According to a press release, the Dallas Opera is changing the latter half of its current season into a “modified repertory format”  — which is not to be confused with President Nixon’s old “modified limited hangout.”  The MRF is really a scheduling shuffle (and mini-subscription offer) that will permit the DO to present two different [...]

It’s news because it’s Cormac McCarthy’s portable Olivetti, which he used to write a dozen novels, several screenplays and short stories, plus countless letters. The New York Times reports that Christie’s will be auctioning the 46-year-old machine — now that a friend of McCarthy’s bought him a new one like it.

If the commercials on TV aren’t proof enough that the Holidays have officially hit, you need look no further than the programming on area stages. Those Christmas shows pack ‘em in and pay the bills, so let’s take a look at some of them: A NEW SCROOGE AT DTC: You’ll be seeing a new face [...]