22 DALLAS OBSERVER • KALEIDOSCOPE DBDT’s season finale, wrapping up its Spring Celebration series, fea- tures two world premieres: Richard A. Feeman Jr.’s Polarity II and a spe- cial guest performance. Tickets start at $64.50. Theater Dallas Opera, The Three Little Pigs Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St., Feb. 28 Despina, Cherubino and little Don Giovanni, the three little pigs in this interpretation of the classic fairytale, won’t be huffing and puffing, but they will be singing three of Mozart’s arias. This 30-minute mini-opera is a great entry point to the fine arts. If you’re intent on building the tastes of your kin, eventually working them up to Madame Butterfly, this is a good place to start. Tickets are but $5. Broadway Dallas, The Great Gatsby Music Hall at Fair Park, 909 1st Ave., Feb. 17 - March 1 Watch Broadway Dallas bring high schoolers’ required summer read- ing to life through song and dance. The Tony Award-winning musical ad- aptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic brings back jazz and swing. Need an escape from the current ‘20s? Live a few hours in the roaring ones. Tickets start at $37. Broadway Dallas, A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond MusicalMusic Hall at Fair Park, 909 1st Ave., March 10 - 22 We’d be lying if we said we loved jukebox musicals. But we’d also be lying if we said we don’t love some good Neil Diamond. Don’t be a “Soli- tary Man” and join the rest of Dallas in singing the “Song Sung Blue”. Fair warning: “Sweet Caroline” closes the first act, so if you thought the sing- along version at every wedding you’ve ever been to was bad, get ready. We’re only kidding; it’s a song we love to hate. Tickets start at $37, which is likely the lowest you’ll ever pay to hear Diamond’s music live, even if it’s fake Neil Diamond. Theatre Three, The Murder of Roger AckroydTheatre Three 2688 Laclede St, #120, April 16 - May 20 Boy, does this city like an adaptation or what? The Agatha Christie novel by the same name hits the Theatre Three mainstage. This dark comedy is staged in a theatre-in-the-round, so eager watchers won’t miss a single second as a tiny town works to solve a murder. Tickets start at $40. Broadway Dallas, Wicked Music Hall at Fair Park, 909 1st Ave., May 6 - June 14 “Madame Morrible,” MM, flip it around, contort it, add a few letters, what do you get? Wicked in Dallas. One of the longest-running musicals on Broadway, and the highest-grossing musical-to-film adaptation ever, will stop by Big D. Unfortunately, Ariana Grande didn’t audition for the national tour cast, but we’re sure it’s just as good as the movie. Tickets start at $56. Dallas Theater, Clue: On Stage Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St., June 16 - 28 The ultimate whodunit. Who killed Mr. Boddy? Was it Mr. Mustard with a meat cleaver? Or Miss Scarlett with a sawed-off shotgun? Or perhaps it was the unassuming butler, Wadsworth? The great thing about the play adaptation of the 1985 blockbuster is that, just like the movie, the answer is all of the above. Tickets start at $12. Ballet isn’t only for the holidays — Texas Ballet Theater is showing two can’t-miss productions this spring. Carly May Gravley
