A review of “Little Shop of Horrors” by Theatre3 Not to take too much away from the overall brilliant performance of the cast and crew of Theatre3’s “Little Shop of Horrors” now playing through Oct 31, 2021, at Samuell-Grand Amphitheatre (6200 E Grand Ave Dallas TX), but WOW! …

A review of DGDG Dance Groups’ “Stronger Than Arms” “Stronger Than Arms” written/directed and choreographed by Danielle Georgiou (co-written by Justin Locklear) and produced by DGDG Dance Group, is a reinterpretation of the 5th Century BCE Aeschylus play “Seven Against Thebes.” Built around and within the history and myth of…

A review of Shakespeare Dallas’ “Romeo and Juliet” Sometimes it’s like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my skull At night, I wake up with the sheets soakin’ wet And a freight train runnin’ through the middle of my…

Theater is back, meaning you’ll have to suffer through these reviews full of “inside theater” jokes again. …

A brief intro and three opening questions to spur some discussion on Isabel Paterson’s (1886–1961) “The God of the Machine.” I don’t remember ever even hearing of Ms. Paterson until Paul Meany’s podcast episode, Saving Classical Liberalism: Isabel Paterson. He mentions that both Rothbard and Rand praised her, and some…

Mainstage Irving-Las Colinas’ production of “Pride & Prejudice,” adapted by Kate Hamill, runs through Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Dupree Theater, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd. in Irving and is the second “Pride & Prejudice” show in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in January following Shakespeare Dallas’ production of Jon Jory’s adaptation. …

The broader examinations between comedy and tragedy assert that comedy is tragedy plus time. In a more individual sense comedy can arise from personal trauma that leaves you the option of either destroying yourself or trying to find a laugh in it. Playwright Larissa FastHorse was inspired by a challenge…

“Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.” -Bertolt Brecht Ochre House Theater, Artistic Director Matt Posey and his creative team are like the experimental geneticists who gave us pluots, peacharines and cherums. The flavors are wholly original yet familiar. They are hybrids of…

“Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one’s beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses.” — James Baldwin How does one describe Jonathan Norton’s “a love offering?” We can perhaps start with the basics. “a love offering”…