Grapevine’s Runway Theatre picked an unconventional opening for its 30th season. Zombie Prom isn’t your typical off-Broadway, boy-meets-girl musical, unless your definition of “typical stage romance” involves a nuclear power plant suicide mixed with zombie song and dance numbers. Based on a story by John Dempsey and Hugh Murphy, Zombie…
Dallas fanboys and fangirls rejoice, because this weekend you’re in for some of the most awesome awesomeness ever. Fan Days is coming to town for a three-day extravaganza, bringing us the best in actors, artists, toys and more. We’re sure that you’re excited to check out the wares available at…
The comedy and variety show genre is alive and well in Dallas thanks to two awesome entertainers, Ricki Derek and Nick Gibbons. Known for their forays in Rat Pack reinvention and Adult Swim entertainment, the two are bringing it together once again for a special Halloween-themed performance that surely won’t…
Short films rarely get the attention they deserve. Which is odd, considering the average person’s attention span is fairly … [leaves to check Twitter feed]. Sorry, what were we saying? Right. If you’re looking for a few good shorts, then the best place to catch them is at a festival…
If you were looking for a reason to revive your crushes on TV gals of the past (Wednesday Addams or Joanie Cunningham, you decide), we’ve got something right up your alley. Presented by Iggy Rodriguez and Paging Bettie Productions, The Boobie Tube is a classic-TV themed burlesque and comedy show…
There are types of people in this world: those who game, those who don’t, and those who used to game, until they got jobs and wives and kids and life started crushing down on them, although sometimes they think they should just say screw it and leave it all behind…
Oh, no. Did you forget to buy a plane ticket to Munich again? Don’t worry, you can still celebrate Oktoberfest and all things German a lot closer to home this year — just up U.S. 75. The most important part of Oktoberfest (the beer) is being handled by Franconia, the…
Without James Bond movies, the world would be totally different. Can you imagine? There would be no argument over the best Bond, a dearth of spy gadgetry, no Bond-girl ranking scale and a lack of Bond impersonations. OK, we could probably do without the last one. But luckily we get…
Has it been a while since you’ve seen a proper bastardization of a classic? Then might we suggest an evening with Frankenstein, the Musical? See, we think that if you’re going to put a spin on something, then you might as well spin it till you’re dizzy, which is what…
As one of only 11 EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) winners, entertainment juggernaut Mel Brooks has been making audiences laugh out loud and pee their pants for more than 60 years. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who’s not a fan of Brooks’ work (after all, the man…
It seems almost kismet: the Nasher Sculpture Center (2001 Flora Street) has a new exhibition opening this weekend, and you have an art-loving mom. This Sunday (before you get too blinded by the light of Museum Tower), surprise your favorite lady with an afternoon of bites, art and music. Start…
Earlier this week I said Brooklyn Castle was probably the best film of the festival — well, I may have to amend that statement. While still topping the documentary charts, another horse has pulled ahead in the over-all category: the Korean blockbuster My Way. Selected as one of the festival’s…
So, we’re halfway through DIFF. Surely by this point you have your favorite seat in each theater (no, I won’t tell you mine, otherwise there will be a popcorn fight) and you’ve made friends with your fellow fest-goers. If not, you still have five more days and dozens of movies…
Much as you’d like to catch all 160 titles at this year’s DIFF, scheduling (and life) make it impossible, so you have to learn to pick, choose and hope you get awesome results. Leaning from Sunday’s mistakes (yeah, I’m looking at you, Bringing Up Bobby), I went with two Faust…
We love film here at the Observer, so this year we dispatched our finest stringers to chronicle what they’ve seen and guide you through the Dallas International Film Festival. Touch base for daily reviews by Merritt Martin, Jennifer Medina and James Wallace. Movie fans are damn happy that we live…
Remember field day? It was the only time you were allowed to roam around outdoors at school (outside of recess or fire drills) and it was the one day kids waited for all year. If you were good at running around tied to your best friend, balancing an egg on…
What ever happened to Matt Damon and Ben Affleck? They grew up together, they won awards together, and, with their dating history, who knows what else they’ve done together … but honestly, who cares about their future? We’re still more interested in their past. As two guys we love to…
The animated movie How to Train Your Dragon taught us that flying monsters can be pretty helpful and damn cute, just as long as we don’t go all Viking on their asses. Just don’t tell that to Sir David Attenborough. Not one to stray into fantasy, the face and voice…
Milliner Nick Smith is, literally, a man of many hats. The British designer has dabbled in many fields, taking the stage as an author, musician, actor and socialite in the past, and now he’s taking his role as a philanthropist quite seriously. At this week’s Rock Runway: War of Love…
If Agatha Christie was alive today, her characters would likely fall prey to, or spend all of their time investigating, Catfish-like tales about fake profiles with murderous twists. Such is not the case in Love from a Stranger. Holding true to Christie’s form, this play is based on her short…
This time a year ago we were directing you to the Echo Theatre production of The Executioner’s Sons, the first winner of the Big Shout Out! competition, so it’s only fitting that one year later the independent theater company, created for and by women, is presenting a stage run of…
Few things are important enough to make me brave the DMA during prime Gaultier hours, but an Arts & Letters Live BooksmART appearance by Author Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket of A Series of Unfortunate Events) and illustrator Maira Kalman made wading through the fashion faux pas well worth it…
