Friday 08.10 — Sunday 08.19
Superheroes come to life at Marvel Universe Live!
OK, so let’s face it: An arena stunt show like Marvel Universe Live, with cheesy dialogue and bare-minimum plot, is targeted mostly at children. Mostly. But a huge segment of adult nerds like us enjoy muscle men in Spandex running around a stage, acting out our own superhero fantasies. Go figure? This entertaining live show for geeks of all ages continues in Dallas this weekend, then moves to Fort Worth.
DEETS:
American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Ave.
Through Sunday.
Fort Worth Convention Center,
1201 Houston St., Fort Worth, Aug. 16–19.
Friday 08.10 — Sunday 08.26
T3 opens its season with 2 one-act plays
Theatre 3 is back for its 57th season (!), and you get a twofer in the deal: Two one-act plays with two two-actor casts. In one, Heinseberg, an impulsive kiss on a London subway triggers a series of unforeseen events. Another, Actually, delves into the murky world of sexual ethics. Both are performed on the same night.
DEETS:
Theatre 3, 2900 Routh St. in the Quadrangle.
Theatre3Dallas.com.
Tuesday 08.14 — Sunday 08.26
‘School of Rock’ closes DSM season, then moves to Bass
Dewey Finn failed as a rock star, and he’s not much better as a substitute teacher at a blah prep school. But his radical rock roots excite the students, who he transforms into a unified band of guitar-shredding nerds. Adapted from Mike White’s hit film, School of Rock is a hip young musical with a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It plays in Dallas before moving for a week to Fort Worth.
DEETS:
Fair Park Music Hall, 901 First Ave.
Dallas SummerMusicals.org.
Bass Performance Hall, 535 Commerce St., Fort Worth.
BassHall.com.
