Stephen Sondheim

Dark Shadows Dusts Off the Ol' Culture-Clash Bit.

Gypsy Comes Up Roses

Lyric Stage's production has brassy bawls; lots to see at Uptown Players' Pride Fest.

Kevin Brings the Bacon to Booker T.

Dallas Independent School District​Got stuck watching Footloose the other night -- what, like you're one to judge? Well, it was right before the warehouse scene. Who'd miss that? OK, sure, I'd had a drink, maybe two. It was late. Anyway. Can't believe Craig Brewer's remade the thing, due October 1 ... More >>

Five Shows To Go See Tonight, Tonight

Quite the busy Thursday evening of music we have here. From classic singer-songwriter fare to a trio of quality alt-country acts, there's a little something for everyone on display tonight.

Rick Perry's, Like, Fed Up! With Everything.

​The gov was here yesterday; Bill White's in town at this very moment -- and, why, at noon he'll be just down the street from Unfair Park HQ with Eddie Bernice Johnson in tow. Photos forthcoming. Like I need to tell you.But speaking of Perry, whilst he spent Monday at Maggiano's with the mayor -- ... More >>

My Fair Lady Lifts Lyric Stage To New Heights; DFW Theater Critics (Who Include Elaine) Honor Top Actors And Shows.

​The gov was here yesterday; Bill White's in town at this very moment -- and, why, at noon he'll be just down the street from Unfair Park HQ with Eddie Bernice Johnson in tow. Photos forthcoming. Like I need to tell you.But speaking of Perry, whilst he spent Monday at Maggiano's with the mayor -- ... More >>

For Some Fee-fi-fo-fun, Go Into the Woods With Jack, A Giant And A Sexy Wolf; Then A Pretty Purrfect Puss In Boots

​The gov was here yesterday; Bill White's in town at this very moment -- and, why, at noon he'll be just down the street from Unfair Park HQ with Eddie Bernice Johnson in tow. Photos forthcoming. Like I need to tell you.But speaking of Perry, whilst he spent Monday at Maggiano's with the mayor -- ... More >>

Forestry Fund-Raising

​The gov was here yesterday; Bill White's in town at this very moment -- and, why, at noon he'll be just down the street from Unfair Park HQ with Eddie Bernice Johnson in tow. Photos forthcoming. Like I need to tell you.But speaking of Perry, whilst he spent Monday at Maggiano's with the mayor -- ... More >>

Last Night: Punk Bunny, Rival Gang, Darktown Strutters and Pocket Change at Mable Peabody's

Punk Bunny brought the raunch to Denton.Gay Prom Bloodbath Mable Peabody's in DentonFriday, February 13, 2009 Better than: A Priscilla, Queen of the Desert movie marathon Friday the 13th welcomes the truly bizarre, and Mable Peabody's Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair in Denton was ... More >>

Make Me a Song Makes a Case for William Finn; Coronado Cast Stages a Walkout

Punk Bunny brought the raunch to Denton.Gay Prom Bloodbath Mable Peabody's in DentonFriday, February 13, 2009 Better than: A Priscilla, Queen of the Desert movie marathon Friday the 13th welcomes the truly bizarre, and Mable Peabody's Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair in Denton was ... More >>

Crazy Cool

The gang's all here, dancing like dreams in Lyric Stage's West Side Story

Funny For Us

Farce times in Addison

Two-Timing

T-3 doubles your pleasure with House and Garden's interlocking production; not a lot of funny things happened at WaterTower's Forum

Tim Burton's Gorgeously Gruesome Sweeney Todd

T-3 doubles your pleasure with House and Garden's interlocking production; not a lot of funny things happened at WaterTower's Forum

Boom Times

Different and wonderful, three small-scale musicals make room for big voices

Kill All the Critics!

Thumbs up or toes up for reviewers at Pegasus; big voices in Broadway Our Way

People Pie

Lyric Stage presents Sweeney Todd

Fractured Fairy Tales

Three merry musicals sing their way to happy endings (wink, wink)

Winging It

With candor (and Ebb!) T3 salutes musicals; Angels flutter down at the Bath House

Musical Theater for $800, Alex

With candor (and Ebb!) T3 salutes musicals; Angels flutter down at the Bath House

New York City?!

Richardson hosts some big city dancers

Kids Today

Richardson hosts some big city dancers

Hot Shot

Take a trip to New York New Year's Eve

Song of the Soused

Tipsy Company arrives at WTT; more hooch might help Violet at Plano Rep

Time to Howl

WolfDance two-steps into Sundance Square

Singing Fuels

At CTD pump jockeys and pretty waitresses fill 'er up; theaters announce season lineups

Against All Odds

2003's theater winners gambled on edgy themes, took risks on new talent, new material

Casts of Killers

Assassins at Quad C, convicts at SMU, plus murder in Tuna, Texas

A Hit Show

This discussion is killer

Best Theater Company

Quad C Theatre

American Idyll

Campcharms, but it needs less talking and more singing

Bats Amore

With Bat Boy: The Musical, Theatre Three finds a star who deserves rabid fans

Look Who's Stalking

Boy Gets Girl (and restraining order) at Echo Theatre; boy gets boy in Uptown's A New Brain

Get Blasted

A rousing tribute to halftime shows will hit you right in the kisser

Double Feature

Theatre Three's Side Show makes a musical statement about freaks of nature and the nature of love

Attention Deficit Theater

Dallas Children's Theater and Pocket Sandwich know how to handle kids, both big and little kinds

Underground Movement

Floyd Collins escapes the traps of its creators

Better Off Lost

Looking for the heart of this Saturday Night proves fruitless

String section

Parade leaves an agonized trail of tears in its song-and-dance wake

Bad company

Theatre Three's Company wears out its welcome

Mandy Patinkin

Theatre Three's Company wears out its welcome

As we like it

The buoyant Shakespeare in Love indulges in smart baloney

Out There

The buoyant Shakespeare in Love indulges in smart baloney

Got ill

The Beastie Boys throw down Nasty, but what's the point?

Bland holiday treat hard to swallow

You might wake up screaming from Theatre Three's Dreams from a Summer House

Rising star

Denyce Graves is the current Carmen of choice, and TDO has her

Needs a trim

DEOT's three-hour Hair suffers from conditioning

Fractured fairy tales

Theatre Three prances Into the Woods with charm

Events for the week

Theatre Three prances Into the Woods with charm

Events for the week

Theatre Three prances Into the Woods with charm