The Boy Friend, Fort Worth Opera Festival, Karl Umlauf
By Mark Lowry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas
Jun. 6–It’s interesting that at the same time that a tour of the 2006 Tony-winning musical The Drowsy Chaperone is in Dallas, Theatre Arlington is readying a production of Sandy Wilson’s 1954 musical The Boy Friend. The connection here is that both shows play homage to the frothy musical entertainments of the Jazz Age. The difference is that while Drowsy presents its loving tribute as a flashback to 1920s-style shows, The Boy Friend is a straight-up spoof, with a cotton-candy narrative about an heiress who falls for a delivery boy in the French Riviera.
The Boy Friend
Previews 7:30 p.m. Thursday, opens 8 p.m. June 13 and runs through July 13
Theatre Arlington
305 W. Main St.
Arlington
$17-$20
817-275-7661
www.theatrearlington.org
Fort Worth Opera Festival
The reviews are in, and all four productions of the Fort Worth Opera Festival have won fans. Here’s a final plug, since you can catch the final performances of all the operas this weekend. Turandot is 8 p.m. Friday, Lucia di Lammermoor is 8 p.m. Saturday, and Of Mice and Men is 2 p.m. Sunday, all at Bass Hall. The final chance to see Angels in America is 2 p.m. Saturday at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center’s Scott Theatre.
Tickets are $19-$142 for each Bass Hall production, and $17-$52 for Angels; festival passes are $50-$412. 817-731-0726; www.fwopera.org.
Karl Umlauf: Natural Evolution
This show is a look a the past 50 years of work by the multitasking artist, featuring a selection of paintings and drawings and other works. Umlauf has taught at East Texas State University and is currently the artist-in-residence at Baylor University. The opening reception is 6-9 p.m. Friday.
Friday through June 28 at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy St. Free. 817-738-1938; www.fwcac.org.
— Gaile Robinson
First Fridays at the Modern
Two good reasons to visit the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth on Friday: First, this once-a-month event, always a blast, features music by flamenco guitarist Kevin Townson, and the special cocktail is the Rum Rio. Also, this is the final weekend to see the provocative exhibit "Focus: Kehinde Wiley," which closes Sunday.
First Fridays is 5-8 p.m. Friday at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St. $10. 817-738-9215; www.themodern.org
Fine Arts Chamber Players
It’s the final concert of the season for this group, which features musicians from the Fort Worth and Dallas symphonies and pianist Christina Long performing Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor.
3 p.m. Saturday at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St. Free. 214-520-2219; www.fineartschamberplayers.org
Homeland Insecurity, or How I Learned To Love the Patriot Act
The title says it all. MBS Productions has the world premiere of Bretton B. Holmes’ satire.
Thursday through June 28 at the Addison Theatre Centre’s Stone Cottage, 15650 Addison Road. $16-$21. 214-477-4942; www.ilovethepatriotact.com
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