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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2011 Stories by Elaine Liner

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  Texas Writer Mark Seal's New Book Is "Rockefeller" Centered

  published Jun 14, 2011

  Over the past dozen years, Texas journalist Mark Seal, 58, has worked his way onto a fascinating beat, writing lengthy investigative reportage for Vanity Fair about the foibles of the ultra-wealthy. H... More >>

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  Abe Lincoln's Big, Gay Dance Party: At Least They're Not Doing This Play at Ford's Theater

  published Jun 13, 2011

  Theater Caps are bite-sized punch-packing capsule reviews by resident theater critic Elaine Liner. Use them as a reminder -- or a teaser, if you procrastinate -- of her full-length reviews in The Mixm... More >>

• Beneath a Hackneyed Plot, Fireworks of Talent in Shooting Star

  published Jun 10, 2011

  Theater Caps are bite-sized punch-packing capsule reviews by resident theater critic Elaine Liner. Use them as a reminder -- or a teaser, if you procrastinate -- of her full-length reviews in The Mixm... More >>

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  Broken Gears Project Theatre Is Clicking with Men in Black (Underwear)

  published Jun 10, 2011

  This may be the week of big-budget musicals in Dallas theaters, but a 45-minute play with a $900 budget might be the hottest show on any stage right now. The Hand, which opened at the tiny Broken Gear... More >>

• Broken Gears' The Hand Tempts the Fickle Finger of Fate

  published June 9, 2011

  A play using only a pair of actors is often called a two-hander. The Hand, the boffo season finale at Broken Gears Project... More >>

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  Does Beyonce Step over the Line in Her "Inspired" Choreographyr

  published Jun 07, 2011

  First it was her Fosse-esque dance steps in the "Single Ladies" video. Now the digital effects and dancing for the video of Beyonce Knowles' new single "Run the World (Girls)" have some critics and fa... More >>

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  Overture! Light the Lights! Curtains Rise On Lots of Big Musicals

  published Jun 03, 2011

  For musical theater queens, it's high season. Over the next couple of weeks, stages all over DFW will be jammed with big musicals, including fresh-from-Broadway road tours and revivals of great shows ... More >>

• Inside a Pyramid Scheme in Ponzi at Kitchen Dog Theater

  published Jun 02, 2011

  Theater Caps are bite-sized punch-packing capsule reviews by resident theater critic Elaine Liner. Use them as a reminder -- or a teaser, if you procrastinate -- of her full-length reviews in The Mixm... More >>

• Ponzi Schemes to Cash In on Famous Rip-off

  published June 2, 2011

  By keeping the best character offstage, Ponzi, the new play by Elaine Romero getting its first production at Kitchen Dog... More >>

• Boys Will Be Birthday Boys In New Play at Oak Cliff's Texas Theatre

  published May 27, 2011

  More than anything, Aaron Kozak's two-act play The Birthday Boys is about what mean little boys big men can be, even when they're big, bad Marines. Onstage at the Texas Theatre through Sunday, May 29,... More >>

• Idols They Weren't, But Maroulis And DeGarmo Now Are Musical Comedy Stars

  published May 26, 2011

  Theater Caps are bite-sized punch-packing capsule reviews by resident theater critic Elaine Liner. Use them as a reminder -- or a teaser, if you procrastinate -- of her full-length reviews in The Mixm... More >>

• Inside a Pyramid Scheme in Ponzi at Kitchen Dog Theater

  published May 26, 2011

  The Bernie Madoff case hovers over Ponzi, the new play by Elaine Romero getting its world premiere as the mainstage production in the New... More >>

• Productions reliving the '80s miss the decade's dumb fun.

  published May 26, 2011

  Two blond, big-haired, big-boobed icons stare down on the action in the musicals Rock of Ages and 9 to 5. In Rock of... More >>

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  No Mystery Why Miz Arnette Is A Hit With The Matinee Ladies

  published May 24, 2011

  One Thirty Productions is selling out the house at the Bath House Cultural Center right now with the world premiere of its new comedy, The Mystery of Miz Arnette. The play by Ronnie Claire Edwards and... More >>

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  Find Your Stroke Of Genius At BYOB Painting Class

  published May 24, 2011

  "Chateau Cardboard" is how art instructor Renata Sharman describes most of the wine poured into plastic cups at Painting with a Twist, the art-class-cum-happy-hour studio in Garland. It's BYOB here, b... More >>

• Matthew Posey Stages A Juicy Slice of Weird in The Butcher

  published May 20, 2011

  Theater Caps are bite-sized punch-packing capsule reviews by resident theater critic Elaine Liner. Use them as a reminder -- or a teaser, if you procrastinate -- of her full-length reviews in The Mixm... More >>

• New Plays Every Night at This Weekend's Nouveau Frontiers at Fair Park

  published May 19, 2011

  Theater Caps are bite-sized punch-packing capsule reviews by resident theater critic Elaine Liner. Use them as a reminder -- or a teaser, if you procrastinate -- of her full-length reviews in The Mixm... More >>

• Try a Slice of Dark Comedy

  published May 19, 2011

  Every production at Matthew Posey's Ochre House theater goes to a dark place in some way. His latest, the musical The Butcher,... More >>

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  Devine Choreography in Rock of Ages, Now At The Winspear

  published May 18, 2011

  Choreographer Kelly Devine is all too aware what happens when you Google her. "I have to tell everyone at the first rehearsal of a show that I am NOT the porn star," she says. Same name, way different... More >>

• At Ochre House, The Butcher Has Chops

  published May 19, 2011

  Three intriguing trends emerged during a week of seeing new plays at small playhouses: the simple but stunning effect of actors' faces lit with... More >>

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  Debbie Reynolds Puts on the Glitz at the Ritz

  published May 16, 2011

  It has to feel good to Debbie Reynolds that she's outlived Elizabeth Taylor. Now a pert and pretty 79, Reynolds was the star of Singin' in the Rain and The Unsinkable Molly Brown and more recently is ... More >>

• Dead White Zombies Debut blahblah at Green Zone

  published May 13, 2011

  Theater Caps are bite-sized punch-packing capsule reviews by resident theater critic Elaine Liner. Use them as a reminder -- or a teaser, if you procrastinate -- of her full-length reviews in The Mixm... More >>

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  Giddyap! ATTPAC adds Lincoln Center hit War Horse to Lexus Series

  published May 12, 2011

  Turnaround time from Broadway to Dallas is getting shorter. The AT&T Performing Arts Center's Lexus Broadway Series has just added the current Lincoln Center and West End hit play War Horse to its 201... More >>

• In Broadway Our Way, the Uptown Players Sing it Loud and Proud, Honey

  published May 12, 2011

  If things are unusually quiet on some local stages right now, it's because most of the biggest, baddest voices in Dallas musical theater are... More >>

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  Feet On Fire! Flamenco Hits the Floor at Central Market

  published May 11, 2011

  Flamenco is on fire in this town starting May 11 at Central Market stores as part of their Pasaporte Espana event celebrating the food and culture of Spain. Who knew that flamenco, the sexy Spanish da... More >>