The Force is Strong with the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts

Patrick Michels The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts people promised a big-time speaker at their one-year countdown party this morning, and they delivered James Earl Jones. Ostensibly, the idea was to show off the kind of talent the center will attract when it opens next year. Really, though, what...

By Robert Wilonsky

October 7, 2008

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Patrick Michels

The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts people promised a big-time speaker at their one-year countdown party this morning, and they delivered James Earl Jones. Ostensibly, the idea was to show off the kind of talent the center will attract when it opens next year. Really, though, what you want to hear is this guy's voice with a mic behind him as he discusses his "grand tour" through the acting profession. Well, here you go. His remarks in full:

UPDATE: Check out our slide show of the party and a look around the construction site. And there's video! --Patrick Michels

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