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The production sometimes feels more like High School Musical than Elizabethan, but that’s Moriarty.
Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
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The production sometimes feels more like High School Musical than Elizabethan, but that’s Moriarty.
Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
Dallas Theater Center's production is filled with love unrequited, mistaken, exaggerated, and conquered all in a fantastical, fairy-laden evening of color and song.
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
Curse of the Werewolf is an entertaining and funny whodunit.
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
The play is based on the early life of Vincent Van Gogh.
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
Even though the slate of events is a little sparser than usual, there are still a few fun things worth getting out of the house for.
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Moments where characters deliver monologues to the audience are the highlights of the play.
Monday, Nov. 2, 2009
I give great credit to these actors who portrayed various genders, ages and nationalities of callers to the talk show.
Monday, Nov. 2, 2009
Cedric Neal blesses the stage of the Wyly Theatre with an edgy take on Shakespeare’s funny valentine.
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009
Act, Too, under the auspices of Unity Church of Dallas, has assembled an enjoyable show in The Hallelujah Girls.
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
Rabbit Hole is an exquisite, reflective play on holding back, holding on, and doing whatever you can to avoid the incomprehensibly awful truth.
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
The show won't win any awards, but it's still a lot of fun to watch.
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
Emotions are raw and real and, wisely, director Cynthia Hestand does not go for a happily ever after ending.
Monday, Oct. 26, 2009
For us, the audience, we are changed by this story, and we'll have much to think about as our dance goes on.
Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
Only a little over a week to go until Halloween, so there are plenty of spooky events going on.
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
Open-minded and adventurous souls should grab a seat and take a ride at Mark-Brian Sonna's masterful Theatre of Death.
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
With colorful, authentic period costumes and a talented cast, this show plays like a comic book come to life.
Monday, Oct. 19, 2009
Don’t Dress for Dinner is writer Marc Camoletti's sequel to Boeing, Boeing.
Monday, Oct. 19, 2009
Breathe seems to draw its sparkle and energy from a spring of brimming humanity and tireless optimism.
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
Both plays have a degree of female experience as it has too long been perceived: hysterical, confined, freakish, and in the end, inverted.
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
Director Peter Ray chose to focus on the comedic aspects of the script to full tilt and maximized the talent and abilities of everyone on the stage.
Monday, Oct. 12, 2009
Martha Nelly Wasserman, Dale Wasserman’s widow, will be joining Rover Dramawerks for performances during the second weekend of the run.
Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009
This taped live performance will be presented in high definition at both the Dallas and Plano locations.
Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009
While Shakespeare Dallas' mash of visual effects and staging is sometimes unwieldy, so is the play.
Friday, Oct. 2, 2009
Southern Hospitality reminded me of a combination of Greater Tuna and Waiting for Guffman with a little Designing Women thrown in the mix.
Friday, Oct. 2, 2009
Bats in the Belfry will start on Friday, October 9 and run through October 25.
Friday, Oct. 2, 2009
The play is the story of Memphis Coy, a world famous international supermodel with narcissistic personality disorder.
Monday, Sept. 28, 2009
Junie B. feels a little bit too much like a Sesame Street version of learning — colorful, happy-go-lucky, and slightly kitsch.
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009
Rather than hide the set changes, the production will draw attention to the transitions and make the audience aware that they are in a world of make-believe.
Monday, Sept. 21, 2009
As always, Sundown Collaborative Theatre accomplishes the goals of this play with performance alone.
Monday, Sept. 21, 2009
The production will run from October 15 - November 1 at the Addison Theatre Center.
Monday, Sept. 21, 2009
The performance will benefit the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
The Book of Liz is written by Amy and David Sedaris.
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
The Dance on Widow’s Row features an accomplished cast of Jubilee favorites.
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
People, people who see Funny Girl, are the luckiest people in the world; Vigils rains on your parade.
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
Mauritius can sometimes grow a bit tedious as it works out its kinks, but its overall effect skirts the mustily arcane.
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009
Dwelling on memory, loss, and redemption, the play is a fitting way to mark 9/11 and the coming of autumn.
Monday, Sept. 14, 2009
The season will include A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard and Kira Obolensky's Lobster Alice.
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009
Master Harold and the Boys is a blistering fusion of the personal and the political.
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009
Set in an historic Parisian bar, the ridiculous and the sublime intersect in this unique comedy about a chance encounter between Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso.
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009
The actors danced seamlessly in this energetic, great show to watch.
Monday, Sept. 7, 2009