Texas Two-Step

What makes a Texas romance different from any other romance? Old-fashioned values, cultural ignorance and other Lone Star stereotypes. A Texas Romance concerns a widow courted by a younger man. Her sister (who calls the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald "dirty books") considers the romance inappropriate. I bet the sisters...

By Jesse Hughey

June 5, 2008

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What makes a Texas romance different from any other romance? Old-fashioned values, cultural ignorance and other Lone Star stereotypes. A Texas Romance concerns a widow courted by a younger man. Her sister (who calls the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald "dirty books") considers the romance inappropriate. I bet the sisters drink sweet tea on a porch at some point in this light comedy. Performances are 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays until June 13 with an additional performance 1:30 p.m. June 14, at the Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive. Tickets are $14 to $16. Call 214-532-1709 or visit dfwtheater.com.
Tuesdays-Fridays, 1:30 p.m.; Every other Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Starts: May 28. Continues through June 14, 2008

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