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Surrounded by the nation's largest Arts District, Museum Tower residents never have to go far to enjoy spectacular visual and performance art. CultureMap Dallas dishes below on the renowned Dallas art scene.
The
Dallas arts community gets another nod, this time for its theater prowess.
Time.com recently posted a list of "10 Reasons for Theater Lovers to Leave
New York in 2014." Included is The Fortress of Solitude,
a musical that begins performances at Dallas Theater Center in March.
Dallas
Theater Center appears alongside such well-known and established theaters as
the Goodman and Steppenwolf in Chicago, La Jolla Playhouse in California,
Signature Theatre in Virginia, and Yale Rep in Connecticut. Heck, even rock
stars Sting and Billie Joe Armstrong appear on the list.
A
collaboration with Manhattan's Public Theater — which plans to include the show
in its 2014/15 season — Fortress
is an adaptation of Jonathan Lethem's 2003 novel of the same name, about
two boys growing up in 1970s Brooklyn. The friends, one black and one white,
confront race, culture, gentrification and self-discovery through the bonding
agents of comic books and music.
The
title is a reference to Superman's headquarters, the only place the fictional
hero could truly be himself. And, as Time notes, it's not an obvious subject
for a musical, but these theater heavies are giving a try.
Fortress — directed
by Daniel Aukin (Bad Jews,The Winslow Boy) and
featuring a score by Michael Friedman (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson)
and book by Itamar Moses (Boardwalk Empire)
— is only the latest in a string of productions that have gone on to enjoy New
York runs. Among them: Lysistrata Jones
on Broadway (which ran under the title Give It Up!
in Dallas), Giant (which played the
Public Theater in 2012) and Fly By Night (which
will play Off-Broadway's Playwrights Horizons in May).
Catch Fortress of Solitude
at Wyly Theatre from March 7 through April 6.
By Lindsey Wilson, CultureMap Dallas
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