DALLAS, August 2, 2013 – Uptown Players, a professional theater group located in the Uptown area of Dallas, has announced its 2014 season at the Kalita Humphreys Theater, which will feature the regional premieres of the 2013 Tony Award winning play, Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike, the 2012 Tony nominated play The Lyons, the 2004 Tony award winning musical, The […]
read moreUptown Players presents “Kiss of the Spider Woman”
DALLAS, July 10, 2013 – Uptown Players continues its 2013 season with the Tony Award winning musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, running August 2 through August 18, 2013, at the Kalita Humphreys Theater. With the book by Terrence McNally and music by John Kander and Fred Ebb, Kiss of the Spider Woman revamps a harrowing tale of persecution into […]
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Uptown Players presents “Songs for a New World”
DALLAS, May 15, 2013 – Uptown Players continues its 2013 season with its version of the musical Songs for a New World, written by Tony Award winning Composer and Lyricist, Jason Robert Brown. The production runs June 21 through July 7, 2013, at the Kalita Humphreys Theater. Songs for a New World is a musical exploration of life’s emotions: risk, […]
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Uptown Players presents the Southwest premiere of “Yellow”
DALLAS, February 11, 2013 – Uptown Players opens its 2013 season with the southwest premiere of Yellow, written and directed by Del Shores (The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife, Southern Baptist Sissies, Sordid Lives). Yellow runs February 22 through March 10, 2013, at the Kalita Humphreys Theater. The play was one of the most awarded Los Angeles plays […]
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Uptown Players presents its 11th annual fundraiser “Broadway Our Way”
DALLAS, January 2, 2013 – Uptown Players presents its 11th annual fundraiser Broadway Our Way: Divas Raise the Roof, running January 18 through 27, 2013 at the Kalita Humphreys Theater. The Uptown divas return for another entertaining evening of Broadway music with plenty of twists, laughs and surprises. This year’s divas will sing and dance to 30 songs from recent […]
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Uptown Players presents regional premiere of “Hello Again”
DALLAS, September 24, 2012 – Uptown Players closes its 2012 season with the regional premiere of the adult musical, Hello Again, at the Kalita Humphreys Theater from October 5 through October 21, 2012. A musical by Michael John LaChuisa, Hello Again is an adult musical fantasy suggested by Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde. Ten nameless characters pair up in 10 different […]
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Uptown Players presents the Mel Brooks musical comedy “The Producers”
Dallas, August 8, 2012 – Uptown Players continues its 2012 season with the hysterical musical comedy, The Producers, at the Kalita Humphreys Theater from August 24 – September 15, 2012. With a book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan and music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, The Producers opened on Broadway on April 19, 2001 to rave reviews, and is […]
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Uptown Players presents the 2nd annual Pride Performing Arts Festival
DALLAS, July 10, 2012 – Uptown Players, a professional theatre group located in the Uptown area of Dallas, has announced its programming for the 2nd annual Dallas Pride Performing Arts Festival. From September 6 – 15, 2012, Uptown Players will present a 10-day festival of plays, musicals and cabaret acts celebrating Dallas Gay Pride. The festival will kick off with […]
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Uptown Players presents the regional premiere of “The Divine Sister”
Uptown Players returns to the Kalita Humphreys Theater to continue its 2012 season with the Texas premiere of the 2011 Off-Broadway hit comedy, The Divine Sister in a 3- week limited run from July 13 – 29, 2012. Written by Charles Busch, The Divine Sister is an outrageous comic homage to nearly every Hollywood film involving nuns. Evoking such films […]
read moreUptown Players presents its annual “Broadway Our Way” fundraiser for 2012
DALLAS – February 23, 2012 – Uptown Players presents its 10th annual fundraiser Broadway Our Way: A Decade of Divas, running March 16 – 25, 2012 at the Kalita Humphreys Theater. The Uptown divas return for another entertaining evening of Broadway music with plenty of twists, laughs and surprises. Providing host duties for this year’s festivities will be the incredibly funny and […]
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