While not yet well known for the performing arts, Dallas has plenty to offer. World class performers visit regularly in productions that are ever increasingly on par with other big cities. The new Dallas Center for the Performing Arts promises to increase both the number and class of productions. The new Dallas Center for the Performing Arts is opening in the Arts District in November 2005. Designed by the same firm that has designed such high-profile projects as Berlin’s Reichstag and Boston’s MFA the Center will be the fist of its kind in a city’s downtown. It will have five venues; the Winspear Opera House, the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, the City Performance Hall, the Grand Plaza and the Annette Strauss Artist Square and will become the main performing stage for Dallas Theater Center, The Dallas Opera, Texas Ballet Theater, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico. Currently, Dallas Theater Center’s main stage is at the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Kalita Humphrey Theater on Blackburn St. (214-522-8499.)
Visit the website and call for the latest performances.
The Music Hall at Fair Park, 909 First Avenue (214-565-1116,) offers summer musicals and other special showings and the Majestic Theater at 1925 Elm Street is the home of Dallas ballet.
The Dallas Symphony at Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center (designed by I.M. Pei at 2301 Flora Street (214-670-3600) is a world class symphony. It is interesting to note that most concert goers are dressed in business style rather than formal wear when attending.
The Vocal Majority Chorus is a shining star in Dallas, having won 11 international gold medals for men's choral singing. Patriotic songs, show-stoppers with choreography and heart-wrenching ballads in perfect harmony will keep you enthralled.
The Turtle Creek Chorale is a must hear show with 225 stunning male voices doing everything from musical retrospectives to specially written pieces. The Chorale usually performs at the Meyerson. Be sure to check their web site for special attractions.