The Juilliard School

Hamburger Done at DTC

Dallas Theater Center: "By Us, For Us"

The Story Behind Lyric Stage's Production of West Side Story

Events for the week

Events for the week

Events for the week

Letters

Boldly Going From Collin County Community College to SciFi's New Stargate Series

The top story in today's Hollywood Reporter billboards the cast of the new Sci Fi Channel series Stargate Universe, third in the Stargate franchise. Starring opposite Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty, Trainspotting) is Brian J. Smith, a young actor we've been writing about (OK, gushing over) since he ... More >>

Events for the week

The top story in today's Hollywood Reporter billboards the cast of the new Sci Fi Channel series Stargate Universe, third in the Stargate franchise. Starring opposite Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty, Trainspotting) is Brian J. Smith, a young actor we've been writing about (OK, gushing over) since he ... More >>

Closet case

In & Out goes both ways--funny and funnier

Deconstructing Richard

Richard Hamburger transformed the Dallas Theater Center into a regional marvel, but as he faces a million dollar debt and a host of angry critics, is it curtains for his daring vision?

Justice served

As her former band gets embalmed on a new collection, Maria McKee finally finds her voice

The new old sound

Branford Marsalis' latest disc is a Requiem by and for a heavyweight

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Branford Marsalis' latest disc is a Requiem by and for a heavyweight

Best Theater Company

Quad C Theatre

Enter Stage Right

With the curtain falling on its old playhouse,Dallas Theater Center gets its act together with a new leader

Doggie Style

Get a puppy upper from A Dog's Life at Theatre Three; all's well with Kitchen Dog's world premiere of Sick

Dancing Machine

Homecoming for Washington alumni

House of Stiles

MTV’s latest film dances its way toward a slammin’ demographic

Kiss Me, Katie

Fairy tales can come true. Why, they can even win you an award from Dallas' less-than-vigilant press club.

The Soloist fiddles with schlock

Fairy tales can come true. Why, they can even win you an award from Dallas' less-than-vigilant press club.

Little Orphan Trannies

Big hand for Quad C's puppet Rocky Horror; DTC marries into the myths of Wife

B-Sides

Suicidal tendencies, gut locker lovers and men who wail on their axes

Zip-A-Dee Doodoo

Disney's On the Record never gets in the groove; Proof solves interesting problems

The Piano

Disney's On the Record never gets in the groove; Proof solves interesting problems

I Heart Lily

Tomlin's funny, from screen to stage

Hearts and Letters

Theatre Britain's The Day After the Fair: love's masquerade on page and stage

Jazz Hands

Stars and students take the stage

Higher Learning

At-risk teens learn there are No Boundaries

Will Power

Shakespeare Fest presents a fluffy Shrew; at Fair Park, Beauty woos a hairy Beast

Get Out

WaterTower goes loopy

What Makes Him Tick

Plus: No Look

Untamed Lion

There will always be a little Miles Davis in electric jazz. And maybe some Christian McBride, too.

Head Games

Samuel L. Jackson hears voices, none of which said, "bad script"

Events for the week

Samuel L. Jackson hears voices, none of which said, "bad script"

Test Pattern

Samuel L. Jackson hears voices, none of which said, "bad script"

Jaap Van Zweden, a "Face to Watch"

​Says one baton-lovin' Friend of Unfair Park, Dallas Symphony Orchestra music director Jaap van Zweden received some early New Year's best-wishes courtesy the Los Angeles Times, which named him a classical-music "face to watch" in the coming year. Writes Mark Swed of the conductor unknown to local ... More >>

The Last Song: Hannah Montana Gets Upstaged by Sea Turtles

​Says one baton-lovin' Friend of Unfair Park, Dallas Symphony Orchestra music director Jaap van Zweden received some early New Year's best-wishes courtesy the Los Angeles Times, which named him a classical-music "face to watch" in the coming year. Writes Mark Swed of the conductor unknown to local ... More >>

Delmore Pilcrow

Keep an Eye (Self-released)

Bonus MP3: Delmore Pilcrow -- "Unsigned Letter"

Delmore Pilcrow's Chris Garver​Earlier this month, in a review of Delmore Pilcrow's sophomore release, Keep An Eye, Kelly Dearmore got to the heart of the band's sound right at the start of his take:If The Strokes are considered a garage-rock band, and Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears are re ... More >>

The Top Ten All Time Best Replacement Lead Singers in Rock and Roll

The Misfits' Michale Graves​Nothing pisses rock fans off worse than the lead singer of their favorite band being replaced. This happens across genres, but it's most common within hard rock -- pop, country and R&B vocalists' departures are usually a precursor to their solo efforts; very rarely ... More >>