Federico Garcia Lorca. Blood Wedding. Cara Mia Theatre Company. Duty v. Desire. Moments of breath-taking beauty implode into explosions of anguished desolation throughout the tragedy, burning deep into the senses of those who attend this morality masque, a ritualized soul cleansing with proto-feminist overtones. Through December 13 at Dallas’ Latino Cultural Center. An internationally recognized … Continue reading
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A Charmed Actor’s Life: Denton’s Caroline Dubberly
It seems like 24-year-old Denton resident Caroline Dubberly leads a charmed life as an actor. She’s popular, respected and sought after, across the DFW region. She got invited to perform in a major professional stage show touring the US for a year while still a college undergraduate. She will graduate from University of North Texas … Continue reading
Making the Hard Sell: Fun House Theatre’s “Death of A Salesman”
Fun House Theatre and Film. Would Willy Loman approve? I should hope so. Anybody who mounts a production of a prestigious, iconic three-act drama like Arthur Miller’s Death of A Salesman takes on a sales job of imposing proportion. “The play’s a downer.” “It goes on FOREVER.” “Why can’t we see something funny?” Sometimes you … Continue reading
GREAT SCOTT! Dallas Opera breaks in baddest Heggie work yet
“This shit is hard!” quips lead mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in a coy aside to the audience during new American opera Great Scott, now in its premiere engagement at The Dallas Opera through November 15. Seem out of place for opera? It’s a perfectly reasonable comment for the contemporary, hip tone of this dynamic, engaging new … Continue reading
Deep Six This Mollusk: Dead White Zombies’ “DP92”
The promotional material for Dead White Zombies’ “metaphysical sci-fi thriller” DP 92 claims that DP92 is the “last hope for humanity”. If such is the case, we are wading in deep doo-doo. Hope the claim is born of irony. Calling it metaphysical is quite a stretch, as well. As an examination of the nature of … Continue reading
Magnificently Grand: GRAND HOTEL at Lyric Stage
Grand Hotel isn’t just grand. It’s magnificent. Normally discussion of a show’s music jumps first off the page in a review of a work staged by a regional leading musical theatre presenter. In the case of Luther Davis, Robert Wright and George Forrest’s Grand Hotel, with additional music and lyrics by Maury Yeston, running though … Continue reading
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