Friday 03.28
Dallas Opera cuts up with ‘Barber of Seville’
It’s perhaps the most beloved opera buffa in the classical canon, a farce that’s so iconic even if you’ve never seen a production, you’ve certainly seen Bugs Bunny’s takeoff of it. Yes, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville is a delicious sex comedy, about a conniving barber who helps a partron woo a beautiful young woman. It’s full of disguises, mistaken identities and one of the most recognizable scores in opera history. And while nearly 200 years old, this barber still cuts it. It will be performed in rep with DO’s Die Tote Stadt.
DEETS:
Winspear Opera House
2403 Flora St.
Through April 5.
DallasOpera.org.
Friday 03.28
Cheslea Handler dishes at Verizon
Anyone who’s ever seen Cheslea Handler’s talk-show, read her books or seen her standup before knows her secret: She’s a gay man in a straight woman’s body, as sassy and fillthy as a drag queen on a roll. Which is probably why we love her so much. Her queerness probably even accounts for the provocative name of her new tour, Uganda Be Kidding Me Live.
DEETS:
Verizon Theatre
1001 Performance
Place, Grand Prairie. 8 p.m.
AXS.com
Thursday 04.03
Bullying or bravery? That’s what ‘Gidion’s Knot’ wants to know
A parent and a teacher are having a heated conversation about a fifth grader named Gidion. Is he a bully? A protector? A victim? Kitchen Dog Theater continues its season of hot-button social topics in Gidion’s Knot, which tackles the politically active topic of bullying. A two-hander for actresses Leah Spillman and Jenni Kirk, Tina Parker directs this regional premiere, which was bumped for more than a week due to a casting change, giving it an unusual mid-week opening night.
DEETS:
The MAC
3120 McKinney Ave.
April 3–26.
KitchenDogTheater.org
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition March 28, 2014.
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