Lydia MacKay

Culture
November 29, 2012
At WaterTower Theatre, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Earns its Wings
Culture
August 9, 2012
It's What's Inside
Beneath the ugly wrapping, Noel Coward's Present Laughter is filled with comedy gifts.
Culture
March 1, 2012
Theatre Three Actors Click with Aaron Sorkin's Fast-Talking Drama The Farnsworth Invention
Culture
June 30, 2011
Shakespeare Dallas' Summer of Classics and Ass-Kicking
Cyrano goes long while As You Like It goes rock hard.
Blogs
January 12, 2011
Late Bloomer: At Long Last, Director Julia Dyer Is Making Sister's Screenplay, Set in 1975 Dallas
I just had the pleasure of re-reading Jimmy Fowler's 1997 feature on Gretchen and Julia Dyer, who, long, long ago, took their movie Late Bloomers to Sundance, where it garnered raves and, finally, national distribution. I was reminded of it after reading a piece in Variety about The Playroom, whi ... More >>
Culture
October 14, 2010
WingSpan Theatre Entertains With Absurd Albee One-Acts; Theatre Three Plods Through 33 Variations
Calendar
September 30, 2010
Into The Madness
Culture
December 25, 2008
Trysts in Toledo: Theatre Three's 17th-Century Nunsense Doesn't Wear Well
Written by a nun, Theatre Three's Trysts in Toledo dusts off an old, unconventional comedy
Blogs
September 10, 2008
And This Year's Invisible DFW Theater Critic Forum Awards Go To ...
Culture
August 14, 2008
Bizarro World
Lesbian bull-riders, menopausal mamas and a not-so-sexy Stanley Kowalski—ah, the stuff of theater
Culture
June 16, 2005
Capsule Reviews
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Culture
June 9, 2005
The Nanny Diarios
At WaterTower Theatre, Living Out shines; The Nerd's life of leisure suits the Pocket
Calendar
May 26, 2005
Living Loud
Culture
May 5, 2005
Capsule Reviews
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Culture
April 28, 2005
Capsule Reviews
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Culture
April 28, 2005
Fascinatin' Rhythms
Death Trail keeps vaudeville alive at Frank's Place; Ragtime hits the big notes at Lyric Stage in Irving
Culture
February 3, 2005
Capsule Reviews
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Culture
January 27, 2005
Capsule Reviews
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Culture
January 27, 2005
With a Vanya on My Knee
Goin' to Alabama with Chekhov's favorite uncle in A Country Life at WaterTower Theatre
Culture
April 15, 2004
Capsule Reviews
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Culture
April 8, 2004
Foreign Intrigue
Odd, colorful Dainty Shapes at The MAC; An Inspector Calls at WaterTower Theatre
Culture
July 17, 2003
Delusions of Grandma
Contemporary Theatre finds warmth in Close Ties; a tight FIT of plays at the Bath House
Culture
January 2, 2003
The Freaks Come Out
Life on a Dallas stage in 2002 was cruel, freaky and mostly cruel
Culture
November 14, 2002
Brits in Snits
Echo Theatre's fine Cloud Nine offers a sly glimpse at sexual politics past and present
Culture
July 12, 2001
FIT Starts
Festival of Independent Theatres serves up a rich thespian buffet
Culture
May 31, 2001
Kiss 'em, Cowboys!
Pegasus Theatre serves up a gay romp on the range
Calendar
December 14, 2000
Christmas Jeer
Holiday insanity