The idea of inviting strangers into their home is not new to Lily Taylor and Sean Miller. When the artistic couple lived in Denton, they participated in the (International) Home Theater Festival, a movement to take performance out of the theaters and use house venues. Recently, they became Dallas residents…
“I can’t go a day without clicking my camera. Capturing the personalities in the flowers, capturing the personality of the ice that forms on the lake by my house…I see the dancers in those flowers and that ice.” Moses Pendleton, artistic director of the dance company Momix, is wired to…
It might be difficult to believe this, but there is an entire generation of adults who have not necessarily seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It’s about time these young whippersnappers learned the “Time Warp” and I can think of no one better to teach them than the Dallas Theater…
Some movies seem to be put on this Earth just for actors. You look at the synopsis of a picture, and you think, “Well, it could be OK,” but then you notice who’s in it — maybe a performer you like but haven’t seen in awhile, or someone you never…
The Drop, the richly textured, beautifully acted film collaboration between Belgian director Michaël R. Roskam (Bullhead) and novelist-turned-screenwriter Dennis Lehane (Mystic River), takes place in the present, but its heart lies in the noirish past of both movies and literature. In that shadowy realm, tough guys are endlessly quotable, and…
Seeing a show at Lyric Stage isn’t just a chance to revisit a beloved piece of American musical theater; it’s an education in how musicals were done, and still can be done, on a grand scale. Lyric’s specialty, its sole focus, is reviving big American musicals, so the draw of…
Even the most inspiration-averse will have eyes as moist as blowholes by the end credits of Dolphin Tale 2, a good-hearted kids’ drama whose earnestness and surprising moral complexity put other sunny-weepy sea-mammal flicks to shame. After the story wraps up, the filmmakers work a trick that’s become common in…
Four years ago, comedian Bill Hader told his agent he wanted to do a drama. It took awhile. “I used to think typecasting wasn’t a thing, and it totally is,” Hader admits. “That’s an industry feeling: ‘How can I take that person seriously when I know they’re capable of such…
“I’ll always be anti-authoritarian, as long as I live,” says Terry Gilliam, the comic provocateur who’s been taking aim at the establishment for over four decades. The only thing that changes: his targets. In Life of Brian, it was religion. In Brazil, the government. And in his latest film, The…
What’s fascinating, new and neglected across all major video platforms. Among other things, cinema has always been a ready-made self-eulogizer — Hollywood was making two-reeler silent comedies about the craft of moviemaking before the viewing public even knew what it entailed, and documentaries about famous and forgotten threads of film…
#454887520 / gettyimages.comJustin Long, Kevin Smith, Haley Joel Osment and Genesis Rodriguez of Tusk pose for a portrait during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.This summer, a prankster stole Kevin Smith’s Twitter account and tweeted, “Before this comes out I want to state that I am a gay proud man.”…
At 7 p.m. Thursday, September 11 KERA’s Jeff Whittington hosts a conversation with Devon Nowlin Artist; founding member, Homecoming Committee; Arthur Peña Artist; founder and Director, WARE:WOLF:HAUS and VICE PALACE; Darryl Ratcliff Artist; Community Engagement Associate, National Center for Arts Research & Initiative on Arts+Urbanism. Thu., Sept. 11, 7 p.m.,…
The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra opens its 2014/2015 classical season with a concert that combines brand new sounds with familiar ones. At 7:30 p. m. Friday, the orchestra welcomes new composer-in-residence Anna Clyne with a performance of her analog-inspired Fri., Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m., 2014…
Nothing is better than partying for a good cause. You drink, you eat, you dance, all the while knowing that your very presence supports something valuable. Take the Community Cast Party, for example. From 7 p.m. – midnight Saturday you can support WaterTower Theatre by eating good food, entertainment from…
‘Tis the season for glitz and glam at the Dallas Symphony. On Saturday, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s 2014 AT&T Gala brings an opportunity not only to hear great music, but also to slip into a formal gown, sip champagne and get your groove on in the Meyerson Symphony Center’s elegant…
Comedian Doug Stanhope once told us in an interview that “there’s nothing fucking worse” than performing at huge theaters because they ruin the intimacy of a room or a comedy club. Unfortunately when you’re big enough to get on the cover of Rolling Stone’s comedy issue like comedian Aziz Ansari,…
TITAS is starting its dance season off with a little bit of magic by bringing back audience-favorite, MOMIX. It’s been almost four years since MOMIX presented their full-length production, Botanica, at the Winspear Opera House, and had us all dreaming of flowers, forests, and dinosaurs, but they are finally back…
Beer before liquor never been sicker, beer before beer you’re in the clear. That’s the expression, right? Anyway, Brewfest is simple: You drink beer, listen to music and have a damn good time.This fifth annual event features an array of breweries.Tickets include 12 2-ounce tastings. 21 and up, only. Sat.,…
Soprano Ailyn Pérez is beautiful and ridiculously talented. She’s also married to a gorgeous, talented man, a tenor named Stephen Costello. Some people are just lucky like that. For the rest of us, it’s awfully fun to watch an attractive couple with insanely beautiful voices perform together on stage, which…
It seems that every fair, food “palooza” or gluttony fest is dedicated to some kind of food that’s really not healthy to eat until it starts oozing out of your ears. We’ve got nothing against chili cook-offs or rib fests but it would be a nice change of pace for…
Showing that dancers are some of the strongest and toughest breed of performing artists, the dancers of the Bruce Wood Dance Project are keeping the faith and moving forward with the work of their artistic leader by honoring his memory with their fall show, Lovett + More, at the Dallas…
You only use the word vintage when you’re talking about antiques and fine vines. Frankly, I like the second use a whole lot more. And once a year for the past 28 years, downtown Grapevine is filled with people who agree with my taste in semantics. At GrapeFest, a blend…
