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Presented by Broadway Dallas
Runs through 2/5/2023
Reviewed by Chris Hauge,
Associate Critic for John Garcia's THE COLUMN
It is hard to believe that 2023 is here and the last days of January are upon us. All of the stress of preparing for the holiday season is in the past and it is time to relax and have fun. I can think of a few things that would offer you more entertainment value than checking out the touring production of “Pretty Woman: The Musical” now playing at the Music Hall at Fair Park. It’s big (huge according to the publicity material), splashy and colorful, chock full of high-energy 90’s style pop music and dancing, and charged with enough emotion and vitality to keep you happy for days after you see it. And you will have (I must use the word again) fun.
Based on the 1990 movie directed by Garry ...
Presented by Garland Civic Theatre
Runs through 2/12/2023
Reviewed by Scott Lee Clayton,
Associate Critic for John Garcia's THE COLUMN
When we are brought into Aaron’s Sorkin world as Garland Civic Theatre creates very vividly with Jennifer Patton’s set and lighting design, Aaron C. Butler does a very good job with inviting us into a time cycle of events leading us to the trial of the murder of PFC William Santi-ago. The one thing that I appreciated about this work is that while the play has graphic language in nature, Butler’s direction is very tasteful and integral to the language as it lands with the right sense of emotion to make you as the audience member feel uncomfortable in the events that are about to transpire.
The play follows the events leading to the trial of the murder of PFC. William Santiago’s death. It follows the story of trying to prove the ...