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Symphonic Sharks

By Erin Waters
May 14, 2009

The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra makes a musical Pangaea, uniting polar opposites, in its upcoming West Side Story: Symphonic Dances. It's this unlikely melting pot concept that drew us to Bernstein's Broadway hit in the first place: Shakespeare meets alleyways and switchblades. Gangsters meet lyrical dancing. Vocal dubbing meets musical...
Cry Me A Musical

By Erin Waters
May 14, 2009

He's got the stars in the sky in his hands. He's got you and me, brother, in his hands. He's got the whole world in his hands. He put his right arm out, he shook it all about. He did the Hokey Pokey and turned himself around. And that's what...
Forestry Fund-Raising

By Erin Waters
May 7, 2009

Creative Arts Theatre & School in Arlington celebrates its 30th year with Into the Woods (Fund-raiser Show!), a performance and live auction benefiting the school's graduating seniors. Stephen Sondheim's twisted, fairy tale musical mishmash is an appropriate backdrop for artists just entering the real world. The childhood favorites--Jack, Little Red,...
Montage Mitzvah

By Erin Waters
Apr 23, 2009

As the Cirque Imagination performers stretch their bodies into unbelievable contortions--and as your mind strains to fathom the seemingly impossible--your dollar can also stretch toward charitable goodwill. Ahavat Yisrael, or love a fellow Jew. For the non-Jewish: love thy neighbor. When purchasing your ticket for Cirque Imagination's Montage, which runs...
Making History

Uptown Players stage an academic romp

By Erin Waters
Apr 23, 2009

Uptown Players' regional premiere of the 2006 Broadway hit, The History Boys, passed the critics' test after its opening weekend. A cast of young men and a few veterans--Bradley Campbell, Wendy Welch, Rick Espaillat and David Plunkett--explore many angles of academia. Eight high school seniors at a British boys' school...
For Real

By Erin Waters
Apr 16, 2009

Continuing its 2008-2009 "Discover Series," WaterTower Theatre presents the regional premiere of Based on a Totally True Story by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. As comic book writer Ethan Keene prepares for a screen adaptation of his work, his behind-the-scenes life runs amok--a common situation of artists faced with fame and glory. The...
Metro-Rhyme Off

Dallas and Fort Worth poets fight it out

By Erin Waters
Apr 16, 2009

Perfect your comedic chops. Fine-tune your rhythm and rhyme. Sharpen your literary arsenal, area poets. The ringmaster waits. Linguistic smackdown--with words and vague symbolism replacing oiled muscles, mustaches and stretched spandex--will ensue at the Pub at UTD to determine the poetry champion of DFW: Dallas vs. Fort Worth. DJs, bands...
A Feast For The Eyes

Craighead Green offers art stimulus

By Erin Waters
Apr 9, 2009

The word "stimulate" is a contender for the most popular term in today's political jargon. Stimulate the economy. Stimulate growth and opportunity. Stimulus packages. For some, this rhetoric is a stimulant for goodwill, patriotism and hope. For others, it stimulates the gag reflex. Oh, ideological concepts, you tricky devils in...
The Horror, The Horror!

UNT gets a dose of Rocky

By Erin Waters
Apr 2, 2009

Cult junkies, trannies and all the rest of you de-virginized Rocky sluts: It's time to time warp. Again. But theater enthusiasts are also welcome this time. Richard O'Brien's original stage version of The Rocky Horror Show runs through Sunday at University of North Texas in Denton. Showtimes are 8 p.m...
Sin City

By Erin Waters
Apr 2, 2009

"Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven." (Genesis 19: 24-15) "Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth as an example,...
Chop House Owner On the Chopping Block

By Erin Waters
Mar 27, 2009

Robert "Bob" Sambol, 55, owner of Bob's Steak & Chop House, was indicted yesterday for theft of $200,000 by a Dallas grand jury. After former customer Lee Thompson, Jr. invested $300,000 to fund a wine/cigar lounge add-on to Bob's Lemmon Ave. restaurant, Thompson claims Sambol didn't follow through and wants...
Yesterday at NX35: A Conversation About Jazz with Harvey Pekar

By Erin Waters
Mar 15, 2009

A boom box, lamp, L-shaped chair (a hipper version of Martin Crane's recliner on "Frasier") and a tall glass of orange juice set the Fine Arts Theater stage for a casual discussion with Harvey Pekar. Known as the confrontational, famed author of the autobiographical comic book series, American Splendor, the...
Yesterday At NX35: Possessed by Paul James at RGRS

By Erin Waters
Mar 14, 2009

BAND: Possessed by Paul James VENUE: RGRS TIME: 11:00 p.m. Konrad Wert leans back under the stage lights, seated above a duct-taped stomp box with a wilting bow extended above a fiddle. "Oh mother, oh mother!" he shouts, hyping the crowd. Convulsing from the bottom up, he whirs his face...
Yesterday at NX35: James McMurtry at Dan's Silverleaf

By Erin Waters
Mar 13, 2009

BAND: James McMurtry VENUE: Dan's SilverleafTIME: 11:30 p.m.James McMurtry's sound is liquid nicotine, and it was chain-smoked by last night's crowd at Dan's Silverleaf, as the house swirled around his fingers with each intoxicating rift. Stoic cowboys, bearded locals and sports fans all got down to this rootsy-bluesy, heel-stompin' stuff...
Oz Fest

Mago de Oz rocks en Espanol

By Erin Waters
Mar 12, 2009

Spanish heavy metal, with classical and Celtic influences, is the best way I can describe the sound of Mago de Oz. The band is a testament to the idea that music is a universal language; their tracks are filled with familiarity, even if you can't comprehend a word. Not that...
Halvsies

Split a long run in two at Victory Park

By Erin Waters
Mar 12, 2009

Attention all ambitious joggers of the Katy Trail--it's your time to shine, and not just with the perspiration you encounter when blazing the three-plus-mile course during your workout routines. This is the time to shine with a new gleam of Victory--the kind you can only find at the First Annual...
The Revolving Doors of Dallas: February

By Erin Waters
Mar 6, 2009

Our monthly wrap-up of restaurant openings and closings around Dallas. See what's been canned, what's new and what's sizzling on the back-burner in local restaurant news. Entered Nick & Sam's Grill: a casual spin-off of Nick & Sam's Steakhouse recently opened in Uptown. It replaced Strong's Everyday Tavern at 2816...
Savor Favor

Do charity a solid in Victory Park

By Erin Waters
Mar 5, 2009

One thing is clear from all recent editorials, letters to the editor and angry reader comments we've received regarding the less-than-victorious Victory Park, the subject of a recent cover story here at the Observer. You love to hate it. We all do. It's what the Germans coined schadenfreude, taking pleasure...
Your Epidermis Is Showing

MFA explores the sense of touch

By Erin Waters
Mar 5, 2009

The common theme of Deft Touch, an art exhibit on display this month at Mighty Fine Arts, is a re-examination of ordinary objects that explores their deeper meaning, aesthetics and subtle humor. Artist Anne Allen examines household items--wallpaper patterns, doilies, hairnets, etc.--while fellow exhibitor Luke Sides' portfolio includes sculptures such...
A Hare-Raising Show

Artisan brings an invisible friend to life

By Erin Waters
Feb 26, 2009

The prevalence of life-sized bunnies in our culture is a disturbing trend. On my long list of phobias, giant rabbits rank high...among dancing clowns and comb-over hairstyles. Yet they've been hopping in and out of my life since one appeared at an Easter celebration during early childhood. I was as...
Shadow Dancing

PDNB showcases the work of Keith Carter

By Erin Waters
Feb 26, 2009

A body is frozen mid-flight in the foreground of a building and stark white sky. The eerie image is initially startling, but a sense of familiarity beckons a closer look. The figure's hands are turned up, his arms are relaxed and a profile of his chin shows him looking upward...
"Empty Bowls" Fills the Meyerson for a Good Cause

By Erin Waters
Feb 20, 2009

The Meyerson Symphony Center hosted the finest soup line in town this afternoon, at the 10th annual Empty Bowls event . More than 1,300 guests satisfied their appetites and helped raise $143,860 for the North Texas Food Bank's hunger relief efforts. With 21 food vendors on hand, lunch options included...