STEVEN LINDSEY | Contributing Writer stevencraiglindsey@me.com Hilarious actress-playwright Lauren Weedman brings her one-woman show to Out of the Loop …………………… OUT OF THE LOOP NO…YOU SHUT UP at Addison Theatre Centre, 15650 Addison Circle. Friday–Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. WaterTowerTheatre.org …………………… Get this straight: Lauren Weedman is not a standup comedian; she’s an actress who just happens to [...]
RESEAL THE DEAL | Drag Tupperware guru Dixie Longate keeps Fort Worth fresh with her show … which also functions as a real Tupperware party. Dixie Longate peddles plastic as America’s funniest Tupperware Lady STEVEN LINDSEY | Contributing Writer stevencraiglindsey@me.com Someone at Amway is very jealous, because fast-talkin’, Southern drawlin’ Dixie Longate (né Kris Andersson) has turned [...]
IN FOR A PAULA, IN FOR A POUNDSTONE | The queermedian plays the Majestic Theater Friday, Feb. 25. After 30 years, comedian Paula Poundstone still keeps ’em rolling in the aisles ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor jones@dallasvoice.com Paula Poundstone celebrates her middlebrow tastes. It’s probably what has kept her a popular comedian for more than 30 years. While others have crashed [...]
Del Shores, Texas’ funniest chronicler of angry gay survivors of Christianity, begins a new chapter in his career: Standup ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | jones@dallasvoice.com SORDID LAUGHS | Del Shores has transformed his one-man act about the fiasco following ‘Sordid Lives: The Series’ into the hilarious grist for his new standup routine. (Photo courtesy Brian Putnam) SORDID [...]
Comic Pelofsky pairs with Dallas’ Paul J. Williams for a gay ol’ time Saturday COMIC PAIR | Paul J. Williams, right, opens for comedian Shawn Pelofsky at the Rose Room Saturday. SHAWN PELOFSKY The Rose Room at Station 4, 3911 Cedar Springs Road. Sept. 25. Show begins at 9:30 p.m. $4 cover. Caven.com ………………………… Shawn Pelofsky [...]
Ribald as ever, on-again/off-again bisexual comedian (and lately ‘DWTS’ contestant) Margaret Cho takes on a new passion: Her music LAWRENCE FERBER | Contributing Writer lawrencewferber@hotmail.com DIARY OF A CHO-GIRL | Margaret Cho is having some year with a new album ‘Cho Dependent,’ her North American tour and her enlistment on the new season of ‘Dancing [...]
Vicki Lawrence works to keep Mama up with the times in a new show she brings to Fort Worth RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer lopez@dallasvoice.com DON’T TALK BACK | Vicki Lawrence has made Mama into such an icon that now she shares top billing in her newest show, which Lawrence brings to Fort Worth Saturday. [...]
Comedian Jason Kane loves show tunes and cats — so why isn’t he gay? RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer lopez@dallasvoice.com HOMO NEUROTIC | Kane’s has accepted himself as a straight man — not that there’s anything wrong with that. (Rich Lopez/Dallas Voice). WHY AM I NOT GAY? Tucker’s Blues, 2617 Commerce St. Aug. 17–19. 7 [...]
Straight comic (and gay icon) Hal Sparks gets the last laugh STEVEN LINDSEY | Contributing Writer stevencraiglindsey@me.com COMIC AS FOLK | Hal Sparks headlines this weekend at Arlington Improv; gay baiters not welcome. NO COLLAR COMEDY The Improv Arlington 309 Curtis May Way, Arlington. Friday–Saturday at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Sunday at 7:30 p.m. 817-635-5555. Improv.com [...]
For the 40th anniversary of the Cathedral of Hope, wacky comedienne Judy Tenuta will perform a human sacrifice. Hey! It could happen RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer lopez@dallasvoice.com COH 40TH ANNIVERSARY Infomart, 1950 Stemmons Freeway. July 24 at 7 p.m. $40. CathedralofHope.com. Earlier this month, Judy Tenuta judged a celebrity chef challenge at the Giant [...]
