Lyric Stage

2012 | Best Theatrical Production

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 »