David Goodwin

Theatre Three Actors Click with Aaron Sorkin's Fast-Talking Drama The Farnsworth Invention

Mature Chops, Young PUPs

Review: Kitchen Dog Theater Puts on a Lean, Mean Richard III

Also: With Snake Eyes, Second Thought rattles the emotions.

Lincoln Slog

At Kitchen Dog, Man From Nebraska offers a muted vision of midlife angst

Silent Treatment

A comedy knockout from The Boxer at FIT; a sucker punch from Sugar Bean Sisters

The Silent Treatment: Or, Notes from the Festival of Independent Theatres

A comedy knockout from The Boxer at FIT; a sucker punch from Sugar Bean Sisters

Itchy and Scratchy

Bug at Kitchen Dog Theater gets under your skin; year's infectious performances touch critics

Fascinatin' Rhythms

Death Trail keeps vaudeville alive at Frank's Place; Ragtime hits the big notes at Lyric Stage in Irving

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Chasing His Tale

Kitchen Dog measures Circumference of a Squirrel; Labyrinth's Wonderful Life wanders

Rodent Tales

It's man vs. squirrel

Smokin'

DTC kicks it up a notch with Anna in the Tropics; area critics honor the year's best stage work

Double-wide Indemnity

Killer Joe hits the target at The MAC; nicely furnished Doll's House at SMU

Tangled Webs

Spider Woman wraps Uptown Players in her spell; Dinner with Friends and Artificial Jungle feel like traps

Easy Does It

WaterTower scores a hit with vintage comedy; critics pick season's winners

Best Acting Debut

Joey Steakley, Barbette, Kitchen Dog Theater

Friends of Dorothy

A whiz of a Wizard at DSM; Henry IV pulls an all-nighter in the park

Swingers

Barbette soars to greatness with the tragic tale of a trapeze artist

One, Two, Three, Gag

Rebound and Gagged chokes on its own familiar, formulaic cuteness

The Claptrap

Sturdy performances can't save the eminently forgettable The Unexpected Guest

It Takes Two

Kitchen Dog's Kiss of the Spider Woman leaps over the pitfalls of collaboration

Venus Rising

Christina Vela and Our Endeavors flesh out a sexy myth in I, Patti Diphusa

Shadows Find Light

Dallas talents take puppets center stage

Applause! Applause!

Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum pundits pass out plaudits

Working out the bugs

Lorca's Butterfly may have too much color

Labor party

Kitchen Dog takes us down a long but scenic Road

Theater in the ground

Local stage productions excelled in 1999 -- but where are the crowds?

Stay tuned

Marie and Bruce is the must-see second act of Our Endeavors' duo

The 1998 Jimmys

Undaunted by last year's tepid reception, our theater critic presents his awards to local theater artists again

Short takes

Two companies stage comebacks of the theatrical revue with mixed results

Theater of the absurd

Camus' Caligula is too much hot air and not enough heat

God save the king

Camus' Caligula is too much hot air and not enough heat

God's in the details

Racing Demon is a microscopic study of faith

Through the lens

Exposure reveals the camera's dark heart