Dallas Summer Musicals and Performing Arts Fort Worth, which this season teamed up to present several shows together (first in Dallas, then in Cowtown), chose a few hours before the Tony Awards to announce their upcoming 2015-16 seasons, which will again have several cross-over shows.
DSM’s season will kick off with a new version of The Sound of Music (Nov. 3–22), followed by the Christmas show Elf (Dec. 8–20), The Bridges of Madison County (which last year won the Tony for its score, Feb. 2–14, 2016), the return of The Little Mermaid (March 11–27), Ragtime (May 24–June 5), the recent Bullets Over Broadway (June 14–26), 42nd Street (June 28–July 10), plus a bonus presentation of Wicked (April 20–May 22).
PAFW begins its season with The Book of Mormon (Dec. 1–6), Motown (Jan. 13–17, 2016, which will play in July at DSM), a new production of The Wizard of Oz (June 7–12) and Phantom of the Opera (Oct. 20–30). It will co-present Little Mermaid (March 29–April 3, right after DSM’s run), 42nd Street (July 12–17. after DSM) and The Sound of Music (Aug. 17–21) with DSM. Add-on productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Sept. 18–20), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Nov. 24–25), Blue Man Group (Feb. 19–21, 2016) Mamma Mia! (May 20–22), and will also be in the line-up.
In addition, Performing Arts Fort Worth has two shows at the McDavid Studio, one of which we exclusively broke earlier this year: Dixie’s Never Wear a Tubetop While Riding a Mechanical Bull (and 16 Other Things I Learned While I Was Drinking Last Thursday) (Nov. 11–22, 2015) and Back to School Catechism: The Holy Ghost and Other Terrifying Tales (Oct. 5–9, 2016).
DSM, PAFW announce 2015–16 seasons
