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Showtunes used to get sort of a bad rap (The Sound of Music was entirely too long, don’t you think?), at least until that damn show Glee came along. Irving’s Lyric Stage has been here all along, though, working to preserve the art of the American musical by putting on world-class productions of shows like My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!, The Music Man and West Side Story. Got a budding young Julie Andrews in your house? They also offer kids’ programs and youth camps.
With its devotion to producing American musicals the way their writers and composers intended -- full orchestra, full dance numbers, big chorus and big voices -- Steven Jones' Lyric Stage in Irving is starting to get the national attention it deserves. Composer Charles Strouse, in his 80s, came to see Lyric's versions of his shows Bye Bye Birdie and Rags (and he loved them). The Rodgers and Hammerstein estate helped with research for this year's magnificent staging of Oklahoma!,... More »
Theater Caps are bite-sized punch-packing capsule reviews by resident theater critic Elaine Liner. Use them as a reminder -- or a teaser, if you procrastinate -- of her full-length reviews in The Mixm... More »
Theater Caps are bite-sized punch-packing capsule reviews by resident theater critic Elaine Liner. Use them as a reminder -- or a teaser, if you procrastinate -- of her full-length reviews in The Mixm... More »
A strong Patti LuPone vibe buzzes through Lyric Stage's Gypsy, running through September 18 at the Irving Arts Center, and not just because the company purchased all the costumes from the most recent Broadway production, the one that starred... More »
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