Lyricist Richard Maltby, Jr. and composer David Shire (the team behind the musicals Big, Baby, and Starting Here, Starting Now) fashioned this delicious musical revue with songs that stand alone - each a mini-musical in itself - but also add up to a unifying theme of growing up, falling in love, and trying to hold on to happiness through life's curves and changes, from the bawdy hilarity of "Miss Byrd" to the poignant longing of "She Loves Me Not."  Director Rene Moreno, noted for his work on major dramas, including CTD's A Streetcar Named Desire, takes a lighter turn with Closer Than Ever.

Dates: December 5 - 28. There will be a preview, pay-what-you-can performance on Thursday December 4, 2008 at 7:30pm.  Also, please note that there will be no performance on Sunday December 7th or Thursday December 25, 2008.

Tickets: Main floor seating: $32 for adults, $27 for students and seniors (60 and up), Dallas Theatre League and STAGE members. Balcony seating: $27 for adults, $22 for students and seniors (60 and up), Dallas Theatre League and STAGE members. $10 student rush tickets go on sale to students with ID 15 minutes before curtain. Discounts for groups of 10 or more. Two-for-one tickets Thursdays and Sundays for KERA and ArtsCard members (Please call Box Office for group discounted or two-for-one tickets).
Tickets available online.

Location: 5601 Sears St., Dallas, TX 75206 (one block west of lower Greenville, behind the former Arcadia Theatre). Visit our website for directions: www.contemporarytheatreofdallas.com.

Contemporary Theatre of Dallas is a nonprofit organization. For information, photos or interviews, please contact managing director Russell Dyer at 214-828-0094 or by email at russell@contemporarytheatreofdallas.com.