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NEWS & NOTES
NEWS & NOTES
Feb 27 2015
Feb 27 2015
Snow Cancellations
Snow Cancellations
The snow in North Texas is resulting in a lot of performance cancellations for Friday. Here's our list of closings and rescheduled events. We'll keep updating.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 27 2015
Feb 27 2015
Doom McCoy and the Death Nugget presented by University of Texas Dallas School of Arts and Humanities
Doom and Boom
At University of Texas at Dallas, Justin Locklear's Doom McCoy and the Death Nuggets features wonderful puppets, but the storyline is confusing.
NEWS & NOTES
NEWS & NOTES
Feb 27 2015
Feb 27 2015
Giveaway: Out of the Loop Fringe Festival
Giveaway: Out of the Loop Fringe Festival
Win passes to the 2015 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival at WaterTower Theatre.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 27 2015
Feb 27 2015
The Great Tragedies presented by AT&T Performing Arts Center
A Daisey Chain of Events
Monologist Mike Daisey opens his The Great Tragedies series at AT&T Performing Arts Center with a funny, insightful and passionate thread about Romeo and Juliet.
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
Feb 26 2015
Feb 26 2015
Off Book
Off Book
In which solo performer John Michael Colgin talks us into interviewing monologist Mike Daisey, who performs The Great Tragedies at AT&T Performing Arts Center this weekend. We love the result.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 26 2015
Feb 26 2015
Stolen Shakespeare Festival: Verona, Verona presented by Stolen Shakespeare Guild
My Verona
At Fort Worth's Stolen Shakespeare Guild, a Verona festival proves that the Italian city is indeed fair.
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
Feb 25 2015
Feb 25 2015
Places! Feb. 26-March 4
Places! Feb. 26-March 4
Here are some of the performing arts events opening on local stages this week. Plus, the list of last-chance shows.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 25 2015
Feb 25 2015
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot presented by Cara Mia Theatre Company
The Surreal World 
At Cara Mía Theatre Company, Jose Rivera's References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot is verbally and psychologically rewarding.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 25 2015
Feb 25 2015
Cultural Awareness Series 2015 presented by Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Journey With No Bounds
Dallas Black Dance Theatre shows a new level of maturity and substance in its 2015 Cultural Awareness Series at the Wyly Theatre.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 25 2015
Feb 25 2015
Mississippi Goddamn presented by South Dallas Cultural Center
Everybody's Gonna Know About...
Mississippi Goddamn, a remarkable, tension-filled new play by Dallas writer Jonathan Norton, at the South Dallas Cultural Center.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 25 2015
Feb 25 2015
Miss Evers' Boys presented by African American Repertory Theater
Bad Medicine
Compelling African American Repertory Theater production of Miss Evers’ Boys reveals the evil done in the name of research.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 24 2015
Feb 24 2015
The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence presented by Stage West
Tech, Tech Boom
At Stage West, the regional premiere of Madeleine George's The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence is a tech tale with heart.
SEASON ANNOUNCEMENTS
SEASON ANNOUNCEMENTS
Feb 23 2015
Feb 23 2015
ATTPAC's 2015-16 Broadway Series
ATTPAC's 2015-16 Broadway Series
Next season the AT&T Performing Arts Center has Matilda, Cabaret, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal and more. Plus, a sneak peek at 2016-17.
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
Feb 22 2015
Feb 22 2015
Q&A: Vishaan Chakrabarti
Q&A: Vishaan Chakrabarti
The architect and urban planner says a city’s investment in performing arts yields returns of high magnitude, both measurable and intangible. He speaks at this week's Dallas Festival of Ideas.
SEASON ANNOUNCEMENTS
SEASON ANNOUNCEMENTS
Feb 22 2015
Feb 22 2015
2015-16 for Dallas Symphony
2015-16 for Dallas Symphony
The Dallas Symphony's new season features three world premieres, works by American composers, plenty of high-profile guest conductors and musicians, the second Soluna Festival and much more.
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
Feb 22 2015
Feb 22 2015
The Fabric of Movement
The Fabric of Movement
In her February Sixth Position column, Danielle Georgiou looks at how dance is used in two current fashion house campaigns.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 21 2015
Feb 21 2015
Gilligan's Fire Island presented by Uptown Players
Isle Say
Uptown Players goes cruisin' with Jamie Morris' latest parody Gilligan's Fire Island at the Rose Room in S4.
SEASON ANNOUNCEMENTS
SEASON ANNOUNCEMENTS
Feb 21 2015
Feb 21 2015
2015-16 for Fort Worth Symphony
2015-16 for Fort Worth Symphony
The Fort Worth Symphony's new season has some nice surprises from the classical repertoire, plus three composers-in-residence and one world premiere. Also, Seinfeld's Jason Alexander.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 21 2015
Feb 21 2015
The Last Two People on Earth: An Apocalyptic Vaudeville presented by Eisemann Center for the Performing Arts
The End.
At the Eisemann Center, Mandy Patinkin and Taylor Mac are tops in their devastatingly funny, clever and beautiful The Last Two People on Earth: An Apocalyptic Vaudeville.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 21 2015
Feb 21 2015
Bumping Into Broadway presented by Dallas Chamber Symphony
Bumpy Night
The Dallas Chamber Symphony entertains with a new score to the 1919 silent film Bumping Into Broadway, but goes astray on works by Ruth Crawford Seeger and Aaron Copland.
NEWS & NOTES
NEWS & NOTES
Feb 20 2015
Feb 20 2015
Lyric's Golden Apple to be Recorded
Lyric's Golden Apple to be Recorded
Lyric Stage's full-orchestra revival of the 1954 Jerome Moross and John Latouche musical will mark the show's first full-length recording.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 20 2015
Feb 20 2015
Once presented by Performing Arts Fort Worth
Once, Twice
Performing Arts Fort Worth brings Once back to North Texas, and that's OK. It's worth seeing again.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 20 2015
Feb 20 2015
Twelfth Night: A Musical Carnival presented by Artes de la Rosa
All Night Long
Artes de la Rosa delivers the party with a Brazilian carnival-themed Twelfth Night.
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
Feb 19 2015
Feb 19 2015
Places! Feb. 19-25, 2015
Places! Feb. 19-25, 2015
Here are some of the performing arts events opening on local stages this week. Plus, the list of last-chance shows.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 19 2015
Feb 19 2015
Romeo and Juliet presented by Fun House Theatre and Film
Young Love
Fun House Theatre and Film entertains with a swiftly paced and age-appropriate (for the leads at least) Romeo and Juliet.
NEWS & NOTES
NEWS & NOTES
Feb 18 2015
Feb 18 2015
Betty Buckley To Hold Workshop and Concerts
Betty Buckley To Hold Workshop and Concerts
The Tony-winning Broadway star will have another Song Interpretation Workshop in April; and will perform songs from her album Ghostlight in Fort Worth.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 18 2015
Feb 18 2015
Armonia Celeste — Three Ladies of Ferrara presented by Dallas Bach Society
That's Amore
The Dallas Bach Society offers Renaissance romance, and it's not all cheery, with the performers of Armonia Celeste.
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
Feb 17 2015
Feb 17 2015
Q&A: Taylor Mac
Q&A: Taylor Mac
The performance artist on collaborating with Mandy Patinkin for The Last Two People on Earth: An Apocalyptic Vaudeville, having its world premiere at the Eisemann Center in Richardson.
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
Feb 17 2015
Feb 17 2015
Do It Slow
Do It Slow
An interview with Dallas playwright Jonathan Norton, whose latest work Mississippi Goddamn opens this week at the South Dallas Cultural Center.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 17 2015
Feb 17 2015
For the Love of Song presented by Voces Intimae
Song Sung Blue
Baritone delivers a challenging and beautiful recital of art songs for the Voces Intimae gala.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 16 2015
Feb 16 2015
Wayne Brady: Making %@it Up presented by Verizon Theatre
Mix Master
The super talented and always funny Wayne Brady is the right comic for the wrong room at Verizon Theatre.
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
Feb 16 2015
Feb 16 2015
Teacher/Artist
Teacher/Artist
We begin a new monthly series on TheaterJones, by local theater artist and teacher Shelby-Allison Hibbs, in which she explores educational programs at local theaters. First up: Dallas' Capers for Kids.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 15 2015
Feb 15 2015
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 presented by Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Room to Romp
The Dallas Symphony and pianist Yefim Bronfman are sluggish with Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1, but on point with R. Strauss' Ein Heldenleben.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 15 2015
Feb 15 2015
Romeo and Juliet presented by Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Romantic Intentions
The Fort Worth Symphony presents a well-executed program of unadventurous music.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 15 2015
Feb 15 2015
Love is in the Air presented by Blue Candlelight Music Series
Love Lights
The Blue Candlelight Music Series scores another winner with a program featuring violinist Felix Olschofka and pianst Paul Posnak.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Feb 14 2015
Feb 14 2015
Pepe Romero presented by Allegro Guitar Series
Oh Romero, Romero
Spanish guitar legend Pepe Romero turns in the goods for Fort Worth Classic Guitar at the Kimbell Art Museum, but he could have shown more warmth.
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