| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | The Laramie ProjectPresented by Theatre Arlington at Theatre Arlington May 18-June 3, 2012 Based on the tragic and real-life beating of a homosexual man in 1998, this compilation of interviews provides a breathtaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable. | Theatre Arlington | 05/18/12-
06/03/12 | Arlington |
Alice in WonderlandPresented by Theatre Arlington at Theatre Arlington July 6-July 15, 2012 Based on the classic by Lewis Carroll, this charming story of the precocious Alice and her adventures through Wonderland include all of your favorite characters. Bring the entire family to meet the Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat and the Queen of Hearts as this indelible tale is revisited on stage. | Theatre Arlington | 07/06/12-
07/15/12 | Arlington |
Hollywood ArmsPresented by Theatre Arlington at Theatre Arlington August 3-August 19, 2012 Based on Carol Burnett's memoir One More Time, this funny and moving story centers on three generations of women sharing heartbreak and laughter while living on welfare. Addressing such issues as alcoholism and a bruised childhood, Hamilton and Burnett take a humorous and tender look at shattered hopes and realized dreams. | Theatre Arlington | 08/03/12-
08/19/12 | Arlington |
John WitherspoonPresented by Improv Comedy Club - Arlington at Improv Comedy Club - Arlington December 29, 2011-November 18, 2012 What is so captivating about John Witherspoon is his ability to make the audience care about his characters and hang on to his every word. Witherspoon has starred in such movies like Little Nicky, Friday, Next Friday, The Ladies Man, and Booomerang. | Improv Comedy Club - Arlington | 12/29/11-
11/18/12 | Arlington |
GodfreyPresented by Improv Comedy Club - Arlington at Improv Comedy Club - Arlington May 24-May 27, 2012 Godfrey is one of the hottest young comedians on the horizon. In fact, Ben Stiller cast him to play himself in Zoolander, a performance that has since achieved cult status. His more recent film roles in Johnson Family Vacation, MGM's Soul Plane, The Cook Out starring Queen Latifah, Phat Girlz starring Monique highlight his comedic range. | Improv Comedy Club - Arlington | 05/24/12-
05/27/12 | Arlington |
DeRay DavisPresented by Improv Comedy Club - Arlington at Improv Comedy Club - Arlington May 31-June 3, 2012 DeRay, a hustler from Chicago's South Side, who began his career in comedy clubs and was first noticed by Hollywood at Atlanta's Laffapalooza Festival. Shortly after moving to LA, Davis won the Comedy Central Laugh Riots Competition and was a standout on the Cedric the Entertainer Tour and at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival. | Improv Comedy Club - Arlington | 05/31/12-
06/03/12 | Arlington |
| Sugar Sammy | Improv Comedy Club - Arlington | 06/07/12-
06/10/12 | Arlington |
| Wayne Brady | Improv Comedy Club - Arlington | 06/22/12-
06/24/12 | Arlington |
Loni LovePresented by Improv Comedy Club - Arlington at Improv Comedy Club - Arlington June 28-July 1, 2012 Variety and Comedy Central have both named her among their Top 10 Comics to Watch and Campus Activity magazine honored her as its Hot Comic for 2009. Love starred in her own half-hour special for Comedy Central in 2007 and has also been seen on the channel's Premium Blend, Weekends at the DL and Chocolate News. | Improv Comedy Club - Arlington | 06/28/12-
07/01/12 | Arlington |
Billy SorrellsPresented by Improv Comedy Club - Arlington at Improv Comedy Club - Arlington May 23, 2012 Comedy has a new leading man! Billy Sorrels is not shy about admitting he's bringing sexy to stand-up. The Chattanooga, TN native believes in making the most of what God has given him in abundance. Armed with good looks, paralyzing charm and comic genius, he is definitely the triple threat the comedy industry has been begging for! Sorrell's journey through the stand-up scene hasn't been easy. | Improv Comedy Club - Arlington | 05/23/12 | Arlington |
Huggy LowdownPresented by Improv Comedy Club - Arlington at Improv Comedy Club - Arlington July 12-July 15, 2012 Huggy Lowdown is known for his hilarious appearances on the HBO Def Comedy Jam, The Jamie Foxx Special, P. Diddy's Bad Boys of Comedy, The Bernie Mac Special, The Whoopi Goldburg Special and for his rounds with the Kings of Comedy Tour. You can hear him every morning on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, sharing his special brand of comedy, celebrity gossip and entertainment news. | Improv Comedy Club - Arlington | 07/12/12-
07/15/12 | Arlington |
Improv Comedy Club - ArlingtonPresented by Improv Comedy Club - Arlington at Improv Comedy Club - Arlington July 26-July 29, 2012 Cast member of MAD TV. At the age of seventeen, Mr. Spears felt that public education had nothing more to offer him and left to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. Soon after, he appeared on Def Comedy Jam and Showtime at the Apollo while touring the country with his mix of Afrocentricness and "dead on" impressions. | Improv Comedy Club - Arlington | 07/26/12-
07/29/12 | Arlington |
Bill BellamyPresented by Improv Comedy Club - Arlington at Improv Comedy Club - Arlington August 10-August 12, 2012 Staying busy is not a problem for Bill Bellamy, who's flourishing career encompasses the worlds of feature film, television, comedy and more. Bellamy's most recent project to date was his role in Oliver Stone's highly lauded film Any Given Sunday. In 1999, Bill starred in the independent feature Love Stinks and in 1997 he landed his leading man debut in the hit comedy, Def Jam's How To Be A Player. | Improv Comedy Club - Arlington | 08/10/12-
08/12/12 | Arlington |
Guys and DollsPresented by Plaza Theatre Company at Plaza Theatre Company May 18-June 23, 2012 Desperate to find money to pay for his floating crap game, Nathan Detroit bets Sky Masterson a thousand dollars that Sky will not be able to take a local Salvation Army girl, Sarah Brown, to Cuba. While Sky eventually is able to convince Sarah to join him, Nathan battles with his fiancee of fourteen years, Adelaide. Sky ends up falling in love with Sarah and tries to reform his gambling ways betting all the members of the floating crap game that if he wins his roll of the dice, they will all... | Plaza Theatre Company | 05/18/12-
06/23/12 | Cleburne |
| West Side Story | Plaza Theatre Company | 06/29/12-
08/04/12 | Cleburne |
Forever PlaidPresented by Plaza Theatre Company at Plaza Theatre Company August 10-September 8, 2012 On their way to their first big concert, a singing quartet of young men - The Plaids - are killed in a car accident. Due to the alignment of space and time, The Plaids are able to return to Earth for one final concert. In between telling the stories of their lives, The Plaids perform some of the greatest hits from the 1950s including Three Coins in a Fountain, Shangri-La, Crazy 'bout Ya Baby and Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing. Once they've performed their one great... | Plaza Theatre Company | 08/10/12-
09/08/12 | Cleburne |
Arsenic and Old LacePresented by Plaza Theatre Company at Plaza Theatre Company September 14-October 6, 2012 This classic play is a farcical black comedy revolving around Mortimer Brewster, a drama critic who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family and local police in Brooklyn, NY, as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves. His family includes two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them with a glass of home-made elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine, and "just a pinch" of cyanide; a brother who believes he is... | Plaza Theatre Company | 09/14/12-
10/06/12 | Cleburne |
RagtimePresented by Plaza Theatre Company at Plaza Theatre Company October 12-November 10, 2012 Ragtime is a story about life in America at the beginning of the 20th century. The show illustrates poignant issues of the day - from immigration, racism and politics to industrialization and social upheaval. Historical figures intermingle with fictional characters. The show focuses on three families - one upper-middle class, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, once socialist immigrant Jewish and one Harlem Black - whose intersecting lives are influenced by the Ragtime era's social challenges. These... | Plaza Theatre Company | 10/12/12-
11/10/12 | Cleburne |
A Christmas CarolPresented by Plaza Theatre Company at Plaza Theatre Company November 16-December 22, 2012 Back for its every-other-year production at PlazaCo, A Christmas Carol once again tells the story of the miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge and his journey to redemption at Christmastime through the appearance of Ghosts of his Past, Present and Future. Adorned with classic carols of the season throughout, A Christmas Carol is a tradition unmatched for the joy and pleasure it brings to every holiday season. | Plaza Theatre Company | 11/16/12-
12/22/12 | Cleburne |
All My SonsPresented by Denton Community Theatre at Campus Theatre June 8-June 17, 2012 A powerful post-World War II drama that still resonates today. Based on a true story, Arthur Miller's play explores the relationship between a father and son, and the father's tragic flaw in quest to fulfill the American Dream. This poignant story also touches on the effect that a fallen soldier has on family and friends. | Denton Community Theatre | 06/08/12-
06/17/12 | Denton |
Hairspray Presented by Denton Community Theatre at Campus Theatre August 10-August 19, 2012 Music by Marc Shaiman, Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, Book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. Director-Clay White.
Welcome to the '60's! Baltimore, bouffants, and big time musical fun! Plus-sized teen, Tracy Turnblad, dreams of being on the local dance show, but Tracy size and progressive views on racial integration make Tracy less than popular with upper management. Tracy does make the cut, however, and proves that when your... | Denton Community Theatre | 08/10/12-
08/19/12 | Denton |
Ring of FirePresented by Casa Manana at Casa Manana June 2-June 10, 2012 From the songs of the legendary Johnny Cash comes Ring of Fire, a unique musical revue about love and faith, struggle and success, home and family. | Casa Manana | 06/02/12-
06/10/12 | Fort Worth |
Blue Man GroupPresented by Performing Arts Fort Worth at Bass Performance Hall June 26-July 1, 2012 Experience the phenomenon. Blue Man Group is best known for their wildly popular theatrical shows and concerts which combine comedy, music, and technology to produce a totally unique form of entertainment. | Performing Arts Fort Worth | 06/26/12-
07/01/12 | Fort Worth |
Maria de Buenos Aires; A Tango OperitaPresented by Artes de la Rosa at Rose Marine Theater May 11-May 27, 2012 Part musical, part tango, part theatre, part ballet, part opera, Maria de Buenos Aires caters to all the senses, uniting expressive, live orchestral music, passionate rhythm of the tango and the surreal poetry by Horacio Ferrer, this tango operita is from the streets of Buenos Aires. | Artes de la Rosa | 05/11/12-
05/27/12 | Fort Worth |
The Wonder Bread YearsPresented by Performing Arts Fort Worth at Bass Performance Hall July 25-July 29, 2012 A salute to the Baby Boomer Generation, this is a fast-paced, hilarious production that gracefully walks the line between stand-up and theater.
Audiences across the country are enjoying a show that not only restores a much-needed sense of wonder, but leaves audiences laughing and savoring the past like never before. "Pure unpasteurized nostalgia" - The Los Angeles Times. Performance Location will be at McDavid Studio. | Performing Arts Fort Worth | 07/25/12-
07/29/12 | Fort Worth |
What the Butler SawPresented by Stage West at Stage West June 28-July 29, 2012 A philandering psychiatrist, his nymphomaniac wife, and a totally mad psychiatric examiner from the government provide the fodder for this wacky, subversive farce. In one door and out the other has never been more irreverent, funny, and wise all at once. | Stage West | 06/28/12-
07/29/12 | Fort Worth |
Around the World in 80 DaysPresented by Stage West at Stage West August 16-September 23, 2012 This zany adaptation of the Jules Verne novel chronicles what may have been the first "Great Race." Phileas Fogg has wagered his entire life savings that he can accomplish the feat of the title. He and his resourceful manservant, Passepartout, confront a series of misadvantures as the clock and the calendar press relentlessly on. | Stage West | 08/16/12-
09/23/12 | Fort Worth |
Broke-ologyPresented by Jubilee Theatre at Jubilee Theatre May 18-June 10, 2012 The King family is used to being broke, but when their father is diagnosed with at serious illness, sons Ennis and Malcolm must clearly decide where their loyalties lie. This powerful new play by a brilliant young writer brings new perspectives on the struggles of the next generation. | Jubilee Theatre | 05/18/12-
06/10/12 | Fort Worth |
CompanyPresented by Jubilee Theatre at Jubilee Theatre July 13-August 26, 2012 Company is a musical comedy about five married, once married, or soon to be married couples and their good friend, Robert, a young bachelor who has avoided long-term relationships. Eventually, Bobby learns that while relationships aren't perfect, they can be a beautiful and necessary part of "Being Alive." | Jubilee Theatre | 07/13/12-
08/26/12 | Fort Worth |
A Big Girl's Guide to LovePresented by DVA Productions at Pantagleize Theatre May 18-May 27, 2012 Sloane Davis is a big beautiful fish in a little pond. A well-educated, independent woman; successful by all standards...except in her love life. Navigating the dating scene is hard enough without dealing with "well-intentioned" friends, family, and even
strangers...and?battling her inner child. Will Sloane find the love that truly deserves her? This play is a step by step guide for women of all sizes on balancing family, career and Love. It's an original comedy that will leave you in... | DVA Productions | 05/18/12-
05/27/12 | Fort Worth |
| Day in the District 2012 | Day in the District Collaboration | 09/22/12 | Fort Worth |
The UnderstudyPresented by Amphibian Stage Productions at Fort Worth Community Arts Center July 19-August 5, 2012 The star he's working with doesn't get the play. The disgruntled stage manager happens to be his bitter ex-fiance. The set technician is high. Just another day in the life of an understudy. The most thankless job in theatre takes center stage in Theresa Rebeck's bitingly funny look at the underbelly of the acting world. Through the course of a dress rehearsal may be glimpsed all the genius, bitterness and ridiculousness that underscore a life in showbiz.
Event Location: The Hardy and Betty... | Amphibian Stage Productions | 07/19/12-
08/05/12 | Fort Worth |
Fiction Presented by Amphibian Stage Productions at Fort Worth Community Arts Center September 13-September 30, 2012 Best-selling authors Michael and Linda Waterman treasure their honest marriage, until a harsh twist of fate compels them to read each other's diaries. Between the lines, stretching deep into the past, a secret liaison with a mysterious stranger surfaces, forever altering married life's delicate balance of fact and fiction.
Event Location: The Hardy and Betty Sanders Theater. | Amphibian Stage Productions | 09/13/12-
09/30/12 | Fort Worth |
| Fort Worth Opera Ball | Fort Worth Opera | 09/15/12 | Fort Worth |
Mistakes Were madePresented by Circle Theatre at Circle Theatre June 7-July 7, 2012 They've all had stressful days at the office, but none quite like what Off-Broadway producer Felix Artflex experience while trying to bring an epic play about the French Revolution to Broadway. This ambitious project forces him into hilarious attempts to juggle a demanding hollywood star and his agent, an uncompromising playwright, an uncommunicative ex-wife, and urgent bussiness problems involving a truck load of sheep in a war-torn country. | Circle Theatre | 06/07/12-
07/07/12 | Fort Worth |
See How They RunPresented by Circle Theatre at Circle Theatre August 9-September 8, 2012 Before there was Noises Off, there was See How They Run - which proves the British know what they are doing when it comes to creating door-slamming hilarity. King's whirlwind of a comedy is set during World War II, in the living room of a vicarage in the fictitious village of Merton-cum-Middlewick. Prepare to be out of breath from laughter as mistaken identities and ludicrous situations run wild in this irrepressible English farce. | Circle Theatre | 08/09/12-
09/08/12 | Fort Worth |
GhostwriterPresented by Circle Theatre at Circle Theatre October 11-November 10, 2012 When novelist Franklin Woolsey dies mid-sentence, his final novel continues to be written through his ever faithful secretary, Mayra. Attacked by skeptics, the press and Woolsey's jealous widow, Myra sets out to prove she is more than just an artful forger. Is she trying to steal Woolsey's legacy, or might she truly possess a gift the world can't understand? | Circle Theatre | 10/11/12-
11/10/12 | Fort Worth |
Girls from Girdleville Defend Men in BVD's from Bullies in BriefsPresented by Hip Pocket Theatre at Silver Creek Amphitheatre June 3-June 27, 2012 This will be the third time they've met the Girls from Girdleville. The first time they met them was back in 1994 during their 18th performance season at the Oak Acres Amphitheatre (Girls From Girdleville Greet Men In BVD's). The last time they saw them was in 2004, their 28th performance season, and the opening of the Silver Creek Amphitheatre. | Hip Pocket Theatre | 06/03/12-
06/27/12 | Fort Worth |
Wind Set-upPresented by Hip Pocket Theatre at Silver Creek Amphitheatre July 8-July 24, 2012 Seasonal winds carry more than the morning paper in this surreal view of the everyday. A movement theatre piece with object puppetry. Cast includes: Frieda Austin, Lori Soderbergh, Allen Dean, and Lake Simons. This piece is supported by a Seed Grant from the Jim Henson Foundation and with a Creation Residency from Adam Adams and One Arm Red. | Hip Pocket Theatre | 07/08/12-
07/24/12 | Fort Worth |
| Siddhartha | Hip Pocket Theatre | 08/05/12-
08/28/12 | Fort Worth |
The Butterfly's Evil SpellPresented by Hip Pocket Theatre at Silver Creek Amphitheatre September 9-September 25, 2012 This show goes way back to the early days of Hip Pocket Theatre. First staged back in 1981 during their 5th performance season, it was recreated again during their 15th performance season in 1991. They hope you enjoy it as much as they do. | Hip Pocket Theatre | 09/09/12-
09/25/12 | Fort Worth |
| Paradoxical Abduction on Silver Creek Top Secret/Eyes Only | Hip Pocket Theatre | 10/07/12-
10/30/12 | Fort Worth |
Crazy For YouPresented by Stolen Shakespeare Guild at Fort Worth Community Arts Center August 17-September 2, 2012 This is the story of Bobby Child, a well-to-do 1930's playboy, whose dream in life is to dance. And despite the serious efforts of his mother and soon-to-be-ex-fiancee, Bobby achieves his dream! Memorable Gershwin tunes include "I Can't Be Bothered Now", "Bidin' My Time", "I Got Rhythm", "Naughty Baby", "They Can't Take That Away from Me", "But Not for Me", "Nice Work if You Can Get It", "Embraceable You" and "Someone to Watch Over Me". It's a high energy comedy which includes mistaken... | Stolen Shakespeare Guild | 08/17/12-
09/02/12 | Fort Worth |
A Midsummer Night's DreamPresented by Stolen Shakespeare Guild at Fort Worth Community Arts Center October 26-November 10, 2012 When two pairs of star-crossed lovers, a troop of inept amateur actors, a feuding pair of supernatural sprites and a love potion gone awry all come together in an enchanted moonlit forest, the result is an unequalled mixture of entertainment and enchantment.
Stolen Shakespeare Guild presents A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Sanders Theaterby. | Stolen Shakespeare Guild | 10/26/12-
11/10/12 | Fort Worth |
National Theatre Live: FrankensteinPresented by Amphibian Stage Productions at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth June 21, 2012 A new play by Nick Dear based on the novel by Mary Shelley, returns to the National Theatre Live series for encore screenings after its critically acclaimed run in 2011. Amphibian is proud to be the first to bring this historic performance to Fort Worth.
Frankenstein features the Olivier-Award-winning performances of Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, who alternate the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature in two electrifying broadcasts.
Amphibian is thrilled... | Amphibian Stage Productions | 06/21/12 | Fort Worth |
Dustin "Screech" DiamondPresented by Hyena's Comedy Nightclubs at Hyena's Comedy Nightclubs - Fort Worth May 25-May 26, 2012 Dustin Neil Diamond was named after singer Neil Diamond who he is related to on his father's side (he is not, however, related to Mike D of the Beastie Boys). He was born in San Jose, California, but he graduated from Zion High School in Anaheim. Diamond has kept busy after his long running and famous teenager sitcom, Saved By The Bell, finished its run. He has been featured on many shows, and he also participated in a celebrity boxing contest that was televised, as well as in... | Hyena's Comedy Nightclubs | 05/25/12-
05/26/12 | Fort Worth |
Ryan HamiltonPresented by Hyena's Comedy Nightclubs at Hyena's Comedy Nightclubs - Fort Worth June 1-June 2, 2012 Ryan's future is bright. Named one of Rolling Stone's five comics to watch and with standout appearances on NBC's Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, and the Showtime Special Caroline Rhea and Friends, he's on his way to establishing himself as one of the nation's favorite stand-ups. | Hyena's Comedy Nightclubs | 06/01/12-
06/02/12 | Fort Worth |
The Birth of MerlinPresented by Stolen Shakespeare Guild at Fort Worth Community Arts Center November 2-November 11, 2012 The title page of the first quarto edition (1662) of this Jacobean play ascribes it to 'William Shakespear and William Rowley'. Although Rowley's authorship has been confirmed, the internal evidence suggesting a possible collaboration with Shakespeare is inconclusive. The Birth of Merlin draws from history, romance, and the pastoral tradition, by combining chronicle accounts of the Anglo-Saxon wars prior to the advent of King Arthur and Merlin's miraculous birth and prophecies. | Stolen Shakespeare Guild | 11/02/12-
11/11/12 | Fort Worth |
Moby DickPresented by Hip Pocket Theatre at Silver Creek Amphitheatre July 6-July 29, 2012 This stage adaptation of the Melville work is by by Lake Simons. Music by John Dyer. The story of a whale and the desire of man to conquer it. A visual poem told through puppetry and physical story telling inspired by the text of Melville. | Hip Pocket Theatre | 07/06/12-
07/29/12 | Fort Worth |
Sheena, Queen of the JunglePresented by Hip Pocket Theatre at Silver Creek Amphitheatre August 10-September 2, 2012 Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. Stage Adaptation by Johnny Simons from Golden Age Sheena. Music by Michael H. Price, From the imaginations of Will Eisner and Jerry Iger swings Sheena, from the East of Timbuktu to the West of the politically-incorrect - arguably comics' first heroine - cold-blooded, practical, awesome and relentless - nothing can stop her! | Hip Pocket Theatre | 08/10/12-
09/02/12 | Fort Worth |
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