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
Theater
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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