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The Little Mermaid Jr.
2025-04-12 - 2025-04-13 | Casa Mañana, Casa Mañana Inc, West Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Go under the sea with Ariel, Sebastian, Flounder and the evil sea witch, Ursula! Dive in to the iconic tale of self-discovery and love as a brave little mermaid trades her fins for feet. Featuring Disney’s classic songs “Kiss the Girl,” “Under the Sea,” “Poor Unfortunate Souls” and of course, “Part of Your World.” This show is suitable for all audiences.
Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes including intermission.

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What does “Jr.” mean?
In this production, all the beloved songs and familiar characters are present and accounted for. However, the script has been condensed to better suit young attention spans!
Sensory Friendly Performances
We offer a sensory friendly performance of The Little Mermaid Jr. on Sunday, March 30 at 11am. This performance features a more relaxed environment, including muted production elements such as lights and sound. A quiet room will be available to audience members.
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Lone Star Murder Mystery Dinner and Show: Derailed and Departed
2025-04-12 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-04-26 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Billy Bob’s 81 Club, Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Attorney Dewey Cheatumgood, a dubious dealer of bogus railroad bonds, has been killed and there’s no shortage of stockholders to suspect. Watch as Marshal Courtright tries to keep the peace and solve this crime, but hold on tight ‘cause this wild bunch is bound to run right off the rails. Doors/dinner 7 p.m. Show 8 p.m. 18+. $66.

The Hatmaker’s Wife‭
2025-04-17 - 2025-05-10 | Circle Theatre, Circle Theatre, West 4th Street, Fort Worth, TX, USA
‬April 17‭ ‬‮–‬‭ ‬May 10‭, ‬2025
Book by Lauren Yee‭ | ‬Regional Premiere
The Hatmaker’s Wife‭ ‬by Lauren Yee is a captivating grown-up fairy tale where reality and imagination intertwine‭, ‬exploring themes of identity‭, ‬family‭, ‬love‭, ‬and the distractions that pull us away from these things that matter most‭.‬
When a young woman and her boyfriend move into their new home‭, ‬they uncover the magical history of its previous occupants‭: ‬a distracted hatmaker and his long-suffering wife‭, ‬who has left him‭, ‬taking his beloved hat along with her‭. ‬Through a whimsical and surreal narrative‭, ‬the play redefines the concepts of family‭, ‬home‭, ‬and love‭, ‬bending time and space in delightful ways‭.‬
The story unfolds with a large dose of magical realism‮—‬walls that literally talk‭, ‬words that appear out of nowhere‭, ‬a house that‭ ‬comes alive‭, ‬and‭, ‬obviously‭, ‬a golem with a softness for Cheetos‭. ‬A truly fantastical adventure‭, ‬The Hatmaker’s Wife‭ ‬is a modern fable that is part ghost story‭, ‬part fairy tale‭, ‬showcasing Lauren Yee’s imaginative and humorous take on what it means to find real love‭.‬
‭*‬contains adult language and situations‭*‬

Stolen Shakespeare Guild: My Fair Lady
2025-04-25 - 2025-04-26, 2025-05-02 - 2025-05-04, 2025-05-08 - 2025-05-11 | Arts Fort Worth, Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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The Music of Laurel Canyon
2025-05-10 | Casa Mañana, Casa Mañana Inc, West Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
One of the most sacred musical places in the ’60s and early ’70s sits just above the Sunset Strip. Laurel Canyon immortalized the artists who called the neighborhood home during the era, including Joni Mitchell, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young and The Mamas & the Papas. The show, originally staged in The Reid Cabaret Theatre at Casa Mañana in 2022, returns to the Mainstage for one night only. This show is suitable for most audiences.

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Cats
2025-05-30 - 2025-06-01, 2025-06-03 - 2025-06-08 | Casa Mañana, Casa Mañana Inc, West Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning Cats is one of the longest-running Broadway musicals of all time. Known for its spectacular music, mesmerizing choreography and costuming and innovative storytelling, Cats is one of the most iconic shows in the musical theatre canon. As a tribe of cats called the Jellicles gather for the annual Jellicle Ball, find out who will be chosen to be reborn into a new Jellicle life. This show is suitable for most audiences.

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Moulin Rouge! The Musical
2025-06-10 - 2025-06-15 | Bass Performance Hall, Bass Performance Hall, Commerce Street, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Pop the champagne, MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL is the winner of 10 Tony Awards®—including Best Musical!
Enter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur, and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Welcome to MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL! Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. Directed by Tony Award® winner Alex Timbers, MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL is a theatrical celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and—above all—Love. With a book by Tony Award® winner John Logan; music supervision, orchestrations, and arrangements by Tony Award® winner Justin Levine; and choreography by Tony Award® winner Sonya Tayeh, MOULIN ROUGE! is more than a musical, it’s a state of mind.
Special rates available for groups of 10+.
Please be advised: This production of MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL contains some mature themes, revealing costumes and adult language.

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Fallen Soufflé
2025-06-12 - 2025-06-15, 2025-06-19 - 2025-06-22, 2025-06-26 - 2025-06-29 | Stage West Theatre, Stage West Theatre, West Vickery Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
A play by David MacGregor
Regional Premiere
The Second Part of David MacGregor’s Sherlock Holmes Trilogy
It’s the eve of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – but her son, the playboy Prince of Wales, and French chef Auguste Escoffier have just turned up at 221B Baker Street in the thick of scandal and blackmail. Royal vice, priceless gems, and gourmet food abound in this new action-packed whodunit. Noted sleuth Sherlock Holmes reunites with his beloved Irene Adler and his partner Dr. Watson for their tastiest and most bizarre case yet.

You’ll love this show if you love…
Zany mysteries, historical comedies, on-going series, physical humor, fresh adaptations
Similar SW Productions: The Explorer’s Club, Holmes and Watson, The Importance of Being Earnest
Similar Titles: Knives Out, The DaVinci Code, Charlie’s Angels, Murder on the Orient Express, Kingsman

A Strange Loop
2025-06-19 - 2025-07-12 | Circle Theatre, Circle Theatre, West 4th Street, Fort Worth, TX, USA
JUNE 19‭ ‬‮–‬‭ ‬JULY 12‭, ‬2025
Book‭, ‬Music‭, ‬and Lyrics by Michael R‭. ‬Jackson‭ | ‬Regional Premiere
The New York Times called it‭ ‬“a thrillingly original and provocative masterpiece‭.‬”‭ ‬Variety lauded it as‭ ‬“a groundbreaking work that challenges and delights‭.‬”‭ ‬The Guardian described it as‭ ‬“a daring exploration of self and society that resonates with powerful authenticity and humor‭.‬”‭ ‬What will Dallas-Fort Worth audiences have to say‭? ‬You’ll find out soon as Circle Theatre proudly announces its first Mainstage Musical of the Season‭: ‬the regional premiere of the highly acclaimed‭ ‬A Strange Loop‭ ‬by Michael R‭. ‬Jackson‭.‬
This Pulitzer Prize-winning musical reshaped American Theater during its celebrated Broadway run and took home the 2022‭ ‬Tony Award for Best Musical‭. ‬A Strange Loop‭ ‬offers a bold and exhilarating dive into the life of Usher‭, ‬a Black queer musical theater writer navigating his identity‭, ‬creativity‭, ‬and personal challenges as he crafts a show about his own complex journey‭.‬
More than just a production‭, A Strange Loop‭ ‬promises to leave audiences both exhilarated and introspective long after the final curtain‭. ‬With its raw‭, ‬adult themes and vital exploration of the queer Black experience‭, ‬this musical offers a unique blend of song and storytelling that is intensely relevant‭, ‬and vitally important‭. ‬Buckle up for a nonstop ride with an electric score that will keep you on the edge of your seat‭.‬‭*‬contains adult language and situations‭*‬

The Wiz
2025-07-15 - 2025-07-20 | Bass Performance Hall, Bass Performance Hall, Commerce Street, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Everybody look around! The Tony Award®-winning Best Musical that took the world by storm is back and coming to Fort Worth.
THE WIZ returns “home” to stages across America in an all-new tour, the first one in 40 years.
This groundbreaking twist on The Wizard of Oz changed the face of Broadway – from its iconic score packed with soul, gospel, rock, and finger-snapping ‘70s funk to its stirring tale of Dorothy’s journey to find her place in a contemporary world. A dynamite infusion of ballet, jazz and modern pop brings a whole new groove to easing on down the road.
Featuring a book by William F. Brown and a Tony Award®-winning score by Charlie Smalls (and others), director Schele Williams (The Notebook, revival of Disney’s Aida), award-winning choreographer JaQuel Knight (Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies,” Black is King), additional material by Tony®-nominated and Emmy®-nominated writer and TV host Amber Ruffin (“The Amber Ruffin Show,” “Late Night With Seth Meyers”), Joseph Joubert (music supervision, orchestrations, & music arrangements), Allen René Louis (vocal arrangements, music arrangements), and Emmy Award®-winning music director and Grammy Award®-winning writer, Adam Blackstone (Dance Music Arranger), conjure up an Oz unlike anything ever seen before.
THE WIZ design team will include scenic design by Academy Award®-winning Hannah Beachler (Black Panther, Beyoncé’s Black is King and Lemonade), costume design by Emmy Award®-winning and two-time Academy Award®-nominated Sharen Davis (Ray, Dreamgirls), lighting design by Barrymore Award-winning Ryan J. O’Gara (Thoughts of a Colored Man), sound design by Jon Weston (Parade), projection design by Daniel Brodie (Motown the Musical), wig design by Charles LaPointe (MJ the Musical) and make-up design by Kirk Cambridge-Del Pesche (The Piano Lesson).
The production also includes ‘Everybody Rejoice’ music and lyrics by Luther Vandross, as well as the ‘Emerald City Ballet’ with music by Timothy Graphenreed.
Based on L. Frank Baum’s children’s book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, THE WIZ takes one of the world’s most enduring (and enduringly white) American fantasies and transforms it into an all-Black musical extravaganza for the ages.
THE WIZ premiered on Broadway in 1975 and became an instant sensation, going on to win seven Tony Awards® including Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Ted Ross), Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Dee Dee Bridgewater), Best Choreography (George Faison), and in a Broadway first, Best Direction of a Musical and Best Costume Design (Geoffrey Holder). “Ease on Down the Road” became the show’s break-out single, and “Home” has since become a bona fide classic. That original production ran for four years (first at The Majestic Theatre and later at The Broadway Theatre) – and 1,672 performances – on Broadway. A 1978 film adaptation starred Diana Ross, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Richard Pryor and Lena Horne, and marked Quincy Jones’ first collaboration with Michael Jackson.
Special rates available for groups of 10+.

Stolen Shakespeare Guild: Hairspray
2025-07-18 - 2025-07-19, 2025-07-25 - 2025-07-27, 2025-07-31 - 2025-08-03 | Arts Fort Worth, Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX, United States

Shucked
2025-07-29 - 2025-08-03 | Bass Performance Hall, Bass Performance Hall, Commerce Street, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
SHUCKED is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls “flat out hilarious!” And nobody knows funny like economists. Featuring a book by Tony Award® winner Robert Horn (Tootsie), a score by the Grammy® Award–winning songwriting team of Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally (Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow”), and directed by Tony Award® winner Jack O’Brien (Hairspray), this corn-fed, corn-bred American musical is sure to satisfy your appetite for great musical theater.
Special rates available for groups of 10+.
Please be advised: This production of SHUCKED contains adult themes, moments of adult language and mature innuendo.

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
2025-08-01 - 2025-08-03 | Casa Mañana, Casa Mañana Inc, West Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is adapted from the New York Times bestselling young adult novels by Rick Riordan and features a thrilling original rock score. As a son of Poseidon, Percy Jackson has newly discovered demigod powers he can’t control, monsters on his trail, and a mission to find Zeus’ lightning bolt and prevent a war between the Greek gods. Performed by the Apprentice Program. This show is suitable for most audiences.

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ABOUT THE APPRENTICE PROGRAM
Casa Mañana’s Apprentice Program offers rigorous, professional musical theatre training to students. Intended for the most dedicated young performers in the DFW area, the program is led by seasoned experts and equips students with the knowledge and skills needed to be successful in the industry.

The Last Five Years
2025-08-14 - 2025-09-06 | Circle Theatre, Circle Theatre, West 4th Street, Fort Worth, TX, USA
AUGUST 14‭ ‬‮–‬‭ ‬SEPTEMBER 6‭, ‬2025
Book‭, ‬Music‭, ‬and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown‭ | ‬Regional Premiere
We round out the Summer with a contemporary classic‭, ‬one of the most beloved musicals about a tumultuous heartbreak to ever have‭ ‬been written‭. ‬Fresh off its first-ever Broadway Run‭, ‬starring Adrienne Warren and Nick Jonas‭, ‬Circle Theatre will be the first‭ ‬to bring‭ ‬The Last Five Years ‬by Jason Robert Brown back to the area‭! ‬
The Last Five Years‭ ‬captivates its audiences with its innovative storytelling and beloved score‭. ‬A powerful piece that speaks to the universal experience of love and loss‭, ‬this critically acclaimed musical delves into the five-year romance between Cathy and Jamie‭, ‬two aspiring artists‭, ‬through a unique narrative structure‭: ‬Cathy’s story unfolds from the end of their relationship moving backward‭, ‬while Jamie’s perspective moves forward from the start‭.‬
Memorable melodies soar throughout the piece‭, ‬which leave audiences considering all that can go wrong when two people collide‭ – ‬and all that could have gone right‭, ‬had they ever truly seen one another‭. ‬
‭*‬contains adult language and situations‭*‬

Fat Ham
2025-08-28 - 2025-08-31, 2025-09-04 - 2025-09-07, 2025-09-11 - 2025-09-14 | Stage West Theatre, Stage West Theatre, West Vickery Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
A play by James Ijames
Regional Premiere
Pulitzer Prize Winner
Tony Award Nominee for Best Play
Juicy’s got a lot on his plate – his mom just married his uncle. All he wants is to make his own way as a queer Black man in a Southern family. But here’s the rub – his father’s ghost just turned up at a backyard barbecue demanding vengeance. In this delicious and sizzling reinvention of Shakespeare’s masterpiece, a young man vows to break the cycles of violence in service of his own liberation and joy.
You’ll love this show if you love…

Classical adaptations, Black stories, bold humor, family antics, backyard celebrations
Similar SW Productions: Bootycandy, Stupid F*cking Bird, Between Riverside and Crazy
Similar Titles: Friday, Moonlight, The Nutty Professor, Fences, Key & Peele

Rated R.
PERFORMANCES
Thu 7:30pm | Fri 7:30pm
Sat 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Sun 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Mac Beth
2025-10-09 - 2025-11-01 | Circle Theatre, Circle Theatre, West 4th Street, Fort Worth, TX, USA
‬October 9‭ – ‬November 1‭, ‬2025
By Erica Schmidt‭ | ‬Regional Premiere
A regional premiere by Erica Schmidt‭, ‬Adapted from William Shakespeare’s‭ ‬Macbeth
An exhilarating adaptation that revitalizes Shakespeare’s classic tragedy‭, ‬Mac Beth‭ ‬infuses the tale of ambition and madness with a vibrant‭, ‬contemporary energy‭. ‬After school‭, ‬seven teenage girls convene in an abandoned lot‭. ‬They drop their backpacks‭, ‬transform their uniforms‭, ‬and dive into a DIY retelling of Macbeth‭. ‬As the girls conjure‭ ‬kings‭, ‬warriors‭, ‬and witches‭, ‬Shakespeare’s bloody tale seeps into their reality‭. ‬Mac Beth‭ ‬recontextualizes a classic text to expose the ferocity of adolescence and the intoxicating power of collective fantasy‭.‬
Mac Beth’s‭ ‬setting amplifies the intensity and immediacy of the story‭, ‬creating an immersive experience that brings new dimensions to the‭ ‬classic narrative‭. ‬This thrilling adaptation‭, ‬that critics have lauded as‭ ‬“vividly reimagined”‭ ‬and‭ ‬“boldly innovative‭,‬”‭ ‬blends timeless drama with a contemporary twist‭, ‬and closes Circle’s 44th‭ ‬season with a captivating exploration of power‭, ‬ambition‭, ‬and identity‭. ‬
‭*‬contains adult language and situations‭*‬
