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January 11, 2012
Cheapskates' Guide to Theater: Pay-What-You-Can Night for Giant
Here at Mixmaster we love two things: 1.) the Arts, and 2.) bargains. Next Wednesday you better buy a cowgirl hat and hold the hell on to it because those two things are colliding. It's gonna be big. Actually, it's going to be Giant. Dallas Theater Center's highly-anticipated stage adaptation of ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
A Gathering Gathers Momentum at Rehearsal
If the run-through Monday night is any indication of the breadth of talent taking part in the December 6 benefit event called A Gathering, the real thing is going to be quite a show. In the ninth floor studio at the Wyly Theatre, actors, singers, musicians and dancers rehearsed their pieces of this ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
Ochre House Actors Take Wild Ride In Morphing
Ginger BerryCast of MorphingTheater 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 Mixmaster's weekly sister. Make Eugene O'Neill's drama Long Day's Jo ... More >>
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November 16, 2010
Tonight's Musical Theater Flashback: DTC's Groovy '74 Take On Midsummer's Night Dream
CastAlbums.orgThis seemed like a nice way to end the day ...A little while ago, I was looking for something completely unrelated on the eBay when I came across this offering: an apparently very rare copy of the original cast recording of Steve Mackenroth and Randy Tallman's A Midsummer Night's Dr ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
A Better Way to Get Juiced
Photo by Elaine LinerLalani Amin makes juice. Lots of juice. Fresh juice from Louisiana-grown sugarcane mixed with fresh-squeezed lime and kiwi, a cold, green kiss of a juice that tastes just sweet enough to be a treat instead of a health drink (though it is). Amin also makes falooda, a traditio ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
No-Cook Prune Whip Is Plum Tasty
(Ike Liked It, Too)
Photo by Elaine LinerUh...yummy?Discovering a collection of old recipe booklets my late grandmother saved and used for decades has inspired me. Can I replicate some of those now-forgotten dishes the way they used to make them? First up: Prune Whip. It's a chilled dessert, or at fancier table ... More >>
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September 3, 2010
At Garden Café, a Chow Down
In the Okra Corral
Photos by Elaine LinerMark Wootton amid the blooming okra plants at Garden CafeYou're either an okra person or you're not. Mark Wootton is an okra guy. As a kid in Highland Park, Wootton grew okra in the back yard of the family home on Shenandoah Street. "And I had an okra stand instead of a ... More >>
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August 23, 2010
Hatching a Chile Celebration at Central Market
Photos by Elaine LinerSecond only to Christmas holidays for bringing in customers, the 15th annual Hatch Chile Festival at Central Market stores, going on now through August 31, creates shopping cart gridlock. What is it about the smoky vegetable from the nightshade family that earns such dev ... More >>
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August 23, 2010
Tonight's Fundraiser to Help DTC's Former House Manager Manage Hospital Bills
Since January 17, Tonja Bigelow-Brown has died three times. She died first on an operating table at Medical City Dallas, where surgeons cut her open to find the source of an E.coli bacterial infection that caused her fallopian tubes to rupture. She was revived that night, waking briefly out of anest ... More >>
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August 20, 2010
From an Old Trove of Recipes,
Cottoning To a Tasty Oil
Photos by Elaine LinerBooklets like these from American food and appliance manufacturers were favorites among young "homemakers" in the first half of the 20th century.My mom saves everything. When I helped her move last month, I begged her to jettison the trunks and boxes and tubs of old pape ... More >>
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August 3, 2010
God, I Hope I Get It: As Hamlisch Takes Over DSO's Pops, A Talent Search at Arts Magnet
Elaine LinerSing us a song, you're the Piano Man, Marvin Hamlisch!Marvin Hamlisch has his EGOT. That's Emmys (four of 'em), Grammys (four), Oscars (three) and a Tony. The composer of A Chorus Line and the film score for The Way We Were also has a Pulitzer Prize and three Golden Globes. So he's go ... More >>
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April 29, 2010
Dish Extra: Screen Door
Sara KerensThe comfort food is workin' at Screen Door. Elaine Liner breaks down their home cookin' in this week's Dish, and check out the rest of Sara Kerens' pics in her new slideshow.
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April 1, 2010
Dish Extra: Ocean Prime's Steak, Fish and Fire
Sara KerensThe steak may look fantastic at Ocean Prime, but does it taste good? Elaine Liner went in to test if the fancy matches the bite (here), but see more glorious steak, fish and fire photos by Sara Kerens in our slideshow. Link!
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March 11, 2010
Dish Extra: Tramontana
Sara KerensTramontana ain't your mother's bistro, as Elaine Liner pointed out in her print story. Sara Kerens was able to grab some photos of why this ain't your mothers bistro, and for more check here for the slideshow.
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January 9, 2009
Ready, Set ... Improv! Or: Getting the DTC's New Acting Company to Act Up.
How do you freak out a serious stage actor? Ask him or her to do some improv. On video.That's what we did with members of the new Dallas Theater Center resident acting company. After we conducted the serious interviews about being ack-tohrs in big-time regional theater, we made them act on command. ... More >>
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December 4, 2008
Blowing Smoke|Red-Faced Profession|From the Inside Too
How do you freak out a serious stage actor? Ask him or her to do some improv. On video.That's what we did with members of the new Dallas Theater Center resident acting company. After we conducted the serious interviews about being ack-tohrs in big-time regional theater, we made them act on command. ... More >>
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November 13, 2008
Topdog/Underdog Could Be Your Way Back Into Dallas Theater
How do you freak out a serious stage actor? Ask him or her to do some improv. On video.That's what we did with members of the new Dallas Theater Center resident acting company. After we conducted the serious interviews about being ack-tohrs in big-time regional theater, we made them act on command. ... More >>
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October 1, 2008
The State Fair? So Far, Fairly Empty.
How do you freak out a serious stage actor? Ask him or her to do some improv. On video.That's what we did with members of the new Dallas Theater Center resident acting company. After we conducted the serious interviews about being ack-tohrs in big-time regional theater, we made them act on command. ... More >>
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May 7, 2008
Doing a One-Man Star Wars, WaterTower Is
How do you freak out a serious stage actor? Ask him or her to do some improv. On video.That's what we did with members of the new Dallas Theater Center resident acting company. After we conducted the serious interviews about being ack-tohrs in big-time regional theater, we made them act on command. ... More >>
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April 11, 2008
Lyric Stage Gets Ready to Rumble
How do you freak out a serious stage actor? Ask him or her to do some improv. On video.That's what we did with members of the new Dallas Theater Center resident acting company. After we conducted the serious interviews about being ack-tohrs in big-time regional theater, we made them act on command. ... More >>
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August 13, 2007
Uptown Players' New Season: Blair and Tootie, Fresh and Fruity
How do you freak out a serious stage actor? Ask him or her to do some improv. On video.That's what we did with members of the new Dallas Theater Center resident acting company. After we conducted the serious interviews about being ack-tohrs in big-time regional theater, we made them act on command. ... More >>
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June 6, 2007
Thank God, Now We Can Watch the Tonys!
How do you freak out a serious stage actor? Ask him or her to do some improv. On video.That's what we did with members of the new Dallas Theater Center resident acting company. After we conducted the serious interviews about being ack-tohrs in big-time regional theater, we made them act on command. ... More >>
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June 4, 2007
Dallas Theater Center Will Name a New Artistic Director On Wednesday
How do you freak out a serious stage actor? Ask him or her to do some improv. On video.That's what we did with members of the new Dallas Theater Center resident acting company. After we conducted the serious interviews about being ack-tohrs in big-time regional theater, we made them act on command. ... More >>
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February 2, 2007
No Helen Keller Jokes, Please
How do you freak out a serious stage actor? Ask him or her to do some improv. On video.That's what we did with members of the new Dallas Theater Center resident acting company. After we conducted the serious interviews about being ack-tohrs in big-time regional theater, we made them act on command. ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2006
To Bee
How do you freak out a serious stage actor? Ask him or her to do some improv. On video.That's what we did with members of the new Dallas Theater Center resident acting company. After we conducted the serious interviews about being ack-tohrs in big-time regional theater, we made them act on command. ... More >>
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October 24, 2006
The Seat of Heat
How do you freak out a serious stage actor? Ask him or her to do some improv. On video.That's what we did with members of the new Dallas Theater Center resident acting company. After we conducted the serious interviews about being ack-tohrs in big-time regional theater, we made them act on command. ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2006
Theater Critics Camp Diary, Day 1
How do you freak out a serious stage actor? Ask him or her to do some improv. On video.That's what we did with members of the new Dallas Theater Center resident acting company. After we conducted the serious interviews about being ack-tohrs in big-time regional theater, we made them act on command. ... More >>
Culture
March 9, 2006
Capsule Reviews
Our critics weigh in on local theater
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September 15, 2005
Capsule Reviews
Our critics weigh in on local theater
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August 11, 2005
Capsule Reviews
Our critics weigh in on local theater
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April 21, 2005
Capsule Reviews
Our critics weigh in on local theater
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February 3, 2005
Capsule Reviews
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January 27, 2005
Capsule Reviews
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December 16, 2004
Capsule Reviews
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November 25, 2004
Capsule Reviews
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November 25, 2004
Letters
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November 4, 2004
Capsule Reviews
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October 28, 2004
Capsule Reviews
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October 21, 2004
Capsule Reviews
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September 16, 2004
Capsule Reviews
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September 9, 2004
Capsule Reviews
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September 2, 2004
Capsule Reviews
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August 19, 2004
Capsule Reviews
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August 12, 2004
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July 15, 2004
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July 8, 2004
Capsule Reviews
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April 8, 2004
Godspeed, Goodspeed
Plus: John Cocktoastin'; Kick ASSCAR
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October 30, 2003
Tattoo You
Plus: Are You in or Out?; In the Army Now
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September 11, 2003
Letters
Plus: Are You in or Out?; In the Army Now
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March 13, 2003
Get Out
WaterTower goes loopy
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