It was about time someone gave Linda Stogner her own comedy special. She’s spent so much time, money and effort building a comedy community for Dallas that she deserves an hour of her own in the spotlight.
Love songs and romance aren’t just for Valentine’s Day. The Ten Tenors bring their latest show, Love Is in the Air, to the Eisemann Center (2351 Performance Drive, Richardson) for a 7:30 p.m. performance Wednesday, Feb. 23.
The dictionary definition of justice is deceptively simple: “The quality of being just, impartial or fair.” To watch The How to Be Project: Ten Plays for Racial Justice unfold across the Bishop Arts Theatre Center’s stage is to be reminded – bracingly, amusingly and most often, painfully – how often that quality is not afforded to those whose skin color is anything other than white.
It’s been more than a decade since the release of Jackass 3D, the third movie in the hit franchise. The stunt comedy used technical achievements in three-dimensional screenings and slow footage Phantom cameras to capture images such as flying dildos, jet-ski crashes and a guy farting into a New Year’s…
Henry Ross Perot’s family name is all over the state of Texas. The Perot Museum of Nature and Science was named for Perot and his wife Margot when the family gave a $50 million gift to the institution.
Did you know there is a Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center (5657 Mariner Drive) located at the Dallas Executive Airport? It offers an enormous collection of World War II nose art and educational exhibitions and collections of artifacts that explore and honor contributions of many.
The time has finally come when hating Valentine’s Day no longer makes you “edgy.” It takes more energy to pretend-dislike this holiday than it does to lay down your sword, so get over yourself and find someone to celebrate with. If you’re unsure who that person should be, call up…
The last of sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke’s three laws states, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” That doesn’t mean magic can’t exist in our digital realm of interactive technology and readily accessible information, local magician Zak Mirz says. “I don’t think technology ruins magic with any stretch…
Spurred on by the Covid-19 shutdown in 2020, the Fort Worth Opera and the Dallas Opera each went to work on plans to engage with their communities in new ways while providing their performers and longtime fans with ways to experience opera.
You’ve probably heard of Peng Dang, the Chinese comic based in Dallas. You may think you know the reason I’m going to give, but we’ll leave a certain incident languishing away on the internet where Dang prefers it. What Dang has really excelled at of late is working racism and personal perspective into his sets – the Atlanta shooting, for one topic.
Comedy Central’s Chappelle’s Show and HBO’s The Wire are two shows that often get mentioned in lists and analyses about programs that changed the course of television. Comedian Donnell Rawlings is an important part of both of them.
You know you love it. Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz trade homes to get away from life for a spell and find adventure and love in Los Angeles and Surrey, respectively. Jack Black and Jude Law provide capable love interests while a few subplots make The Holiday a perfectly enjoyable, highly rewatchable movie.
After a single season on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, comedian Jon Rudnitsky made an impression on viewers by impersonating CNN’s Anderson Cooper and with sketches like the viral dramatic parody Farewell, Mr. Bunting.
After 41 years as an East Dallas staple, the Pocket Sandwich Theatre will be packing up for the third time, this time saying goodbye to Dallas.
Growing up as a theater kid in Lewisville, Stephanie Umoh had always dreamed of performing at Fair Park.
It took Dallas composer Holly Doubet two weeks to get out of bed after returning from her vacation in Hawaii in January of 2018.
Let’s say the family arrived in town last night and you already need some retail therapy. Just task them with setting the table (sure to inspire incredibly random arguments) and head out to the Texas Christkindl Market at Choctaw Stadium (1000 Ballpark Way, Arlington) between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Wednesday for some German Christmas market-ing.
The comedy migration from California to Austin is starting to make its way up to Dallas and The Plano House of Comedy may be the first step.
Like most comedians during the pandemic, Daniel Sloss says he lost his “fucking mind a bit.” Like most good comedians who can see an opportunity even in a harrowing situation such as in global lockdowns, he says he spent his pandemic time by finishing his book [Everyone You Hate is Going to Die], “put on a bunch of weight and smoked a bunch of weed.”
Jo Koy’s name has been a staple in the entertainment world – particularly on stand-up stages – for ages, but this year the laugh man has gotten some different sorts of attention thanks to his heartfelt hosting gig on Metal Shop Masters and his coupling with fellow comic and long-time friend Chelsea Handler.
So many of the news stories surrounding comedy these days seem to involve a portion of a comic’s audience getting upset over their choice of material.
Dallas comedian Peng Dang recently found himself in the national spotlight, but not in a way he or any other comedian hopes to be.
