving Day is upon us and it’s always one of the best days of the year to witness the generosity of those in our greater metropolitan area. Sure, we know there are chances to […]
Many people think summer’s over with the passing of Labor Day. But everyone around here knows that the last hurrah of summer is Dallas Pride. The Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade isn’t until Sunday, September 18, but there are plenty of celebrations leading up to the big event. One of which is Uptown Players’ 5th Annual Dallas Pride Performing Arts […]
Hooray for the long weekend! Here are five all-American things to get you from now until one very relaxing Monday. Thursday through September 11 The Toxic Avenger: The Musical What: Catch the hilarious musical from Uptown Players that you have to see to believe. The Full Scoop: http://www.uptownplayers.org Thursday Pizza Night at Two Corks & A Bottle What: Grab a […]
In the category of Most Unlikely Films To Be Made Into Broadway Musicals EVER, few titles have raised our eyebrows higher than The Toxic Avenger. The super-low-budget cult classic from the 1980s was schlocky fun at its finest. The reason midnight movie screenings exist. (The reason fast-forward buttons on VCRs exist.) Yet somebody thought the tale of a nerd who […]
