2022/2023 SEASON
TWENTY-NINE & FEELIN’ FINE
Celebrating with a Season of Pop/Rock Composers!
LYRIC STAGE IS 29 & FEELIN’ FINE!
Producer Catherine Carpenter Cox and Executive Artistic Director Christopher J. Deaton are thrilled to announce Lyric Stage’s 29th Season — TWENTY NINE & FEELIN’ FINE: Celebrating with a Season of Pop/Rock Composers! This 2022/2023 Season marks Lyric Stage’s 5th Season at the historic Majestic Theatre, located in downtown Dallas, and features five well-known musicals, by some of the most popular, award-winning, and cult-classic pop/rock composers Broadway has to offer, including Elton John, Phil Collins, ABBA, The Electric Light Orchestra (“ELO”), and Richard O’Brien.
“For nearly 30 years, the name Lyric Stage has been synonymous with high quality productions, great singing by talented local actors, and of course beautiful music by our live and local orchestra musicians. When looking at our 2022/2023 season, we knew we wanted to celebrate our 29th year by featuring titles that would be fun, exciting, and perhaps a bit unexpected. Though the theme of the season expands our repertoire to include all well-known pop/rock composers, we remain committed to great, powerful storytelling and beautiful music all performed by our talented, diverse, local artists. We’re working hard to represent our DFW community on and off stage, and hope that this 29th season welcomes and encourages even more of our community to join us at the Majestic Theatre.”
Read more about each show in our 29th Season by clicking on the Show Page Button for each title below. You’ll be able to get a brief synopsis, information about the authors, creative teams, cast lists, and orchestra members, as well as see headshots and all sorts of other information and media, as they become available throughout the season!
Please note that Creatives, Personnel, Casting and Show Times are to be announced.
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MAMMA MIA!
AUGUST 24-28. 2022 | Majestic Theatre | Rated PG-13
Lyric Stage opens its 29th Season, and celebrates the end of summer, with the international hit MAMMA MIA! A jukebox musical based on the hit songs of the Swedish pop/rock group, ABBA, MAMMA MIA! tells the story of Sophie, a young woman in search of her birth father on the eve of her wedding. Though this sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise, Sophie’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings chaos, love, laughter — plus a little singing & dancing — to the island, as well as the unexpected, but ultimately joyous, 20 year reunion of three men from her mother’s past.
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THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
OCTOBER 26-30, 2022 | Majestic Theatre | Rated R
Come celebrate Halloween by dressing up and doing the “Time Warp” in the aisles of the Majestic Theatre with the cult classic, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW. This rock concert-style show is a ridiculously wonderful tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the 30’s through the 60’s, and tells the story of the newly engaged Brad & Janet, who get caught in a storm and find themselves seeking shelter at the eerie mansion of mad scientist, Dr. Frank-N-Furter, where they meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker, a creepy butler, and a Frankenstein-style muscle man named Rocky.
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Elton John & Tim Rice's AIDA
FEBRUARY 15-19, 2023 | Majestic Theatre | Rated PG
Lyric Stage celebrates Black History Month with Elton John and Tim Rice’s Tony Award-Winning AIDA. Based on the Verdi opera of the same name, this epic tale of love, loyalty and betrayal, chronicles the story of an enslaved Nubian princess, Aida, who finds her heart entangled with Radames, an Egyptian soldier who is betrothed to the Pharaoh's daughter, Amneris. As their forbidden love blossoms, Aida is forced to weigh her heart against the responsibility that she faces as the leader of her people, but her and Radames' love for one another become a shining example of true devotion that ultimately transcends the vast cultural differences between their warring nations, heralding a time of unprecedented peace and prosperity.
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TARZAN
MAY 17-21, 2023 | Majestic Theatre | Rated G
Adapted from the 1999 Walt Disney Animation Studios film of the same name, TARZAN follows the journey from ‘boy to man’ of an infant who is raised by gorillas in the jungles of West Africa. Apart from striving for acceptance from his ape father, Tarzan's life is mostly monkey business, until a human expedition treks into his tribe's territory and he encounters creatures like himself for the first time, including Jane, a young English naturalist. As Tarzan develops feelings for Jane, he discovers that his animal upbringing clashes with his human instincts, causing him to struggle with not only his love for Jane but how to protect his family.