Through Feb. 27
The Dallas Opera presents Romeo & Juliet at 7:30 p.m. in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, 2403 Flora St. in Dallas. Sunday matinee performance starts at 2 p.m. Single tickets start at $25. www.dallasopera.org
Through Feb. 27
Want some Marvin Gaye? How about a little Ray Charles? The Dallas Black Dance Theatre will host a Cultural Awareness Series to include … And Now Marvin, Smoke and the spiritual suite Beams from Heaven at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, 2400 Flora St., in Dallas. Tickets are available at www.dbdt.com or by calling 214-880-0202.
Feb. 25
The hit stage play She’s Your Sister will take place at 8 p.m. at Friendship-West Baptist Church, 2020 W. Wheatland Road in Dallas. Doors open at 7 p.m. The show features Fred Hammond and Tony Grant (Why Did I Get Married?). www.friendship-west.com
Feb. 25
Eastfield College faculty member Dusty Reasons and the Eastfield Theatre group will present a look at black American actors from 10:10 to 11 a.m. in room G101. Eastfield College is located at 3737 Motley Drive in Mesquite. Event is free.
Feb. 25-Feb. 26
The Black Academy of Arts and Letters will present the musical revue Blue, Black and Hot starring Dallas’ Benita Arterberry and Yarbrough and Peoples with performances at 8:15 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday in the Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex, located at the corner of Akard and Canton streets. Tickets are $15. www.tbaal.org
Feb. 25-Feb. 26
The Frisco Area Children’s Theatre presents Rapunzel at 7 p.m. on Saturday and a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Performances will take place at the Frisco Black Box Theatre, 8004 North Dallas Pkwy., in Frisco. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for children 10 years and younger and patrons 65 and older. www.friscoacts.com
Feb. 26
Dallas will play host to its Black History Parade from noon to 3 p.m. The parade will begin on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and end at Fair Park. Call 972-765-2454.
Feb. 26
Royal Comedy Tour with Sommore, Bruce Bruce and D.L. Hughley and more is coming to Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $75. www.verizontheatre.com.
Feb. 27
Residents of Dallas can experience the thrills and surprises of the 83rd Academy Awards at Dallas’ own Oscar Night America party. Benefiting the USA Film Festival’s KidFilm outreach programs, Dallas’ Oscar Night celebration will be held at the Studio Movie Grill, 11170 N. Central Expressway, Dallas, beginning at 6 p.m. (awards telecast begins at 7 p.m.). Tickets are now on sale at the USA Film Festival by telephone 214-821-6300 or email usafilmfest@aol.com
Feb. 28
Eastfield College, 3737 Motley Drive in Mesquite, concludes Black History Month with a program titled Who Cares What Black People Think Anyway beginning at 12:30 p.m. in room C135.
March 2
The Queen of Motown, Diana Ross, will perform at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas at 8 p.m. www.ticketmaster.com
March 3-March 6
Comedian Donnell Rawlings to appear at the Addison Improv, 4980 Beltline Road in Dallas Showtimes for March 3 are 8 p.m., March 4 are 8 and 10:30 p.m., March 5 are 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. and March 6 at 7:30 p.m.
March 11-April 2
The Garland Civic Theatre will present Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird at the Granville Arts Center, 300 North Fifth St., in downtown Dallas. Thursday performances are slated for March 10 and March 17 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 for all shows except the March 10 show ($15). Friday and Saturday evening shows start at 8 p.m. and matinees at 2:30 p.m. Call the Arts Center Box at 972-205-2790 for tickets.
March 16
Singers Melanie Fiona and Marsha Ambrosius will perform at the Palladium Ballroom, 1135 South Lamar in Dallas at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $35. www.thepalladiumballroom.com
April 2
Janet Jackson will perform her No. 1 hits at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie. Tickets start at $49. www.verizontheatre.com
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