REVIEW: ‘Priscilla’ — queens on the verge of a nervous breakdown

Posted on 17 May 2013 at 10:27am

Priscilla is a hoot, as glamorously trashy and enjoyable as the best drag show you’ve ever seen. Some people didn’t stay through Act 2; that was their loss.

Theatre 3 announces 2013-14 season

Posted on 13 May 2013 at 2:35pm

Sondheim’s Assassins, Terence Ratigan’s forgotten drama and Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities

‘Fly by Night’

Posted on 10 May 2013 at 10:00am

Where were you when the lights went out? A half-dozen or so disaffected New Yorkers, linked together by fate or coincidence, sing about coping with death, loneliness, aimlessness. If that sounds like Rent, or even Avenue Q … well, it’s not, but it is just as smart and entertaining, with a little big of Robert [...]

‘Desert’ storm!

Posted on 10 May 2013 at 8:45am

‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ — the gayest movie in history — becomes the gayest stage musical in history … and that’s saying something ARNOLD WAYNE JONES  | Life+Style Editor The last time most North Texas audiences got to see Wade McCollum, he was slithering around in a pair of tight-fitting pants (and little else) [...]

‘Fela’ traveler

Posted on 10 May 2013 at 8:15am

Out choreographer Bill T. Jones continues his foray into the legitimate stage with ‘Fela!,’ the African dance musical   ARNOLD WAYNE JONES  | Life+Style Editor Although he’s best known as a choreographer, Bill T. Jones would probably resist applying any label to what he does that inhibits his creative expression. As the surviving founder of [...]

REVIEWS: ‘Enron,’ ‘Too Many Girls’

Posted on 03 May 2013 at 8:00am

REVIEWS: ‘Enron,’ ‘Too Many Girls’

REVIEW: ‘Angels Fall’ at CTD

Posted on 25 Apr 2013 at 11:22am

Wilson was a prolific playwright who’s seldom talked about in reverential tones; with productions like this (and the rencent The Madness of Lady Bright), he may receive the critical reevaluation he deserves.

Iceman cometh

Posted on 19 Apr 2013 at 8:15am

From cocky fighter pilot to gay P.I., Val Kilmer has had a wild career. It gets even wilder as he returns to the stage for his one-man show, ‘Citizen Twain’ When Val Kilmer looks you directly in the eyes — and, cobra-like, he never seems to break a connection with you — it’s difficult not [...]

Kelsey Ervi: The sorcerers’ apprentice

Posted on 16 Apr 2013 at 1:58pm

Kelsey Ervi hasn’t been out of school for even two years, and already she’s stomping out a vintage with her young career in theater.

STAGE REVIEWS: ‘Re-Designing Women,’ ‘Penix,’ ‘Wicked,’ ‘Rx’

Posted on 12 Apr 2013 at 11:44am

A good time for Dallas theater, with performance art called Penix, cross-dressing Sugarbakers, friends of Dorothy and big laughs from Big Pharma