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Theater review: The Man with the Pointed Toes

The current offering from Artisan Center Theater in Hurst is sweet and refreshing.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Rover Dramawerks to present Epic Proportions

The comedy will start on July 16 and continue through August 8 at the Cox Building Playhouse in Plano.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Theater review: Evita

Repertory Company Theatre did quite a remarkable job of downsizing this show to a smaller stage and pulling it off with a smaller budget.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Theater review: Chapter Two

Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical play is receiving what is perhaps the definitive treatment of this masterful work.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Dallas Theater Center names local director and choreographer as artistic associate

Joel Ferrell is a longtime DTC collaborator and has acted, directed, and choreographed on DTC’s stage.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Theater review: Romeo and Juliet (Trinity Shakespeare Festival)

What this production has achieved is a sense of infectious, instinctive urgency that most productions of Romeo and Juliet lack.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Theater review: The King and I

This is such eye-popping theater that big doesn’t even do it justice — it's massive.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Theater review: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

CCBB is really a family musical geared for children, and they will truly love it.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Kids and family events in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, June 24-30

This week's event include a rhyming musical in Rockwall, a jump start on celebrating America in Seagoville, St. Matthew's Gospel performed in Fort Worth, ham radio in Plano, and teen pop in Arlington.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Theatre Arlington receives grant from Union Pacific

The $5,000 grant will support the theatre’s ACT UPS program.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Rover Dramawerks announces 10th anniversary season

Rover Dramawerks’ 2009-10 season will be A Year of Premieres.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Creative Arts Theatre & School in Arlington undergoing organization changes

Staff changes include layoffs of a number of long-term staff personnel, as well as reduction in staff hours.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Theater review: Cash on Delivery

It's everything one expects from a British farce: Lies, lies, and more lies.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Rockwall Community Playhouse to present Seussical, Jr.

The storyline features songs like “The Sour Kangaroo,” “Oh the Thinks You Can Think,” and “Horton Hears a Who.”

Friday, June 19, 2009

Fort Worth’s Jubilee Theatre announces 2009-2010 season

The season will open with the sole North American production this year of The Dance on Widow’s Row.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Circle Theatre in Fort Worth to present Incorruptible

Audiences attending Incorruptible will be transported to France -- circa 1250 A.D.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Kids and family events in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, June 17-23

This week you have carb-lovin' siblings in Arlington, a story that supposedly never ends in Dallas, a journey down a rabbit hole in Bedford, and a luau in Denton.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

UNT to present 3rd Annual Summer Arts Festival

One of the works will show three chimpanzees attempt to write William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Theater review: The Sound of Music

Superb singing isn't enough to save this show. I walked out of the show feeling dismayed.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Casa Mañana to present Little Shop of Horrors, July 7-12, 2009

Come see everyone’s favorite down-and-out, skid row floral assistant who becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Theater review: Death: The Musical

If you want to laugh non-stop and see a spanking new musical, then you need to rush to PST and catch this show.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Theater review: Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night reminds audiences how much fun practical jokes and mistaken identity can be.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Theater reviews: Mommie Queerest and Death: The Musical

The lame parts of Mommie Queerest can be chalked up to the source material.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Theater review: Days of Wine and Roses

Days of Wine and Roses is a compelling script that has been well done by Rover Dramawerks.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Theater review: The Wizard of Oz

The production succeeds in making the musical seem brand new with spectacular projection effects and richly detailed colorful costumes.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

ACT-SO competition calls on the gifts of Dallas youth

Several Dallas students will travel to New York for the 2009 NAACP ACT-SO (the Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics) competition.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Contemporary Theatre of Dallas to present Neil Simon’s Chapter Two

The cast will include CTD favorites Marcia Carroll, Russell DeGrazier, Ted Wold and CTD Artistic Director Sue Loncar.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Richardson Theatre Centre to present Oliver!

Oliver! will be Richardson Theatre Centre’s first production in its new home.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Theatre Off the Square in Weatherford to present The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will be performed Friday through Sunday, June 19-21 and 26-28, 2009.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Theater review: Mommie Queerest

Mommie Queerest is missing that spark of creative energy that made previous Uptown Players productions so hilariously memorable.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Kids and family events in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, June 10-16

In addition the plethora of camps available for seemingly every hobby/sport out there, there's plenty to do in North Texas.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Theater review: All My Sons

All My Sons is an earnest production that recognizes and honors one of the most significant playwrights of the American theatre.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

DeSoto’s African American Repertory Theater announces 2009-2010 season

AART's upcoming season will feature five outstanding works including its first ever musical.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Theater review: Howl

In general, I find it hard to appreciate abstraction in any art form, so for the most part this piece goes over my head.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Theater review: The Receptionist

The Receptionist is a dense one-hour, one-act play that careens from hilarious comedy to Kafkaesque take on the banality of evil.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Theater review: Vincent River

Vincent River is a great alternative offering to the standard fare, and you should grab a few friends and see how intriguing it is.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Theater reviews: Greater Tuna, Jihad Jones and the Kalashnikov Babes, and Vincent River

Greater Tuna's scaled-down staging earns every cascading laugh it gets.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Theater review: Always…Patsy Cline

Always...Patsy Cline is a jukebox musical that gets it right, balancing nicely the story and the songs.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Dallas Summer Musicals to reintroduce Stage Right Program

The program introduces at-risk youth ages 10-15 to arts and culture events, as well as self improvement and self esteem building summer curriculum.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Casa Mañana presents Dame Edna - My First Last Tour

My First Last Tour will be at the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, June 23-28.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009


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