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Annie La Ganga always knows what I need. I show up to review Drawing a Paycheck without a pen and hallelujah, she has carefully rubber-banded stubby pencils to the programs, which ask silly questions about arts & crafts and terrible business ideas.

5:11PM Wed. Feb. 1, 2012, Jillian Owens Read More | Comment »

Long Fringe Review: Don't Go in the House

Sometimes the best theatre isn’t very, well, theatre-y. No dance numbers, no special effects, no cast of costumed characters invigorating a painstakingly constructed set. Maybe nothing more than a bit of audio-visual enhancement providing context for a single actor speaking on a plain stage.

2:11PM Wed. Feb. 1, 2012, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Long Fringe Review: Southern Fried Chickie

Larry the Cable Guy has met his match in a busty, blond Tupelo, Mississippi princess. In her entertaining one-woman show Southern Fried Chickie, Christy McBrayer proves that she's become everything her daddy wanted her to be: a strong, beautiful woman who knows as much as any man and can still drink him under the table.

10:48AM Wed. Feb. 1, 2012, Jillian Owens Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

KUTX & Mueller Rock the Park w/ Geto Gala, Lucas Miller

Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater

Selena Birthday Week Celebration at French Legation Museum

Keira Nova, She23, Ayo Tamz, Maurvice, Envy N, Caleb Lemons at Flamingo Cantina

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Long Fringe Review: 'Holier Than Thou'

If the second coming were to occur in 2012 America, how else would we determine who he or she is than with a reality television competition? That’s the hook of Holier Than Thou, which features seven performers (both onstage and via giant video talking heads) offering an oral history of their attempt to win the powers of the Messiah for a week.

7:45PM Tue. Jan. 31, 2012, Dan Solomon Read More | Comment »

Och, Aye, 'tis Almost Time for That Bur-r-r-r-r-rns Supper!

We said it once before,
but it bears repeating.

1:56PM Tue. Jan. 31, 2012, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

World Book Night Doesn't Happen Overnight, You Know

World Book Night, a UK initiative that's now including our side of the pond, isn't happening until April, but it's time to start planning in our part of the world this Monday at BookPeople.

4:58PM Fri. Jan. 27, 2012, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Long Fringe Review: 'The Crapstall Street Boys'

Here’s a Long Fringe show that comes in two parts: first, a mini-circus, and next, a puppet play.

3:45PM Thu. Jan. 26, 2012, Elizabeth Cobbe Read More | Comment »

Schlagobers and Blood!

I blame John Irving.

2:17PM Thu. Jan. 26, 2012, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Long Fringe Review: 'The Alien Baby Play'

The Alien Baby Play is a weird little play, but it’s a good one. Bethany (Kathleen Fletcher) plays a 15-month pregnant lady who’s invited an audience for the arrival of her extra-terrestrial offspring.

1:35PM Thu. Jan. 26, 2012, Elizabeth Cobbe Read More | Comment »

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