This past Saturday, This World Won’t Break had its world premiere at the Dallas International Film Festival. The film, directed by Josh David Jordan, is a modern-day musical that tells the story of Wes Milligan (Greg Schroeder), a Texas troubadour who fails to find success as a musician. One day,…
During the 15th annual Diversity & Leadership Conference last week, actress and activist America Ferrera came to talk about inclusion. The event was a Most Powerful & Influential Women Breakfast on Thursday morning, toward the end of the conference that would later feature President Barack Obama. The Golden Globe and…
In Remember Rudy, the latest original production from Dallas’ Ochre House Theater, the self-described “alternative theater” asks audiences some intriguing questions. “Do you believe in ghosts?” reads the musical’s promotional materials. “Do we create our ghosts? Or do our ghosts create us?” Set to make its premiere on Saturday, April…
Dallas’ Cara Mía Theatre began in 1996 and has grown into the largest Latinx theater in Texas. In their annual Teatro En Fuga: A Festival of New Works, Cara Mía will present minimally staged workshop productions of three experimental plays written by members of the company. Set to kick off…
When Saturday Night Live star and writer Seth Meyers moved from the Weekend Update desk that he shared with the likes of Amy Poehler and his insane, gay lover, Stefon, to NBC’s Late Night desk, he says he and his team thought the audience would gravitate toward bits and segments…
When people see game show host and television producer Marc Summers outside of their TVs or childhood memories, he says he loves it when they come up to him, politely introduce themselves and tell him that they grew up watching him host Nickelodeon’s messy kids’ game show Double Dare. “I get…
The Dallas International Film Festival is back, and this year it’s bringing some new additions. The most important for moviegoers is the new e-ticketing, reserved seating policy. After a year of development and collaboration, DIFF and Atom Tickets built a platform from scratch. Brandon Jones of FilmFrog Marketing says the…
“I wish I was labeled as just my name, instead of being the ‘transgender wrestler,’” says Mack Beggs in Mack Wrestles, an upcoming documentary for ESPN’s 30 for 30 series. In 2017, Beggs was the subject of much media attention after winning the Texas high school girls state wrestling championship…
Is Hamilton overhyped? The musical created by some guy from Puerto Rico about a treasury secretary in the 1700s set to hip-hop sounds a little strange. With all the buzz around it, it seems bound to be. Dallas doesn’t seem to think so, though. We’ve been waiting for this hit…
Stan Lee might have created multiple comic book characters, but most people would agree he was a terrible stand-up comedian. That’s not the case for Dallas native Thomas Nichols, a touring comedian who just saw the second issue of his comic book, Just Us Cops, hit store shelves. Just Us…
Thursday From humble beginnings in Cuba, husband and wife Emilio and Gloria Estefan came to America and broke all barriers to become a crossover musical sensation. But just when they thought they had it all, they almost lost everything in a near-tragic tour bus accident. Broadway bio-musical On Your Feet!,…
Many of the paintings by Laura Roosevelt inside her tony, wood-floored townhouse in Uptown Dallas are abstract. Canvases where the paint is layered on thickly, with muted colors that would look great over a new gray or tan leather sofa. One recent afternoon, though, Roosevelt had a different sort of…
Brooklyn and Bailey McKnight didn’t become the clean-cut mega popular YouTubers they are today without following a few rules from their parents. No social media until age 13. Parents will monitor all texts and social media activity. A multi-page contract will be signed before you’re given a phone, computer or…
In Running With Beto, a documentary directed by David Modigliani, the director captures Beto O’Rourke’s run for Senate in the 2018 midterm election, showcasing a more human side of a politician with a large platform and a big following. Although O’Rourke didn’t win, Modigliani believed his story would be an important one to…
The DSO’s annual SOLUNA Festival kicks off this week with performances of the Sibelius Violin Concerto, featuring virtuoso Augustin Hadelich. Contemporary music has been a key part of SOLUNA from the beginning, which makes for the perfect time to introduce Dallas to Julia Wolfe, the DSO’s composer-in-residence. “Composer-in-residence” is a…
Every day 200 new shows are added to Netflix (only a slight exaggeration), so why shouldn’t you be in one of them? Fortunately, fate smiles upon you, Dallas residents, because The Circle, a new reality game show being produced exclusively for Netflix, is hosting auditions Saturday, April 13. The Circle,…
Taking the reins of a storied radio institution like NPR’s long running variety show A Prairie Home Companion may seem like a surreal moment. Chris Thile, a singer, composer, mandolinist for the bluegrass quintet Punch Brothers and the host of the traveling variety radio series Live from Here, says the…
Friday Deep Ellum will transform into blocks showcasing art April 5-7, as the neighborhood east of downtown celebrates its 25th Deep Ellum Arts Festival. It’s one of our readers’ favorite festivals: offering lovely spring weather (we hope) and showcasing works from more than 200 artists on Main Street. You can’t…
Fans of Star Wars should get ready to rejoice and undress, as the fourth incarnation of the Extreme Body Painting show is making its next theme about everything involving a galaxy far, far away. The day of art, performances and next-level cosplay will be May 4, which is also the…
If you got punked on Monday because you forgot for a couple of seconds that it was also April Fools’ Day, you weren’t alone. Good Morning Texas host Alanna Sarabia was the target of an on-air prank Monday morning on WFAA Channel 8 thanks to Chad Cline, a local actor and Stomping Ground Comedy Theater…
The debates over the effectiveness of CBD oil and whether it should be legal are argued without an end in sight. While the oil has seen success in consumers looking for a way to ease anxiety and chronic pain, there is one silent group quickly becoming a target market for…
Hamilton is one of the hottest tickets to be had, and now Dallas can fight over seats for the Tony Award-winning musical with its arrival to the Music Hall at Fair Park. From its premiere Tuesday through May 5, audiences can see firsthand the Lin-Manuel Miranda brainchild that mixes history…
