




WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19, 2009



Garland Civic Theatre will open its 2009-2010 season with a production of Phantom. Considered the inspiration to Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera", "Phantom" is a rapturous and entrancing musical masterpiece. "Phantom" is the American musical sensation that took the nation by storm. The Tony Award winning authors have transformed Gaston Leroux's "Phantom of the Opera" into a rapturous and entrancing musical masterpiece. Considered the inspiration to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s "The Phantom of the Opera", it matches and even surpasses its British sibling note for note with its own soaring beautiful score and a wonderfully playful sense of humor and epic grandeur.

Keith & Margo's Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre Old Mill Inn : Dallas Featuring contemporary 21st Century plots involving murder, mystery and mayhem and designed for sophisticated adults. A hilarious evening featuring plots involving murder, mystery and mayhem designed for fun-loving guests. Enjoy a 3 course dinner during the show. Dates Available: Saturday, August 22 @ 7:30 PM FULL PRICE : $69.00 OUR PRICE : $42.00
Last Call Comedy Showcase Pocket Sandwich Theatre : Dallas A rotating group of Dallas' most talented rising stand-up comedy stars. Come out both nights, and see two different line-ups of the funniest comics you've never heard of. Dates Available: Friday, August 28 @ 11:15 PM Saturday, August 29 @ 11:15 PM FULL PRICE : $10.00 OUR PRICE : $5.00
Pavlov's Dogs - Late Night Comedy Pocket Sandwich Theatre : Dallas You won't salivate at the sound of a bell, but boy! will these dogs make you howl! Fast and funny, these long-time area favorites provide "Comedy With A Bite." Dates Available: Friday, September 18 @ 11:15 PM Saturday, September 19 @ 11:15 PM FULL PRICE : $10.00 OUR PRICE : $5.00
The Victims - Live at Pocket Sandwich Theatre Pocket Sandwich Theatre : Dallas Four guys called THE VICTIMS doing highly theatrical improv comedy. Unscripted mayhem from some of the Metroplex's most adventurous improvisers. WARNING: May contain adult language, mature content, and impersonations of live animals. Dates Available: Friday, September 11 @ 11:15 PM Saturday, September 12 @ 11:15 PM FULL PRICE : $10.00 OUR PRICE : $5.00
The Big Beats - Rock Pioneers of the 50's Pocket Sandwich Theatre : Dallas These guys spent over twenty years high on the charts in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. Formed in 1957, they were the first ’50s Rock & Roll Band to sign with Columbia Records, and became an instant hit with an appearance on Dick Clark’s American Band Stand. Dates Available: Tuesday, October 06 @ 7:30 PM FULL PRICE : $18.00 OUR PRICE : $9.00
Date & Dash Speed Dating - Absinthe Lounge Absinthe Lounge : Dallas Speed-Dating: allows you to skip the excruciating hit-or-miss first date experience. Instead, with DateandDash you can chat with a large pool of people, choose your favorites, and see if they choose you! About 20-30 3 min. mini dates a night! Dates Available: Friday, August 28 @ 8:00 PM FULL PRICE : $35.00 OUR PRICE : $17.50
Date & Dash Speed Dating (Professional Degree) Mantus UltraLounge Mantus UltraLounge : Dallas We will have a mega singles speed-dating party at trendy Mantus Ultralounge in Dallas. You will meet many singles in one night, and the best part, everyone is there for the same reason. Dates Available: Friday, October 02 @ 8:00 PM FULL PRICE : $35.00 OUR PRICE : $17.50
Granbury Opera House : Granbury February 2, 1959...the date that changed rock and roll forever. The last concert of Buddy Holly, Richie Vallens and The Big Bopper. The single most popular show to ever play at the Granbury Opera House. Dates Available: Wednesday, August 19 @ 2:30 PM Thursday, August 20 @ 7:30 PM Friday, August 21 @ 2:30 PM FULL PRICE : $25.00 - $29.00 OUR PRICE : $12.50 - $14.50
Chained Vixons In Prison Pocket Sandwich Theatre : Dallas Our popcorn-tossing comedy-spoofs have spilled over into Late Night. Jon-Paul McGowan, one of our shameless melodrama playwrights, has taken hilarious aim at the "women in prison" exploitation movies of the 1980’s. His Late Night creation is complete with villainous warden, brutal prison guards, an innocent (and very lovely) heroine, and a bevy of vicious female inmates (though one, of course, has a heart of gold). Dates Available: Friday, October 23 @ 11:15 PM Saturday, October 24 @ 11:15 PM FULL PRICE : $10.00 OUR PRICE : $5.00
The Ugly Brothers Present A Perfectly Lovely Play - Hip Pocket Theatre Hip Pocket Theatre : Fort Worth Featuring The Quiver Sisters And Their Pretty Little Ways, by Johnny Simons. A gentle burlesque with music. Tad and Buck Ugly join forces with Minnie Quiver and her saucy sisters in this pantomimic romp. Dates Available: Sunday, August 23 @ 9:00 PM Sunday, August 30 @ 9:00 PM FULL PRICE : $10.00 OUR PRICE : $5.00
White Elephant by Lake Simons and John Dyer - Hip Pocket Theatre Hip Pocket Theatre : Fort Worth White Elephant features a series of poetic vignettes about animals, people and objects transforming from one plane to another. Inspired by the true story of an unwanted, white, weathered wicker elephant whose owner tosses it onto a roaring bonfire one chilly fall night, White Elephant is brought to life through puppetry, movement, mask and music. Dates Available: Sunday, September 13 @ 8:15 PM Sunday, September 20 @ 8:15 PM FULL PRICE : $10.00 OUR PRICE : $5.00
A Princess Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Hip Pocket Theatre Hip Pocket Theatre : Fort Worth Suddenly projected to Mars, John Carter finds himself captive of the savage green men of Thark. With him is Dejah Thoris, lovely princess of Helium. Between them and rescue, a thousand miles of deadly enemies and unknown dangers await. Dates Available: Sunday, October 04 @ 8:15 PM Sunday, October 11 @ 8:15 PM Sunday, October 18 @ 8:15 PM FULL PRICE : $10.00 OUR PRICE : $5.00
Captain Blood - The Pirate Melodrama Pocket Sandwich Theatre : Dallas Pirates are back in style! So here are some more for you...but none of your modern sissy-pirates. Our old-fashioned pirates are unafraid of even such fearsome weapons as flintlocks, cutlasses, and popcorn. Welcome to the adventures of the most bumbling bunch of buccaneers that ever buckled a swash. Another of the Pocket's infamous popcorn-tossing comedy-spoofs. Dates Available: Thursday, August 20 @ 8:00 PM FULL PRICE : $10.00 OUR PRICE : $5.00
The Royal Family - A Landmark Comedy at Theatre Three Theatre Three : Dallas No show cheered up New York more in 1927 than this madcap comedy of a celebrated family of charismatic (but chaotic) actors, their agents, their lovers, and their put-upon servants. Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago recently revived this comic jewel leading reviewers to say 'highly entertaining...like a backstage glass of cheap, opening night champagne... Dates Available: Friday, August 21 @ 8:00 PM Friday, August 28 @ 8:00 PM FULL PRICE : $35.00 OUR PRICE : $17.50
Date & Dash Speed Dating (College Grads) @ Mantus UltraLounge Mantus UltraLounge : Dallas We will have a mega singles speed-dating party at trendy Mantus Ultralounge in Dallas for College Grads and Young Professionals. You will meet many singles in one night, and the best part, everyone is there for the same reason. Dates Available: Friday, September 04 @ 8:00 PM FULL PRICE : $35.00 OUR PRICE : $17.50
Romeo & Juliet - Presented By Shane Arts at Dallas Hub Theatre Dallas Hub Theatre : Dallas SATER and Dallas Hub Theater continue their tradition of innovating classic Shakespeare with creative and accessible approaches and they will not disappoint with the Timeless Tragic Romance of all time; Romeo & Juliet. A story of two young lovers from feuding families that fall in love, and their passionate whirlwind romance allows their emotions to run quicker than reason resulting in heartbreaking tragedy. Dates Available: Thursday, August 20 @ 7:30 PM Friday, August 21 @ 8:15 PM Saturday, August 22 @ 8:15 PM FULL PRICE : $25.00 OUR PRICE : $12.50
Garland Civic Theatre Presents: Phantom Garland Civic Theatre : Garland Garland Civic Theatre will open its 2009-2010 season with a production of "Phantom". Considered the inspiration to Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera", "Phantom" is a rapturous and entrancing musical masterpiece. Dates Available: Thursday, August 20 @ 7:30 PM Friday, August 21 @ 8:00 PM Saturday, August 22 @ 8:00 PM FULL PRICE : $21.00 - $25.00 OUR PRICE : $10.50 - $12.50
The Comedy/Thriller - Deathtrap Pocket Sandwich Theatre : Dallas Sidney Bruhl is a once-successful playwright whose last several productions have flopped at the box office. He receives a script by a novice writer for a stage thriller entitled Deathtrap. The script is brilliant and Bruhl concocts a murder plot whereby he will offer to help rewrite the script, but will instead kill the novice and pass the play off as his own. Dates Available: Sunday, August 30 @ 7:00 PM Thursday, September 03 @ 8:00 PM Sunday, September 06 @ 7:00 PM FULL PRICE : $10.00 - $12.00 OUR PRICE : $5.00 - $6.00
Date & Dash Speed Dating - Black Finn (College Grads & Young Professionals) Black Finn : Addison Speed-Dating: allows you to skip the excruciating hit-or-miss first date experience. Instead, with DateandDash you can chat with a large pool of people, choose your favorites, and see if they choose you! About 20-30 3 min. mini dates a night! Dates Available: Thursday, September 24 @ 7:00 PM FULL PRICE : $35.00 OUR PRICE : $17.50