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  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Constantine Maroulis Goes Mean and Green in Alley Theatre's Comic Book Musical Toxic Avenger

    Former American Idol finalist Constantine Maroulis has turned into one of Broadway's favorite leading men. It was announced in January that he'll star as both title roles in the New York revival of Frank Wildhorn's musical Jekyll & Hyde in 2013. Maroulis was a Tony nominee a few years ago as the lea ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 15, 2011

    Pegasus Theatre Returns in Glorious Black and White

    Playwright Kurt Kleinmann's stays mum on how they drain color from the stage.

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    You Can't Say This Is a Total Surprise: Dallas Summer Musicals Needs $5 Million Pronto

    Via.Michael Jenkins​Only last week, following the Wilco-Nick Lowe two-fer, we asked: Why isn't the Music Hall at Fair Park, long ago a popular venue for pop music, used for more concerts? At which point we were told: That's certainly a possibility. Matter of fact, said Jayne Basse, who books the j ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2011

    Comedy and the Beast

    Via.Michael Jenkins​Only last week, following the Wilco-Nick Lowe two-fer, we asked: Why isn't the Music Hall at Fair Park, long ago a popular venue for pop music, used for more concerts? At which point we were told: That's certainly a possibility. Matter of fact, said Jayne Basse, who books the j ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2011

    Grab Your Stovepipe and Dance

    Via.Michael Jenkins​Only last week, following the Wilco-Nick Lowe two-fer, we asked: Why isn't the Music Hall at Fair Park, long ago a popular venue for pop music, used for more concerts? At which point we were told: That's certainly a possibility. Matter of fact, said Jayne Basse, who books the j ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2011

    Dirty Dancing

    Via.Michael Jenkins​Only last week, following the Wilco-Nick Lowe two-fer, we asked: Why isn't the Music Hall at Fair Park, long ago a popular venue for pop music, used for more concerts? At which point we were told: That's certainly a possibility. Matter of fact, said Jayne Basse, who books the j ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 3, 2011

    Circle Theatre flies first-class with Boeing-Boeing comedy; time to get loopy again at WaterTower festival.

    Via.Michael Jenkins​Only last week, following the Wilco-Nick Lowe two-fer, we asked: Why isn't the Music Hall at Fair Park, long ago a popular venue for pop music, used for more concerts? At which point we were told: That's certainly a possibility. Matter of fact, said Jayne Basse, who books the j ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 11, 2010

    At WaterTower and Amphibian Stage, two plays about drama teachers deserve big fat A's.

    Via.Michael Jenkins​Only last week, following the Wilco-Nick Lowe two-fer, we asked: Why isn't the Music Hall at Fair Park, long ago a popular venue for pop music, used for more concerts? At which point we were told: That's certainly a possibility. Matter of fact, said Jayne Basse, who books the j ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2010

    Earnestly, Speaking, Of Course

    Via.Michael Jenkins​Only last week, following the Wilco-Nick Lowe two-fer, we asked: Why isn't the Music Hall at Fair Park, long ago a popular venue for pop music, used for more concerts? At which point we were told: That's certainly a possibility. Matter of fact, said Jayne Basse, who books the j ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 2, 2010

    Rolling in Sheets...of Music

    Via.Michael Jenkins​Only last week, following the Wilco-Nick Lowe two-fer, we asked: Why isn't the Music Hall at Fair Park, long ago a popular venue for pop music, used for more concerts? At which point we were told: That's certainly a possibility. Matter of fact, said Jayne Basse, who books the j ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 10, 2010

    Kitchen Dog's Long Way Go Down Too Cinematic For Stage;Jubilee Sails With Gem Of The Ocean

    Via.Michael Jenkins​Only last week, following the Wilco-Nick Lowe two-fer, we asked: Why isn't the Music Hall at Fair Park, long ago a popular venue for pop music, used for more concerts? At which point we were told: That's certainly a possibility. Matter of fact, said Jayne Basse, who books the j ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 4, 2010

    Richardson Theatre Centre And Onstage in Bedford Present More Jewish Comedy Than You Can Shake A Shiksa At

    Via.Michael Jenkins​Only last week, following the Wilco-Nick Lowe two-fer, we asked: Why isn't the Music Hall at Fair Park, long ago a popular venue for pop music, used for more concerts? At which point we were told: That's certainly a possibility. Matter of fact, said Jayne Basse, who books the j ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2010

    Ditties A La Doctorow

    Via.Michael Jenkins​Only last week, following the Wilco-Nick Lowe two-fer, we asked: Why isn't the Music Hall at Fair Park, long ago a popular venue for pop music, used for more concerts? At which point we were told: That's certainly a possibility. Matter of fact, said Jayne Basse, who books the j ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 31, 2009

    To Hell With The Recession -This Year Gave Dallas Audiences The Best Productions Of The Decade

    Via.Michael Jenkins​Only last week, following the Wilco-Nick Lowe two-fer, we asked: Why isn't the Music Hall at Fair Park, long ago a popular venue for pop music, used for more concerts? At which point we were told: That's certainly a possibility. Matter of fact, said Jayne Basse, who books the j ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2009

    FIT to Be Seen

    Via.Michael Jenkins​Only last week, following the Wilco-Nick Lowe two-fer, we asked: Why isn't the Music Hall at Fair Park, long ago a popular venue for pop music, used for more concerts? At which point we were told: That's certainly a possibility. Matter of fact, said Jayne Basse, who books the j ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 1, 2009

    The Best of Dallas Theater in 2008—and a New Rule for Getting More Butts in the Seats

    Via.Michael Jenkins​Only last week, following the Wilco-Nick Lowe two-fer, we asked: Why isn't the Music Hall at Fair Park, long ago a popular venue for pop music, used for more concerts? At which point we were told: That's certainly a possibility. Matter of fact, said Jayne Basse, who books the j ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    Good Night, Ladies!

    Uptown Players revamp Legends

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008
  • Culture

    July 3, 2008

    Magnum Farce

    Another Noises Off? Yes, but pants-dropping time at Stage West lacks many of the play's big laughs

  • Calendar

    November 22, 2007

    One Dead Lady

    Another Noises Off? Yes, but pants-dropping time at Stage West lacks many of the play's big laughs

  • Calendar

    September 13, 2007

    Sing Along

    Another Noises Off? Yes, but pants-dropping time at Stage West lacks many of the play's big laughs

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2007

    Dallas Does Tony

    Another Noises Off? Yes, but pants-dropping time at Stage West lacks many of the play's big laughs

  • News

    November 16, 2006

    Feel My Rage

    Doug Wright channeled his anger from growing up gay in the Park Cities into bizarre and brilliant plays

  • Culture

    November 2, 2006

    Grass Menagerie

    Tennessee Williams lights up Fräulein with kooky comedy; Frozen sends chills at T3

  • Calendar

    June 8, 2006

    Junior Varsity

    Student playwrights show their skills

  • Calendar

    May 11, 2006

    Musical Theater for $800, Alex

    Student playwrights show their skills

  • Culture

    November 4, 2004

    Acting on Assumptions

    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead asks a lot, maybe too much, of its audience

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004
  • Culture

    August 12, 2004

    No People Like Show People

    Anton in Show Business: Everything about it is appealing in a new theater company's debut at DTC

  • Culture

    January 8, 2004

    Against All Odds

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

  • Culture

    November 13, 2003

    Hungarian Rhapsody

    The Danube flows in unexpected directions at Kitchen Dog Theater

  • Culture

    July 25, 2002

    Some Like It Not

    Tony Curtis commits felonious acting at DSM; Plano Rep rips into an old play about jail

  • Calendar

    December 13, 2001

    Anti Claus

    If your name was Crumpet, you'd be angry, too

  • Culture

    February 8, 2001

    Over the Top

    Fuddy Meers is awash in quirky characters with numerous afflictions.

  • Culture

    October 12, 2000

    Applause! Applause!

    Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum pundits pass out plaudits

  • Culture

    March 30, 2000

    Battle of wits

    Theatre Three's Major Barbara marches in brisk Shavian step

  • Culture

    August 26, 1999

    The purloined plot

    Stage West's Rough Crossing is a pleasant journey by a plundering playwright

  • Culture

    August 5, 1999

    Beyond help

    Theatre Three offers a dysfunctional production of Christopher Durang's Beyond Therapy

  • Culture

    July 1, 1999

    Biting the hand

    New Theatre's Stonewall Jackson's House is an exhausting, rewarding comic debate

  • Culture

    June 24, 1999

    Banter

    Stonewall Jackson's House would be politically incorrect, but Jimmy hates that term

  • Culture

    May 20, 1999

    That Gothic thing

    11th Street Theatre Project paints two very different family portraits in Southern Rituals

  • Culture

    April 22, 1999

    The sound of a musical

    DTC's South Pacific should be heard and not seen

  • Culture

    March 25, 1999

    Sad, sad song

    Theatre Quorum makes beautiful music in Serenading Louie

  • Culture

    March 18, 1999

    Pulling punches

    Mamet's The Old Neighborhood is full of rage, but never scores a direct hit

  • Calendar

    October 22, 1998

    Laughing at Lolita

    Mamet's The Old Neighborhood is full of rage, but never scores a direct hit

  • Culture

    September 3, 1998

    Cry uncle

    Collected Works' Vanya dissolves into chaos

  • Culture

    July 23, 1998

    Laughing at death

    Theatre Three carries the humor on a long road through Mamet, May, and Allen

  • Culture

    July 16, 1998

    Anatomy of a slacker

    The MAC debuts a charming, overly chatty meditation on the terrors of adulthood

  • Culture

    June 4, 1998

    One night stand-off

    Lean Theater offers a slight production of a thinly scripted play

  • Culture

    May 21, 1998

    Big-top drama

    Kitchen Dog doesn't just clown around in their dazzling Glass Menagerie

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