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'Sunday in the Park With George'
The emotion-charged stories and characters of this now-classic Broadway musical all were based on the twisting and turning life of French painter Georges Seurat. This musical's brilliant first half, where Seurat's pointillist masterpiece comes alive, is matched only by its second act, where a modern-day "George" reaches the conclusion that making, and living, art is not easy. The show runs March 19-April 11 at OnStage in Bedford, 2819 Forest Ridge Drive, Bedford. $12-$15. 817-354-6444; www.onstageinbedford.com.
Los Lobos
and Leo Kottke
It has been more than three decades since East Los Angeles group Los Lobos started churning out its particular brand of music, and the band has remained fresh because it successfully mashes disparate genres such as Tex-Mex, rock, rhythm and blues, folk, and country with strictly traditional Mexican and Spanish music. On the same stage with Los Lobos will be Leo Kottke, who knows a thing or two about strumming six- and 12-string guitars to create a blend of country, blues and folk. The musicians take the Bass Hall stage at 8 p.m. March 22. $23-$53. 817-212-4280; www.basshall.com.
pPERFORMING ARTS CALENDAR
MARCH
Music
Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Pops Series: Bowfire Friday-Sunday. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas. $22-$115. 214-692-0203; www.dallassymphony.com.
Irving Symphony Orchestra presents Patti Austin Saturday. Carpenter Performance Hall, Irving. $36-$50. 972-252-2787; www.irvingartscenter.com.
Irving Arts Center presents the Canadian Tenors Monday. Carpenter Performance Hall, Irving. $31. 972-252-2787; www.irvingartscenter.com.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Classical Series: Violinist Caroline Goulding with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra playing Bach and Mozart Thursday-March 21. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas. $17-$114. 214-692-0203; www.dallassymphony.com.
The Fort Worth Symphony presents: Sibelius & Liszt March 19-21. Bass Hall, Fort Worth. $9-$78. 817-665-6000; www.fwsymphony.org.
Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth presents: Tamas Ungar March 20. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth. $5-$25. 817-877-3003; www.chambermusicsocietyoffortworth.com.
From Beyond the Sea March 20. Carpenter Performance Hall, Irving. $15-$45. 972-252-2787; www.irvingartscenter.com.
TITAS presents: Soweto Gospel Choir March 21. AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas. 214-880-0202; www.dallasperformingarts.org.
Joe Bonamassa March 23. Bass Hall, Fort Worth. $23-$53. 817-212-4280; www.basshall.com. Cavani String Quartet March 23. PepsiCo Recital Hall, Fort Worth. $10. 817-257-6349; www.music.tcu.edu. North Texas Jazz Artist Series: Vic Juris March 23. McDavid Studio, Fort Worth. $5-$20. 817-212-4280; www.basshall.com.
What It Is! Featuring Mavis Staples, Booker T. and JJ Grey March 25. Bass Hall, Fort Worth. $19-$49. 817-212-4280; www.basshall.com.
Collegium Musicum Concert March 25. PepsiCo Recital Hall, TCU campus, Fort Worth. Free. 817-257-7341; www.music.tcu.edu.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Classical Series presents: Yan Pascal Tortelier conducting the Dallas Symphony Chorus, music by Mozart and Orff March 25-28. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas. $22-$119. 214-692-0203; www.dallassymphony.com.
TCU Jazz Festival March 26-27. Ed Landreth Auditorium, TCU campus, Fort Worth. Free-$20. 817-257-7640; www.music.tcu.edu.
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Star-Telegram Pops Series presents: Route 66: A Trip Down Memory Road March 26-28. Bass Hall, Fort Worth. $26-$78. 817-665-6000; www.fwsymphony.org.
33rd annual TCU Jazz Festival, with Cedar Walton Quartet March 26-27. Ed Landreth Auditorium, Fort Worth. $10-$20. 817-257-7341; www.music.tcu.edu.
Destino March 26. Irving Arts Center’s Dupree Theater, Irving. $8. 972-252-2787; www.irvingartscenter.com.
Van Cliburn Foundation Spring Gala presents: The Texas Tenors March 27. Fort Worth. www.cliburn.org. TCU Percussion Ensemble II March 29. Ed Landreth Auditorium, TCU campus, Fort Worth. Free. 817-257-7341; www.music.tcu.edu.
North Texas Jazz Artist Series: Michael Formanek March 30. McDavid Studio, Fort Worth. $5-$20. 817-212-4280; www.basshall.com.
Olga Kern in special performance with Dallas Symphony Orchestra March 31-April 3. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas. 214-692-0203; www.dallassymphony.com.
Opera
The Three Little Pigsand The Billy Goats Gruff presented by the Fort Worth Opera’s Children’s Opera Theatre, Monday and March 19. Scott Theatre, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth. $5. 817-731-0726; www.fwoperatickets.org.
Dance
Texas Ballet Theater presents: Ben Stevenson’s Romeo and Juliet Friday-Sunday. Winspear Opera House, Dallas. 877-828-9200; www.texasballettheater.org.
TITAS presents: Dominic Walsh Dance Theater Wednesday and Thursday. AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas. 214-880-0202; www.dallasperformingarts.org.
TCU Dance presents: Celebrate! Concert of ballet and modern dance March 26-28. Scott Theatre, Fort Worth. $5-$10. 817-257-7615; www.dance.tcu.edu.
Theater
Opus Through Saturday. $10-$35. Circle Theatre, Fort Worth. 817-877-3040; www.circletheatre.com. Fiddler on the Roof Through Sunday. Bass Hall, Fort Worth. $30-$75. 817-332-2272 or 817-212-4280; www.basshall.com or www.casamanana.org.
The Talk of the Town Through Sunday. Eisemann Center, Richardson. $33-$39. 972-744-4650; www.eisemanncenter.com.
Phantom Through Sunday. Music Hall at Fair Park, Dallas. $12-$85. 214-421-5678; www.dallassummermusicals.org.
Seussical Jr. Through Sunday. Theatre Arlington, Arlington. 817-275-7661; www.theatrearlington.org. Out of the Loop Fringe Festival Through Sunday. WaterTower Theatre’s Main Stage Series-Addison Theatre Center, Addison. $10-$20; $60 for festival pass. 972-450-6232.
Stinky Cheese Man Wednesday. Irving Arts Center’s Dupree Theater, Irving. $6. 972-252-2787; www.irvingartscenter.com.
The Lion in Winter March 19-April 3. Irving Arts Center’s Dupree Theater, Irving. $18-$20. 972-252-2787; www.irvingartscenter.com.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe March 19-April 25. Dallas Children’s Theater, Rosewood Center for Family Arts, Dallas. $12-$23. 214-740-0051; www.dct.org.
And All His Songs Were Sad March 20. Pantagleize Theatre Co. fundraiser at Arts Fifth Avenue, Fort Worth. Free; donations accepted. 817-472-0032; www.pantatheatre.org.
The Children’s Hour Through March 21. Ohlook Performing Arts Center, Grapevine. $15. 817-421-2825; www.ohlookperform.com.
Hansel and Gretel Through March 21. Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts at Dallas Children’s Theater, Rosewood Center for Family Arts, Dallas. $11.50-$23. 214-740-0051; www.dct.org.
La Llorona, a love story Through March 21. Amphibian Stage Productions, Sanders Theatre, Fort Worth. $15-$25. 817-923-3012; www.amphibianproductions.org.
Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co. March 21. Family Theatre Series, Eisemann Center, Richardson. $10-$20. 972-744-4650; www.eisemanncenter.com.
Copenhagen Through March 21. Stage West, Fort Worth. $26-$30. 817-784-9378; www.stagewest.org. Spring Awakening March 23-April 4. Winspear Opera House, Dallas. 214-880-0202; www.dallasperformingarts.org.
The Odd Couple: Female Version March 25-28. Uptown Theater, Grand Prairie. $11. 972-237-8786; www.uptowntheatergp.com.
No Exit March 25-28. TCU Theatre, Fort Worth. $10. 817-257-8080; www.tcu.edu.
Ghetto March 25-31, April 1. University of North Texas University Theatre, Denton. $7.50-$10. 940-565-2428; www.unt.edu.
Julie Johnson Sings March 26-28. Carpenter Performance Hall, Irving. $25-$50. 972-252-2787; www.irvingartscenter.com.
Comedy
Eisemann Center Comedy Series: Musical Comedy Revue: The Talk of the Town Friday-Sunday. Bank of America Theatre, Eisemann Center, Richardson. $33-$39. 972-744-4657; www.eisemanncenter.com. Flip Orley, comic hypnotist March 24-28. Addison Improv, Addison. $15-$17. 972-404-8501; www.improv.com.
APRIL
Music
Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Pops Series: Symphonic Oscars April 2-3. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas. $28-$115. 214-692-0203; www.dallassymphony.com.
Sara Hickman and Susan Werner April 2. McDavid Studio, Fort Worth. $28. 817-212-4280; www.basshall.com.
Bugs Henderson and the Shuffle Kings April 3. McDavid Studio, Fort Worth. $28. 817-212-4280; www.basshall.com.
TCU Choral Union April 5. PepsiCo Recital Hall, TCU campus, Fort Worth. Free. 817-257-7341; www.music.tcu.edu.
TCU Jazz Combos April 6. PepsiCo Recital Hall, TCU campus, Fort Worth. Free. 817-257-7341; www.music.tcu.edu.
Theater
Is He Dead? A New Comedy by Mark Twain April 1-25. WaterTower Theatre’s Main Stage Series, Addison. $22-$40. 972-450-6232.
One Mo’ Time: An Evening of the Lyric Theatre 1926 April 2-25. Jubilee Theatre, Fort Worth. 817-338-4411; www.jubileetheatre.org.
Cinderella April 2-18. Casa Mañana Children’s Theatre, Fort Worth. 817-332-2272; www.casamanana.org. Xanadu April 6-18. Music Hall at Fair Park, Dallas. $12-$85. 214-421-5678; www.dallassummermusicals.org.