Sunday 01.05 Tuesday 01.07 — Sunday 01.12

‘The Color Purple’ pulls a twofer in North Texas

The Color Purple, the stage musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about life in the rural South in the early 20th century settles into a week-long run at the Winspear this week, but you don’t have to wait until Tuesday to see it. The show will actually launch locally with a one-night-only performance at Fort Worth’s Bass Hall on Sunday. Either way, it’s a powerful show about love and forgiveness. (Pride Night in Dallas on Jan. 7.)

DEETS: Bass Performance Hall,
525 Commerce St., Fort Worth, Sunday only.
BassHall.com. Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St.
Tuesday–Sunday. ATTPAC.org.

 

Friday 01.03 — Saturday 01.04

Mr./Ms. Dallas Eagle contest adds bootblack category

For everyone infatuated with leather image, the Mr. Dallas Eagle contest is a stepping-stone to Mr. Texas Leather and, hopefully, IML. But this year, the contest, which also includes Ms. Dallas Eagle, adds Mr. and Ms. Bootblack Texas Leather to the line-up. The area’s best leatherfolk will wrap up in their favorite fabric flash hot-wear and tight physique inside Dallas’ go-to leather bar during this contest in celebration of the culture. Events begin on Friday, but the finals will be Saturday.

DEETS: Dallas Eagle, 5740 Maple Ave.
Finals on Saturday beginning at 7 p.m.

 

 

Friday 01.03 — Saturday 02.01

New interactive multimedia experience PY1 debuts in Arlington

Guy Laliberté astonished the world 35 years ago by reinventing the idea of a circus with Cirque du Soleil. For his latest project — which gets its American premiere in North Texas this month — he’s taking on interactive experiences. PY1 is a pyramid-shaped pop-up that goes on a techno-journey through an experience called Through the Echoes, but it’s much more than that. It’s also a family-friendly multimedia show called Stella — The Time Machine Journey, and on Saturdays and select nights, a new kind of nightclub with themes (costumes required!) It’s on view definitely until Feb. 1, but will probably stick around until March.

DEETS: Globe Life Park, Lot F, Arlington.
For more information and schedules, visit PY1.com/en.