Falstaff Is No Caesar, but There’s a Bit of Trump in ‘Merry Wives’

In early June, Shakespeare Dallas began receiving death threats from passionate supporters of President Donald Trump. These callers confused the Dallas company with New York’s Public Theater, which was producing Julius Caesar with a title character who closely resembled the president. But Shakespeare Dallas wasn’t parodying Trump in its summer Shakespeare…

Julianne and Derek Hough Dance, Sing and Get a Little Too Preachy

Baby boomers love Julianne and Derek Hough. Old women especially. Their old-man husbands are just there because their wives forced them out of the house to see two blond-haired, blue-eyed siblings tango with each other. But the men aren’t too upset because they love Julianne. But the women really love…

Dallas Theater Center Wins Tony Award

The call came at 8:30 last Saturday morning. It was Charlotte St. Martin, president of the Broadway League phoning to let Kevin Moriarty know that the Dallas Theater Center had won the regional Tony Award. Within the next four hours, Moriarty would see nearly 200 members of the Dallas theater…