Bette Davis

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Final step

Ginger Rogers, 1911-1995

Chuck amuck

The DMA celebrates Chuck Jones, animation's beloved toonsmith

Isaac the anxious

The documentary Unzipped introduces a new kind of screen idol

A fine mess

Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty flounders with style

Aged in the can

Vanity, thy name is cheese

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Vanity, thy name is cheese

Letters

Vanity, thy name is cheese

Thou shalt not suck

Children and Commandments tease, but don't follow through

Not just black and white

Pegasus does its old-movie spoof in Another Murder: Another Show!

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Pegasus does its old-movie spoof in Another Murder: Another Show!

Pot party

Reefer Madness contains some of Pegasus' best ensemble work in ages

Semi-sweet

As Bees in Honey Drown almost satisfies your sugar fix

Frog Hops, Yanks Croak

DCT offers amphibious fun for children of all ages; Garland doesn't quite connect with Damn Yankees

A Catty Eve-ning

See Bette Davis on the big screen

Laughing Mater

Mommies dearest and queerest in new shows at Contemporary Theatre and Uptown Players

Orson's Opus

Mommies dearest and queerest in new shows at Contemporary Theatre and Uptown Players

All Bettes Are On

Mommies dearest and queerest in new shows at Contemporary Theatre and Uptown Players

Mommie Dearest

Mommies dearest and queerest in new shows at Contemporary Theatre and Uptown Players

Bette-ography

Mommies dearest and queerest in new shows at Contemporary Theatre and Uptown Players

Hot Thespian Action

Premieres compete with old faves on summer theater schedule

Sibling Ribaldry

David and Amy Sedaris preach the gospel of satire in a perspiring Book of Liz

Experiment

Moonlight and Magnolias tries to rewrite movie history; Jubilee Theatre makes Crumbs palatable

Swine and Roses

Fat Pig makes weight an issue in romance; Vieux Carré revisits old New Orleans

ABBA Fab

Mamma Mia! makes merry at Fair Park; All About Bette gets eyes rolling

All-Day Suckers

Sedaris and Colbert peddle Candy not everybody wants

Our top DVD picks for the week of May 30

Sedaris and Colbert peddle Candy not everybody wants

Dangerous Moves

Liaisons steams up RTC; sexy, smart Devil's Disciple redeems Theatre Three

Let Us Bray

Spirit willing, flesh (and acting) weak in WaterTower's annual Out of the Loop fest

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Spirit willing, flesh (and acting) weak in WaterTower's annual Out of the Loop fest

Bush League

Uptown Players shoot low with Down South, a wicked rewind to sexual mores of the 1960s

Hollow Victory

Theatre Three serves a tasty buffet of red herrings; Fumed Oak cooks its own goose

Long Live the Poison Pen

There are two kinds of critics: those who criticize, and those who don't

Meow Mix

WaterTower's Cat hisses and purrs; Curchack roars in Glimpsings

Nyuk Nyuk

Pegasus Theatre wins with a comic tribute to B-movies and three guys named Stooge

All's Well and Ends Swell

There's much to love in Addison's I Hate Hamlet, a comic tribute to Barrymore and the Bard

Gray Matter

Pegasus Theatre's latest whodunit colors its murders in shades of comedy

Custody Battle

The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea dines on questions of race, sexuality and desire

The X Factor

Gillian Anderson gives a dazzling performance in The House of Mirth

For the Love of Mic

Duets explores the world of karaoke singing, and rather sweetly at that

Dead, man

Sean Penn fails to bring life to the Villa

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Sean Penn fails to bring life to the Villa

Theatre Three's Revival of The Royal Family Almost Misses Mightily: Brevity Can't Save Dallas Hub Theater's Romeo and Juliet

Sean Penn fails to bring life to the Villa

Murder at Midnight

Sean Penn fails to bring life to the Villa

Take Me Home Tonight: A Reagan-era Bacchanalia Succumbs to Nostalgia.

Sean Penn fails to bring life to the Villa

Pat Bertoletti Claims Major League Eating's Wingstop Title With, Officials Say, 288 Wings

Photos by Patrick MichelsTop-ranked eater in the world Joey Chestnut ate 8 pounds of wings in 12 minutes last night -- good enough for third place.​Last night at Victory Plaza, Major League Eating finally made good on its promise to bring the country's top eating talent to Dallas for a wing-eating ... More >>

As the Ewings Return to Dallas For a Second Shot, Linda Gray on Sue Ellen Then and Now

Photo by Patrick MichelsLarry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray on the Southfork Ranch balcony at the November 2008 Dallas cast reunion​Larry Hagman's already in Dallas -- downtown, to be specific, where the once and future J.R. Ewing will speak at 11 this morning and again at 2 this afternoon ... More >>

Play-N-Skillz Go Fully Electro, Release Free Download With Akon, Pitbull and Nelly Collabs

Steve VisneauPlay-N-Skillz​We've seen this coming for quite some time now -- that the Dallas-based, Grammy-winning hip-hop production dup of Play-N-Skillz was going to be taking things in a more electronic direction at some point.We saw it in the videos they've released, in their (highly successfu ... More >>

Small Budgets, Big Performances at 13th Festival of Indie Theatres

Steve VisneauPlay-N-Skillz​We've seen this coming for quite some time now -- that the Dallas-based, Grammy-winning hip-hop production dup of Play-N-Skillz was going to be taking things in a more electronic direction at some point.We saw it in the videos they've released, in their (highly successfu ... More >>

Theresa Rebeck hits high note in solo comedy; Theatre Three musical falls flat.

Steve VisneauPlay-N-Skillz​We've seen this coming for quite some time now -- that the Dallas-based, Grammy-winning hip-hop production dup of Play-N-Skillz was going to be taking things in a more electronic direction at some point.We saw it in the videos they've released, in their (highly successfu ... More >>