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All content by Lauren Smart

Summer Preview: Theater

Lauren Smart
May 3, 2011

A&E editor says ‘goodbye’ to campus

Lauren Smart
April 30, 2011

‘Oedipus’ adaptation fumbles in the dark

Lauren Smart
April 28, 2011
Natalie Young, Alex Organ and Drew Wall star in Adam Rapp’s “Red Light Winter” on stage at the Addison Theatre Centre through May 7.

Second Thought’s ‘Red Light’ paints heartbreaking portrait

Lauren Smart
April 26, 2011
Natalie Young, Alex Organ and Drew Wall star in Adam Rapp’s “Red Light Winter” on stage at the Addison Theatre Centre through May 7.

Second Thought Theatre’s ‘Red Light Winter’ paints heartbreaking portrait

Lauren Smart
April 25, 2011
Fiona Robberson, Laura Jorgenson, Shannon Kearns-Simmons star in "Easter" at Undermain Theatre through May 14.

Undermain Theatre mounts moving, elegant ‘Easter’

Lauren Smart
April 20, 2011
Contemporary Ballet of Dallas produces genre-bending dance pieces

Contemporary Ballet of Dallas produces genre-bending dance pieces

Lauren Smart
April 19, 2011
Drew Wall, Natalie Young and Alex Organ star in Second Thought Theatre’s “Red Light Winter” opening Thursday, April 21.

Cast talks ‘Red Light Winter,’ graphic content

Lauren Smart
April 14, 2011
The cast of “Roads to Home” in a scene from “Spring Dance.”

Horton Foote’s ‘Road to Home’ right fit for Theatre Three

Lauren Smart
April 12, 2011
Elly Lindsay and Tom Lenaghen star in “A Trip to Bountiful,” Contemporary Theatre of Dallas’ entry in the Horton Foote Festival, on stage through May 1.

Horton Foote’s ‘A Trip to Bountiful’ heartfelt, tender

Lauren Smart
April 10, 2011
Misty Venters and Aubrey Hanson star in “The Traveling Lady” onstage at WaterTower Theatre through May 1.

Rich characters give ‘The Traveling Lady’ strong footing

Lauren Smart
April 5, 2011
From left to right, Yolanda Williams, Lucia Welch , T.A. Taylor and Kevin Moore perform in a scene from ‘The Young Man from Atlanta.’

‘The Young Man from Atlanta’ falls flat from Horton Foote’s original

Lauren Smart
April 2, 2011
Candy Williams and Marcus Stimac star in Upstart Production’s ‘The Violet Hour’ onstage through April 23.

‘The Violet Hour’: brilliant play, stunning production

Lauren Smart
April 2, 2011
Commentator John Stossel spoke at a luncheon hosted by the William J. O'Neil Center for Global Markets and Freedom Wednesday, March 30.

TV commentator John Stossel speaks on media coverage of free markets, economy

Lauren Smart
March 31, 2011
Singer/Songwriter Ari Hest will be performing at Rock House Films for “Swank Presents...” on April 6.

Ari Hest brings soulful music

Lauren Smart
March 29, 2011
Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” starring Paolo Gavanelli and Laura Claycomb (pictured above), will be playing at the Winspear Theater until April 10.

Paolo Gavanelli, Laura Claycomb shine in ‘Rigoletto’

Lauren Smart
March 27, 2011
The newest exhibit at the Nasher Sculpture Center is a room filled with 9,000 golden balloons that visitors are allowed to enter.

Good as Gold: Artist Martin Creed filled room at Nasher with 9,000 gold balloons

Lauren Smart
March 26, 2011
Fort Worth-native Kurt Froman is currently the resident choreographer of the national tour of “Billy Elliot,” which will perform in the Winspear in June.

Froman to return to Texas with ‘Billy Elliot’

Lauren Smart
March 24, 2011

Dashboard Confessional’s Carrabba talks Dallas return

Lauren Smart
March 22, 2011
“The Magdalen Whitewash” by Valerie Goodwin received its American debut at the Out of the Loop Fringe Festival and is now on stage at Broken Gears Project Theatre.

Broken Gears’ ‘Magdalen Whitewash’ tells compelling story

Lauren Smart
March 21, 2011

SMU participates in Horton Foote Festival

Lauren Smart
March 11, 2011
Emily Scott-Banks (from left), Sherry Hopkins, Ashley Wood and Morgan McClure star in Marc Camoletti’s play “Boeing, Boeing” at Circle Theatre through April 2.

Marc Camoletti’s farce ‘Boeing, Boeing’ soars on Circle Theatre stage

Lauren Smart
March 9, 2011

‘Out of the Loop’ fringe festival delivers through weekend

Lauren Smart
March 6, 2011

Out of the Loop Fringe Festival heads into first weekend

Lauren Smart
March 4, 2011
American author Julie Powell speaks at the annual SMU Women’s Symposium Wednesday afternoon.

Women’s Symposium welcomes Julie Powell, talks of happiness

Lauren Smart
March 4, 2011

Jonathan Norton wins TeCO play competition

Lauren Smart
March 2, 2011
SMU students and playwrights, from left, Jessica Andrewartha, Nathaniel French, Micah Figeroua, Joel Heinreich, Meredith Alloway, and Nick Cains (not pictured

Playwriting festival takes new staging approach

Lauren Smart
February 28, 2011

Call for more adult audience

Lauren Smart
February 28, 2011
Long Story Short: Highlighting the Oscars' Most Overshadowed Category

Long Story Short: Highlighting the Oscars’ Most Overshadowed Category

Lauren Smart
February 25, 2011
Meet the Hosts: James Franco and Anne Hathaway

Meet the Hosts: James Franco and Anne Hathaway

Lauren Smart
February 25, 2011

Meadows opens George Bernard Shaw’s ‘You Never Can Tell’

Lauren Smart
February 23, 2011

‘Memphos!’ makes magic

Lauren Smart
February 20, 2011

Dallas Opera’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’ dazzles

Lauren Smart
February 16, 2011
Tricia Punsford, Jakie Cabe and Chad Peterson star in Tom Stoppard’s 1974 show, “Travesties” now playing at Theatre Three.

Theatre Three produces Stoppard’s highbrow, hilarious ‘Travesties’

Lauren Smart
February 15, 2011

Feldshuh, Buckley deliver strong dose of comedy in ‘Arsenic & Old Lace’

Lauren Smart
February 14, 2011
Kitchen Dog Theater company member Christina Vela and co-artistic director Christopher Carlos play Lady and Lord Macbeth in the current production of Shakespeare’s infamous tragedy, “Macbeth,” on stage through March 5.

Macbeth vs. Macduff: Kitchen Dog releases hellhounds

Lauren Smart
February 11, 2011

Women’s Center joins in on national V-Day with ‘The Vagina Monologues’

Lauren Smart
February 11, 2011
Singer/Songwriter Sarah Jaffe will be performing songs from her critically acclaimed “Suburban Nature” album, Saturday at the Wyly Theatre in the Dallas Arts District.

Local songstress Sarah Jaffe takes Wyly stage

Lauren Smart
February 9, 2011
Sam Sheperd’s classic tale of sibling rivalry stars Gregory Lush and Mike Schraeder.

‘True West’ delivers quick, poignant humor

Lauren Smart
February 7, 2011
Abbey Siegworth, from left, and Lee Trull star in “reasons to be pretty,” last spring as part of the Neil LaBute’s Beauty Plays at the Dallas Theater Center.

Siegworth shines on stage

Lauren Smart
February 4, 2011
Actor Issac McGinley, from left, director John Paul Green, actors Jacob Stewart and Gus Deardoff comprise the cast of “Aliens,” playing at Margo Jones Theater this weekend at the Owens Fine Arts Center. There will be three shows this, one on Friday at 5

Green talks about ‘Aliens,’ wet socks, saving the world

Lauren Smart
February 2, 2011
Senior cellist Zachary Reaves (top right) performs with the Meadows Symphony Orchestra. Reaves won the concerto competition with his performance of Cello Concerto in B Minor by Antonín Dvorák.

Meadows Symphony Orchestra concert features competition winners

Lauren Smart
January 27, 2011

Munoz brings ‘Everyman’ from Medieval age to modern

Lauren Smart
January 23, 2011

‘All Good Things’ benefits from director Jarecki’s vision, research

Lauren Smart
January 21, 2011
Votice Missal of Urban VIII.

Meadows Museum debuts papal codices

Lauren Smart
January 20, 2011

‘The Lieutenant of Inishmore’: not for the faint of heart

Lauren Smart
January 17, 2011

“Thom Pain (based on nothing)” presents engaging anti-hero

Lauren Smart
January 16, 2011
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