Email Author Elaine Liner

Awards

• 2006 - Katie Awards

  "First, Noel"

• 2006 - Katie Awards

  "Something to Sneeze At"

• 2006 - Katie Awards

  "Grain Man"

• 2006 - Katie Awards

  "With a Vanya on My Knee"

• 2006 - Katie Awards

  "Madame Ovary"

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2006 Stories by Elaine Liner

• Standard Transmission

  published June 15, 2006

  The day after seeing Stanton's Garage at Contemporary Theatre of Dallas, I visited an aunt and uncle who are up in years.... More >>

• Open Arms

  published June 15, 2006

  It used to be a Dairy Queen, which helps explain the Sunday-Monday-Happy-Days feeling inside Starfish Seafood Diner. Walk up to the... More >>

• Unhinged

  published June 8, 2006

  You could call The Illusion a comedy. You could call ipecac an after-dinner liqueur. That doesn't make those descriptions accurate.... More >>

• Ballsy

  published June 1, 2006

  Take Me Out, Richard Greenberg's Tony-winning drama now playing at Addison's WaterTower Theatre, tells a "What if?" story.... More >>

• Curl Up and Die

  published May 25, 2006

  The Steel Magnolias are in bloom again. Robert Harling's all-woman 1987 play, full of sap, sass and silliness, is a favorite of... More >>

• Brown Study

  published May 25, 2006

  If you don't like to eat in public, Aqua Italian Bistro and Bar is just about perfect. Think of it as a don't-see-anyone/won't-be-seen kind... More >>

• Winging It

  published May 18, 2006

  Ever sat through a show thinking you've seen and heard it all before? The derivative tunes, the hackneyed lyrics. The creative duo Eric Rockwell... More >>

• Short-changed

  published May 4, 2006

  Among the six actors in Nickel and Dimed, now playing at Kitchen Dog Theater, only the lead, Kristina Baker, is a member of... More >>

• War on Tiara

  published April 27, 2006

  Miss Great Plains, Bonnie Louise Cutlett, looks as shaky as a lamb headed for slaughter. She steps forward during the "talent" round of the... More >>

• Lovesick Blues

  published April 20, 2006

  Funny how two shows about feeling bad turn out to be the feel-good musicals of the year so far. They're all about heartache and despair and what... More >>

• Devil's Playground

  published April 13, 2006

  Every new generation can glean fresh meaning from Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Now onstage at Addison's WaterTower Theatre... More >>

• No Strings Attached

  published April 6, 2006

  Good live theater can work on you like a shot of joy juice. When everything clicks the way it did in Kitchen Dog Theater's recent Cloud... More >>

• Kitsch in Sync

  published March 30, 2006

  Rats, The Mousetrap is back. So is The Phantom of the Opera, that great and glorious hunk of cheese from the grand... More >>

• Lay On, MacBuff

  published March 23, 2006

  Who knew Macbeth could be so hot? Theatre Britain, that plucky little company so skilled at staging farces and Christmas... More >>

• Little Orphan Trannies

  published March 9, 2006

  Out in Plano, on the big stage at Collin County Community College, you've got The Rocky Horror (Puppet) Show, a loud, dirty,... More >>

• Up in Arms

  published February 23, 2006

  "Just a little touch of star quality" is how the chorus of peasants describes the title character in Evita, just opened by Lyric... More >>

• Ankh Around the Clock

  published February 16, 2006

  Aida the grand opera by Giuseppe Verdi and Aida the Elton John/Tim Rice rock musical now running at the Uptown Players... More >>

• Dangerous Moves

  published February 9, 2006

  Somebody at the Richardson Theatre Centre has been watching late-night Cinemax. Director Regan Adair's production of Christopher Hampton's... More >>

• So Ova It

  published February 2, 2006

  Say you get some fine pâté de foie gras. You spread a big dollop of it on a thick, crusty slice of warm French baguette along with... More >>

• Go With the Flow

  published January 26, 2006

  Urinetown is running at the WaterTower Theatre. Perfect. What a relief that it's such a wonderful production. Otherwise... More >>

• The Luce-y Show

  published January 19, 2006

  Besides being Friday the 13th, the opening night performance of The Women, the Clare Boothe Luce comedy at Contemporary Theatre... More >>

• Sing Out, Louise

  published January 12, 2006

  What started four years ago as a one-night-only fundraiser for the upstart Uptown Players has evolved into such a sell-out event that they... More >>