Archive for 2013
Dream Supreme
And I am telling you Dreamgirls is a stunning, star-powered musical spectacle.Kristian Lin
When Dreamgirls debuted on Broadway in 1981, it won over an entire generation of theatergoers, African-American and not, with songs by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyer that skillfully evoked a wide range of black music through recent...
Company Man
The Good Shepherd doesn’t go astray, but doesn’t lead anywhere exciting.Kristian Lin
If you want a big-name actor to play a colorless guy with a hole in his soul, Matt Damon is now officially your man.
Kate Campbell with Spooner Oldham
Listen UpOn For the Living of These Days, Kate Campbell sings slow, contemplative songs of hope in troubled times and of a sort of populist religion that distrusts earthly authority. Known as a literate musical storyteller with a respec...
Bleeding Hearts, Possibly Noses
HearsayLocal rockers are generally good about helping one another out. When in serious need, I mean. Not when one of them needs a Tuaca shot.
Still Going Apey
Local alt-rockers Baboon are getting older, but their new album may be their spunkiest yet.CAROLINE COLLIER
Everyone knows Baboon. The local rockers have been around for nearly 16 years, and they’ve toured with The Toadies, experienced some national success, and, surely to the envy of every other North Texas band, appeared on an ep...
Open Letter to Off-the-Wall Jack
Last CallDear Mr. Off-the-Wall Jack. Don’t worry. I’m not writing you now in the hope that you’ll change your name to something less disgusting. Rather, as a friend and concerned citizen, I’d like to say that, Ja...
Taking Lumps over Coal
Plans for 17 new coal-fired plants are drawing howls from all over the map.ERIC GRIFFEY
Environmentalists protesting the pollution potential of industrial plants — electric generating stations, cement kilns, whatever — aren’t that unusual these days.
Troubled Waters
Trinity River Vision opponents want to shut off the funding faucet.DAN MCGRAW
When U.S Rep. Kay Granger pushed funding through Congress for the Trinity River Vision project — anointed as flood control, but really an economic development venture — she did it with amazing speed. The approval for the U....
Playthings No More
Both MCB and TBT deliver rousing renditions of the holiday classic, the Nutcracker.Stage
Two major Nutcrackers come our way each December, in addition to the countless studio versions that dot the landscape.