Dallas Children's Theater Review

Very beautiful children's work. I highly recommend it

Amazing performance of Beauty and the Beast this afternoon! You all were fantastic! Thanks for the great memories

Saw "Beauty and the Beast" with the family and it was amazing. Yet another top-notch performance at DCT. Thank you and keep up the excellent work!

Great programming! Spot on with the age recommendations for children's shows.

Our kids have been coming to shows and acting class here since they were 3.5 years old. It's a wonderful place for them to grow and learn about expression and the arts!

Great shows. Friendly and excellent employees make everything an excellent visit..

Very clean and loved the Christmas decor! Ample parking just be sure to use the correct entrance

DCT provides classes for young actors (preK and up) to get some training and experience and of course to have some fun. The staff provide personal attention to the students and the performances are always memorable.

My school worked there for the first time yesterday to see Frosty and Friends. I had a good time. The kids (Pre-K and Kinder) loved it. It wasn't too crowded and I felt like we were important. I can't wait to go back.

Always a great experience. Very interactive for the kiddos before, during, and after the show.

Absolutely love this theatre! They put on great shows. Such talent inside these walls. Been here too many times to count and will continue to go! My kids love it here.

Great experience for the children, most plays are based on books, making the connection (reading-theater) amazing! Comfortable seating, good entrance logistics, interesting and enjoyable activities before play. Great place!!

A lot of fun for the kids. very Interactive. Great experience. They even had CiCi's come in with pizza.

Kept my 2-year-old's attention for an hour and a half, and entertained me too. Can't ask for more than that

Great actors and the kids have a lot of fun here. My daughter became interested in theater herself after watching several performances here.

I absolutely loved everything about the theater except the plot of the play they chose to show to children. This is a Children's Theater, with a room full of children. Why they chose The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is dumbfounding. We were on a field trip with a whole group of 2nd grade children. I had no idea what I was going to experience.

Here's the highlights ... a ceramic bunny is given to a little girl. The audience can hear his thoughts, but of course the actors cannot. The whole plot is about him learning to love and care about others. Which should be a nice story, but the journey is not so nice.

It starts off with a voyage across an ocean where two boys steal a little girl's bunny, playing toss with him over her head & the bunny being tossed overboard, where they make a big deal about the bunny being all alone on the bottom of the ocean. -Bullying & Isolation

The bunny is caught in a fisherman's net & he takes it home to his wife who adores it & talks to it. Their adult daughter comes for a visit, decides her Mom is going senile, steals the bunny & takes it to the dump, abandoning it, where it's eventually buried under more trash. -Theft, meanness & more isolation

A dog finds the bunny and he remains with the dog and a homeless man for years, until a railroad official catches them on a train, assaults the man and the dog & tosses the bunny from the train. -(Railroad) Official Oppression, Assault, Animal Cruelty, more isolation

He's used as a scarecrow with a dark scene about the crows pecking at him, then stolen and taken home to a dying child, who's mother has already died, father is a drunk, a scene where father physically abuses the son and then the daughter dies. -Isolation, Abuse, Poverty, Hunger, Family Violence, Death

Abused boy runs away from home, taking the bunny (that he had made into a puppet for his sister) and panhandles on the street for money. He goes to a restaurant and orders too much food, not having sufficient funds to pay the bill. Owner yells at him and then destroys the bunny by slamming his head on a hard surface. - Runaway, more violence, plus a room full of children who grew up on Toy Story and just witnessed the murder of this bunny by the restaurant owner.

A craftsman puts the bunny back together & puts him in his store for sale. Where he sits for years before a woman walks in looking for a toy for her daughter. She finds the bunny and is speechless. She's the original owner who lost him all those years ago on the boat. So it ends up with them being reunited and him learning to love his owners, vs. constantly complaining about them. The kids LOVED the ending.

My 2nd grader didn't even get the whole plot to the story. She's focused on how sad the story was and was full of questions about all the bad aspects in the story ... things that until yesterday, she had no idea existed or occurred in the lives of other people.

Oh, and a side story, inside the main story ... elderly lady associated with owner #1 tells a story about a selfish princess who didn't love anyone but herself. A man proposes to her, she takes the ring & swallows it, basically laughing at him for being in love. She goes for a stroll in the woods & gets lost. Days later, she finds a house occupied by a witch. She demands that the witch help her because her Dad is the king and threatens the Witch that she'll suffer consequences if she turns away the princess. The witch shows her consequences, by turning her into a boar. The boar princess runs away, finding scouts from the castle who are looking for her. They don't know she's the princess, kill her & take her back to the castle. The cook cuts her open, finds the ring, puts it on her finger & continues to prepare dinner. Everyone in the castle (unknowingly) ate the princess for dinner. Morale: Don't be selfish. Love other people.

How is this appropriate for children? Maybe 5th or 6th grade, but definitely not younger crowds! This play should come with a rating warning that it's not suitable for younger children.

They have good shows. They are friendly with kids and have good customer service.

We've been to a few performances here. Our son likes them but as an adult I find them only so so. Acting is amatuer. Stories are so so. But the positive it's that the kids see it from a different angle and enjoy.

I praise this theater for giving so much to the community. That magical feeling of raw theater can be experienced in your pores. Must go!

We went to watch beauty and the beast, my kids loved it. Nice and clean place with plenty of parking.

They do everything well! I love to go. I take my class once each year.

Went for a 1st grade field trip. Professional and nice, clean place. Actors/actresses were phenomenal. Lighting and special effects were great! Would go again!

I Appreciate the welcoming and accomodting staff here!

*Always a joy and the actors/actresses are very nice*

Well done performance of Beauty and the Beast Jr.- great adult actors, costumes, and set design. The stairs in the upper middle aisle need better markings - saw an adult and child tumble down stairs with full lights. No food or drink allowed in theater which at least water or capped soft drinks would be nice to have allowed. Also there is no assigned seating, so long line to enter and then mad dash to find seats or people holding seats, etc...need to just assign seats to ease everyone's minds. Autograph signing after show by cast in lobby, which quickly gets crowded and long line for main characters makes its daunting for child under 6 yrs old to make it worth the wait.

Theater camps for toddlers are great for kids and parents.

Went to see Beauty and the Beast with my daughter and grand daughter, performance was amazing.

Small theatre, quite a drive (1 hour) for us, but we loved the atmosphere, friendly staff and the show was great. We will be looking for other performances to attend!

Very nice people, show was awesome Ella Enchanting.

Would have given it 5 Stars if it had assigned seating

Awesome experience to help get children excited about theatre. Definitely will return!

I've taken my grandchildren, ages 7, 5 and almost 2 yrs old to a few plays, they've enjoyed the selections, always age appropriate. The staff is very friendly, professional and accommodating. The staff accommodates toddlers if plays are not age appropriate by allowing parents to bring children to the lobby area and continue viewing on the lobby screen. The ticket pricing is appropriate. Great area for dining afterwards

Very fun, but helped me learn a tremendous amount too. I would recommend this to all ages and everyone.

This was such a fun little play. Price of tickets were fair!

Terry F is the best. If you have any questions ask Terry. She is kind and helpful.

Great Lone Star Circus show. Super fun night, not a bad seat in the house. Small and intimate so you get immersed in the show.

They are awesome!! Great place for kids & adults! Classes for kids of all ages and the productions are some of the best in the city!

Professional theater dedicated to the theater for young audiences! Has a great mission statement and commitment to diverse story telling.

This is a great theater and has put on so many amazing childeren and adult productios threw out the years! Can't wait to see what the childeren, directors, and teachers put on the stage the holiday season of 2018!

Really great facility for young thespians to grow their skills or enjoy a performance by other kids.

Lovely facility. Easy to navigate throughout with a large group. Good space for 175 people. Fine acoustics for conversation.

Great place for creative kids to grow their stage abilities.

Delightful production of "Treasure Island Revisited." Congratulations, Robin.

I love working there, plus the shows are just plain amazing.

We went to see the play Blue with our 3 year old son. The place is very beautiful, clean; they had games at the lobby for the kids to play. Once we entered the theater, it was organized so the kids could sit on the floor with pillows. My son had a great time! He really enjoyed the play. We loved the message from the story, it taught our young ones about diversity. I want to come back soon.

Fun for kids and adults. The facility is wonderful. The staff has always been friendly and helpful. The plays are well done and fun. Even my teenage child enjoys going with the little ones.

Its an awesome place to bring the little ones, my kiddos enjoyed themselves and could not stop talking about the magician ad his magic.

So many performances over the years! Friend s children and friends onstage! Thespians All! Wonderful time for families to enjoy the live stage. Interest in the performing arts start at a very young age. Catch the performances and see where the dreams take your children! Bling Blinky of Texas Shout Out: Imagination and dance are a delightful combination!

Took the grand kids last Sunday. Very impressed with the facility and presentation. Helpful, organized staff. Great job DCT!

Solid children's theatre in East Dallas/Lake District.

One of the best children's theaters in the country!

My son love this theater! We watched How I became a pirate last time and we learned a lot about pirates live! Stuff is always friendly and helpful!

First time we have been there. Took our granddaughter to watch Beauty and the Beast...very helpful staff, plenty of parking...

Took our fourth graders and everyone had a great time.

They always seem to put on some amazing shows my kids absolutely love this place. And we love meeting the actress and actresses at the end of each show

This was the best stage production of Beauty and the Beast.