CALENDAR
Sweet Charity
Johnny makes his Lyric Stage debut as Daddy Brubeck in Sweet Charity, the classic 1966 Broadway musical inspired by Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria. This vibrant production follows the romantic adventures of Charity Hope Valentine, set to Cy Coleman’s groovy mid-60s score with lyrics by Dorothy Fields and a witty book by Neil Simon.
Rating: PG
Sweet Charity
Johnny makes his Lyric Stage debut as Daddy Brubeck in Sweet Charity, the classic 1966 Broadway musical inspired by Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria. This vibrant production follows the romantic adventures of Charity Hope Valentine, set to Cy Coleman’s groovy mid-60s score with lyrics by Dorothy Fields and a witty book by Neil Simon.
Rating: PG
Sweet Charity
Johnny makes his Lyric Stage debut as Daddy Brubeck in Sweet Charity, the classic 1966 Broadway musical inspired by Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria. This vibrant production follows the romantic adventures of Charity Hope Valentine, set to Cy Coleman’s groovy mid-60s score with lyrics by Dorothy Fields and a witty book by Neil Simon.
Rating: PG
Sweet Charity
Johnny makes his Lyric Stage debut as Daddy Brubeck in Sweet Charity, the classic 1966 Broadway musical inspired by Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria. This vibrant production follows the romantic adventures of Charity Hope Valentine, set to Cy Coleman’s groovy mid-60s score with lyrics by Dorothy Fields and a witty book by Neil Simon.
Rating: PG
The Velveteen Rabbit - Verdigris Ensemble
Johnny returns with Verdigris Ensemble in The Velveteen Rabbit, a deeply immersive reimagining of Margery Williams’s beloved classic that blends narration, projections, and live vocal sound to explore what it means to become real. This gentle, magical 60-minute performance transforms 16 singers into a living world of wonder, atmosphere, and emotional depth, inviting audiences of all ages into the timeless tale’s heart.
The Velveteen Rabbit - Verdigris Ensemble
Johnny returns with Verdigris Ensemble in The Velveteen Rabbit, a deeply immersive reimagining of Margery Williams’s beloved classic that blends narration, projections, and live vocal sound to explore what it means to become real. This gentle, magical 60-minute performance transforms 16 singers into a living world of wonder, atmosphere, and emotional depth, inviting audiences of all ages into the timeless tale’s heart.
The Velveteen Rabbit - Verdigris Ensemble
Johnny returns with Verdigris Ensemble in The Velveteen Rabbit, a deeply immersive reimagining of Margery Williams’s beloved classic that blends narration, projections, and live vocal sound to explore what it means to become real. This gentle, magical 60-minute performance transforms 16 singers into a living world of wonder, atmosphere, and emotional depth, inviting audiences of all ages into the timeless tale’s heart.
Sweet Charity
Johnny makes his Lyric Stage debut as Daddy Brubeck in Sweet Charity, the classic 1966 Broadway musical inspired by Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria. This vibrant production follows the romantic adventures of Charity Hope Valentine, set to Cy Coleman’s groovy mid-60s score with lyrics by Dorothy Fields and a witty book by Neil Simon.
Rating: PG
Sweet Charity
Johnny makes his Lyric Stage debut as Daddy Brubeck in Sweet Charity, the classic 1966 Broadway musical inspired by Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria. This vibrant production follows the romantic adventures of Charity Hope Valentine, set to Cy Coleman’s groovy mid-60s score with lyrics by Dorothy Fields and a witty book by Neil Simon.
Rating: PG
Sweet Charity
Johnny makes his Lyric Stage debut as Daddy Brubeck in Sweet Charity, the classic 1966 Broadway musical inspired by Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria. This vibrant production follows the romantic adventures of Charity Hope Valentine, set to Cy Coleman’s groovy mid-60s score with lyrics by Dorothy Fields and a witty book by Neil Simon.
Rating: PG
Sweet Charity
Johnny makes his Lyric Stage debut as Daddy Brubeck in Sweet Charity, the classic 1966 Broadway musical inspired by Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria. This vibrant production follows the romantic adventures of Charity Hope Valentine, set to Cy Coleman’s groovy mid-60s score with lyrics by Dorothy Fields and a witty book by Neil Simon.
Rating: PG
A Western - Verdigris Ensemble
Johnny returns to Verdigris Ensemble in A Western, a bold and immersive reimagining of the American frontier inspired by the film High Noon. This innovative production fractures the myth of the West through a cinematic blend of voices, movement, projection, and light, creating a vivid contemporary portrait of justice, morality, and mythmaking.
A Western - Verdigris Ensemble
Johnny returns to Verdigris Ensemble in A Western, a bold and immersive reimagining of the American frontier inspired by the film High Noon. This innovative production fractures the myth of the West through a cinematic blend of voices, movement, projection, and light, creating a vivid contemporary portrait of justice, morality, and mythmaking.
A Western - Verdigris Ensemble
Johnny returns to Verdigris Ensemble in A Western, a bold and immersive reimagining of the American frontier inspired by the film High Noon. This innovative production fractures the myth of the West through a cinematic blend of voices, movement, projection, and light, creating a vivid contemporary portrait of justice, morality, and mythmaking.
Don Carlo
Johnny joins the Dallas Opera Chorus in their season finale!
Set amidst the tumult of the Spanish Inquisition, Verdi’s masterpiece has it all—forbidden love, heartfelt bromance, searing family drama, and political intrigue to spare. Foes and friends maneuver and manipulate in one of opera’s most magnificent masterworks.
Don Carlo
Johnny joins the Dallas Opera Chorus in their season finale!
Set amidst the tumult of the Spanish Inquisition, Verdi’s masterpiece has it all—forbidden love, heartfelt bromance, searing family drama, and political intrigue to spare. Foes and friends maneuver and manipulate in one of opera’s most magnificent masterworks.
Don Carlo
Johnny joins the Dallas Opera Chorus in their season finale!
Set amidst the tumult of the Spanish Inquisition, Verdi’s masterpiece has it all—forbidden love, heartfelt bromance, searing family drama, and political intrigue to spare. Foes and friends maneuver and manipulate in one of opera’s most magnificent masterworks.
Don Carlo
Johnny joins the Dallas Opera Chorus in their season finale!
Set amidst the tumult of the Spanish Inquisition, Verdi’s masterpiece has it all—forbidden love, heartfelt bromance, searing family drama, and political intrigue to spare. Foes and friends maneuver and manipulate in one of opera’s most magnificent masterworks.
Hymns and Variations - Verdigris Ensemble
To mark the opening of Rauschenberg Sculpture, Verdigris Ensemble, a Dallas-based immersive vocal ensemble, will perform John Cage's Hymns and Variations, a musical composition for 12 voices. John Cage and Robert Rauschenberg enjoyed a close, creative relationship centered on chance, performance, and breaking down the boundaries between art forms. Jeffrey Lependorf, Executive Director of the John Cage Trust, will introduce this special performance.
Lend Me A Chainsaw
Johnny stars as Kevin in Lend Me A Chainsaw—a bloody, bawdy, and wildly entertaining whirlwind where horror tropes meet showtunes, and everything goes deliciously off the rails.
Six friends set off on a road trip to a lake house the summer before their senior year, blissfully unaware it was the bloody site of a chainsaw murder spree last year.
Who is the killer? Who will survive? …Will you?
Runtime: 100 minutes, presented without an intermission. Rating: R.
Help us get this show licensed and recorded! Check out our Seed and Spark campaign here!
Lend Me A Chainsaw
Johnny stars as Kevin in Lend Me A Chainsaw—a bloody, bawdy, and wildly entertaining whirlwind where horror tropes meet showtunes, and everything goes deliciously off the rails.
Six friends set off on a road trip to a lake house the summer before their senior year, blissfully unaware it was the bloody site of a chainsaw murder spree last year.
Who is the killer? Who will survive? …Will you?
Runtime: 100 minutes, presented without an intermission. Rating: R.
Help us get this show licensed and recorded! Check out our Seed and Spark campaign here!
Lend Me A Chainsaw
Johnny stars as Kevin in Lend Me A Chainsaw—a bloody, bawdy, and wildly entertaining whirlwind where horror tropes meet showtunes, and everything goes deliciously off the rails.
Six friends set off on a road trip to a lake house the summer before their senior year, blissfully unaware it was the bloody site of a chainsaw murder spree last year.
Who is the killer? Who will survive? …Will you?
Runtime: 100 minutes, presented without an intermission. Rating: R.
Help us get this show licensed and recorded! Check out our Seed and Spark campaign here!
Lend Me A Chainsaw
Johnny stars as Kevin in Lend Me A Chainsaw—a bloody, bawdy, and wildly entertaining whirlwind where horror tropes meet showtunes, and everything goes deliciously off the rails.
Six friends set off on a road trip to a lake house the summer before their senior year, blissfully unaware it was the bloody site of a chainsaw murder spree last year.
Who is the killer? Who will survive? …Will you?
Runtime: 100 minutes, presented without an intermission. Rating: R.
Help us get this show licensed and recorded! Check out our Seed and Spark campaign here!
Carmen
Johnny joins the Dallas Opera Chorus in this American premiere production—a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Carmen just as Paris audiences did at the inaugural performance in 1875—featuring re-creations of the original sets, costumes, and staging!
Carmen
Johnny joins the Dallas Opera Chorus in this American premiere production—a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Carmen just as Paris audiences did at the inaugural performance in 1875—featuring re-creations of the original sets, costumes, and staging!
Carmen
Johnny joins the Dallas Opera Chorus in this American premiere production—a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Carmen just as Paris audiences did at the inaugural performance in 1875—featuring re-creations of the original sets, costumes, and staging!
Carmen
Johnny joins the Dallas Opera Chorus in this American premiere production—a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Carmen just as Paris audiences did at the inaugural performance in 1875—featuring re-creations of the original sets, costumes, and staging!
Carmen
Johnny joins the Dallas Opera Chorus in this American premiere production—a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Carmen just as Paris audiences did at the inaugural performance in 1875—featuring re-creations of the original sets, costumes, and staging!
Aria: A Higher Hand Guides Me
A Higher Hand Guides Me declares that every act of creation can be an intimate communion with God. This opera draws inspiration from the work of Lou Nell Sims, a self-taught mixed media artist from the Tenth Street Historic Freedmen's Town District. Working across a wide range of mediums, Sims reshapes forms of worship in her image. Rooted in a compelling Christian faith, she invites viewers into her holy, creative practice through abstract forms imbued with deep spiritual meaning. This performance is a sonic dedication to Black vernacular expression, improvisation, and worship.
Presented by Johnny Brown
A dynamic tenor and multidisciplinary performer based in Dallas, Johnny Brown is known for weaving together musical genres into immersive storytelling experiences. He’s been featured with the Dallas Opera, Fort Worth Opera, the Orpheus Chamber Singers, Verdigris Ensemble, the Dallas Bach Society, Grammy-winning artist Kirk Franklin, and more.
Creative Direction by Hakeem Adewumi + Juneteenth House
A Nigerian-American photographer, creative director, and Fulbright Fellow, based in Dallas, Texas. His work explores the intersections of Blackness, spirituality, identity, and memory across various mediums, including portrait photography, installation, and archival storytelling. His recent work has been exhibited as the Artist-in-Residence for the esteemed Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, and the National Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.
In Partnership with [bc] Workshop
The buildingcommunityWORKSHOP (bcWORKSHOP) is a Texas-based nonprofit design center committed to improving the livability of communities through thoughtful, inclusive design. Their work centers community voices, especially in under-resourced neighborhoods, and creates spaces where art, architecture, and storytelling intersect.
This program is partially supported by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture.
*NOTE* this is an outdoor event
Transcendence: Shams - Verdigris Ensemble
**BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND**
In Collaboration with Bruce Wood Dance Dallas
Verdigris Ensemble is bringing back SHAMS, a groundbreaking collaboration with the Crow Museum of Asian Art, featuring music by Iranian composer Sahba Aminikia and live dance with Bruce Wood Dance Dallas. The work sets Rumi's poetry to music in its original Farsi, translated by Zara Houshmand, creating the largest collection of Rumi poetry set in its original language, in the world
Transcendence: Shams - Verdigris Ensemble
**BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND**
In Collaboration with Bruce Wood Dance Dallas
Verdigris Ensemble is bringing back SHAMS, a groundbreaking collaboration with the Crow Museum of Asian Art, featuring music by Iranian composer Sahba Aminikia and live dance with Bruce Wood Dance Dallas. The work sets Rumi's poetry to music in its original Farsi, translated by Zara Houshmand, creating the largest collection of Rumi poetry set in its original language, in the world
Transcendence: Shams - Verdigris Ensemble
**BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND**
In Collaboration with Bruce Wood Dance Dallas
Verdigris Ensemble is bringing back SHAMS, a groundbreaking collaboration with the Crow Museum of Asian Art, featuring music by Iranian composer Sahba Aminikia and live dance with Bruce Wood Dance Dallas. The work sets Rumi's poetry to music in its original Farsi, translated by Zara Houshmand, creating the largest collection of Rumi poetry set in its original language, in the world.
The Sacred Veil (Fort Worth) - Orpheus Chamber Singers
Eric Whitacre's The Sacred Veil was written with his friend and poet Charles Anthony Silvestri, who lost his wife to cancer. This 12-movement work tells the story of life, love, and loss.
This concert will be given in partnership with Baylor Scott & White’s Arts in Medicine department.
Advance Tickets: $50/Adults, $40/Seniors, $15/Students
At the Door: $55/Adults, $45/Seniors, $15/Students
The Sacred Veil (Dallas) - Orpheus Chamber Singers
Eric Whitacre's The Sacred Veil was written with his friend and poet Charles Anthony Silvestri, who lost his wife to cancer. This 12-movement work tells the story of life, love, and loss.
This concert will be given in partnership with Baylor Scott & White’s Arts in Medicine department.
Advance Tickets: $50/Adults, $40/Seniors, $15/Students
At the Door: $55/Adults, $45/Seniors, $15/Students
Cultural Connections: China
Come celebrate the incredible cultural traditions of China, from the past to the modern day!
For a magical night of music the Allen Philharmonic Orchestra and Symphony Chorus will be joined by:
The tickets are $15 for students, $25 for adults, $20 for seniors aged 62+.
Johnny’s Lent Playlist - 3 and 4
Hi all,
Please enjoy the third (and fourth) set of songs for our creative Lenten sessions. There is a song to correspond with each day, so listen at your own pace, but if you choose to listen to the whole thing, I’d suggest going in order.
Orpheus & Santa Fe Desert Chorale in Concert (Dallas)
Experience an evening of extraordinary choral music with not one but two choirs! The Santa Fe Desert Chorale, one of the nation's foremost professional chamber choirs, will share the stage with Orpheus Chamber Singers in this unique, one-night-only event.
Advance Tickets: $75/Adults & Seniors, $15/Students
Balcony Seating (Limited): $20/Adults & Seniors, $10/Students
At the Door: $80/Adults & Seniors, $20/Students