“The Color Purple: The Musical” has made its way back around to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, this time playing at the Winspear Opera...

For the second time, I recently was able to see “The Color Purple: The Musical,” this time at the Winspear Opera House. From the classic...

“Once on This Island” may be the closest I have ever been to seeing an opera in-person. Even though it has two Tonys, a Laurence Olivier...

True love is one of the most universally used stories told in almost every possible medium, but along with that is the possibility of...

Maybe it’s because I am getting a little bit older, but the phrase “all the feels” keeps tending to come up when I review things lately. ...

For years, I have talked on our show about how the musical “Once” has set the bar for every production I have seen since. (Pun intended.)...

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is one of the very few books I have read multiple times. Roald Dahl’s amazing story of a young poor...

Everyone has those films and stories from their childhood that they truly cherish: the ones that can be watched over and over again and...

When you put the names Steve Martin and Edie Brickell in the same sentence, my attention can be grasped pretty quickly. To most people,...

Steve Martin was probably the first stand-up comic that I became a fan of during the ‘70s. Wildly unpredictable and an irreverent...

Generation gaps have been a discussion a long time. Growing up in Montana and Wyoming (which are not known as traditionally metropolitan...

“Jersey Boys” is back in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and I could not be more excited! This time around, it is a VERY quick run (through...

Success can be a wolf in sheep’s clothing, with the fame and fortuned coming at a price. Whether it is the invasion of privacy, the...

What happens when a very successful independent film gets the attention of one of modern history’s great singer/songwriters? Answer:...

We have spoken on our show a few times about my over two decades in the food service industry. I have done everything from washing...

A musical with a cookbook dedicated to recipes in the story and sold as memorabilia in the lobby? “Waitress” is the kind of production...