22 DALLAS OBSERVER • KALEIDOSCOPE The Villains’ Supper Club June 6–21 The Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive Can the modern woman have it all — love, career, family and a mother who doesn’t criticize her? Maybe she can if she’s a su- per hero like Galactic Girl, who juggles life and motherhood while fighting her archenemies. Theatre Three The Miss B Show and Dry Clean Only! March 14–22 2688 Laclede St., No. 168, downstairs in Theatre Too A comedy two-banger: Miss B is a sort of adult version of Pee Wee’s Playhouse, with puppets, comedians, story time and song, all promising to be naughty. Dry Clean Only! is an improv troupe offering high-energy short-form improv and physical comedy. Tickets are $30 Intimate Apparel March 27–April 20 2688 Laclede St., No. 168 Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage’s play follows Esther, an African-American seamstress, as she explores life in early 20th-century New York. Tickets are $40. The Mystery of Irma Vep April 24–May 18 Theatre Too, 2688 Laclede St., No. 168 Irma Vep is a comedic parody of a haunted English mansion story, with “gothic melodrama” and “supernatural shenani- gans.” Tickets are $40. Xanadu June 5–July 6 2688 Laclede St., No. 168 This is a pop music-fueled musical comedy about following your dreams — on rollerskates. Tickets start at $40. Undermain Theatre Box March 1–23 3200 Main St. Undermain describes Box as “part magic show, part historical speculation, part romantic drama — this play explores the har- rowing story of Henry Box Brown, the abolitionist lecturer and early magician who escaped slavery by mailing himself to freedom and went on to become a famed magician on the London stage. Using actual magic, this world premiere imag- ines an unwritten chapter in the story of one of history’s most overlooked folk heroes.” Tickets start at $18.50 Hello Kitty Syndrome May 1–25 3200 Main St. Hello Kitty Syndrome is an absurd comedy about an ex-cop enduring family drama, romance and “noir,” all while wearing a Hello Kitty costume. An Iliad June 5–22 3200 Main St. This popular one-man/one-musician show stars Bruce Dubose as “the poet,” retelling Homer’s saga of the fall of Troy with modern relevance. Uptown Players We Are Continuous Until Feb. 23 Norma Young Arena Stage, 2688 Laclede St., No. 120 Harrison David Rivers’ play explores the complex relationship between a gay Black son, his devout Christian mother and her husband, Abe. On Feb. 23, the cast will host special post-per- formance talk sessions in partnership with Visions for Change. Tickets start at $40. Xanadu April 25–May 4 Kalita Humphreys Theater, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. Uptown players also is staging Xanadu, like Theatre Three. Is rollerskating in again? Tickets start at $40 Everybody’s Talking About Jamie July 18–August 3 Kalita Humphreys Theater, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. This musical is based on a true story about a young American boy following his dream to become a drag queen. Challenges ensue and, seeing it’s a musical, they’re overcome. Tickets start at $40. Watertower Theatre A Streetcar Named Desire March 26–April 6 5650 Addison Road, Addison Tennesee Williams’ class work follows romantic innocent Blanche du Bois’ descent into madness after she moves into the New Orleans home of her younger sister Stella and her brute of a brother-in-law,Stanley Kowalski. Tickets are $49 School of Rock July 23–27 5650 Addison Road, Addison Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of the hit Jack Black movie follows a wannabe rocker who poses as a substi- tute teacher at a prep school. Tickets are $49 An architectural rendering of Kitchen Dog Theater’s new space. Ibanex-Shaw Architects
