Photo illustration by Spencer J Eggers
Gender stratification? Don’t ask Uptown Players anything about that, they wouldn’t know.
In their annual fundraiser aptly titled “Broadway Our Way”, the Dallas theatre staple turns the tables on classic Broadway songs and let males take the lead on traditionally female-sang songs and vice versa.
The result? A gender-bending blend of Broadway’s best songs with Dallas’ best voices.
The evening starts swiftly with a punchy, short monologue from the show’s ringleaders, BJ Cleveland and Marisa Diotalevi. After a quick laugh Diotalevi belts a welcoming number that informs the audience that Uptown Dallas is “not just for gays