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Smug.”“Literal.”“Impervious to multiple interpretations.”“Susceptible to parody.”“Self-parodic.”“The Old Guard’s new clothes.”
And there you have just a few of the thoughts that popped into my head...
Maverick Comic-Book Artist
In 2003, a little-known Arlington comic-book artist began publishing a series about a teenager who comes back from the dead to fight evil.
Four years...
Black Man + White Woman = ?
Playwright-director Neil LaBute generally comes in one flavor — bitterly misanthropic — but his works can be divided between the nasty/grumpy variety and the...
Bayou Self
If you read this debut biography of Fort Worth native Townes Van Zandt — and you need to — the author wants you to...
Killing Fields
Touring productions of theatrical staples such as Camelot and Sweet Charity guarantee that local ticketbuyers will always be able to escape the daily grind,...
In Memoriam
Nearly half a century ago at Baylor University, newcomer soprano Beverly Sills gave a recital, and afterward an eager fan asked to be sent...
The List
Maybe even more than movies, architecture seems to be the one thing we're all experts in. Everyone has an opinion, everyone's ready to share...
Footloose
Metropolitan Classical Ballet came to grief with two new ballets at Bass Performance Hall last weekend, but Ballet Concerto’s Summer Dance Concert in Trinity...
Adaptation
There’s an old maxim that, in the food chain that is the so-called Hollywood system, the craft services people rank higher than the screenwriters,...
New Heights
The curtain came down on the Fort Worth Opera’s inaugural festival Sunday, and there’s no denying that the past four weeks were heady.
Besides the...
