Stephen Becker | February 3, 2012
Today in the roundup: A song from Giant, a high schooler’s long road to the DMA and the end of an era.
Stephen Becker | February 3, 2012
This week, we discuss Iran’s best foreign film nominee and Dustin Hoffman’s jump to television.
Jerome Weeks | February 2, 2012
Plus a photo walk-through of what the still-under-construction Museum of Nature & Science looks like now — about a year before it opens.
Stephen Becker | February 2, 2012
Today in the roundup: DMA extends Gaultier hours, SXSW announces film lineup and Fort Worth gets a recording studio.
Jerome Weeks | February 1, 2012
‘Giant’ means big, of course – as in the biggest world-premiere the Dallas Theater Center has ever attempted. And composer Michael John LaChiusa’s musical adaption of Gient certainly looks and sounds splendid. It’s the story that’s the trouble – always has been.
Stephen Becker | January 30, 2012
Here’s your chance to see the dance documentary before it opens.
Jerome Weeks | January 27, 2012
There’s sixty years of history behind Giant,, the big-budget musical opening at the Dallas Theater Center. When it came out, Edna Ferber’s novel angered many Texans. Four years later, the movie version became Warner Brothers’ biggest hit. It always helps if you make us look like Elizabeth Taylor or James Dean.
Stephen Becker | January 27, 2012
Today on the podcast, we discuss a movie that received a couple of Oscar nominations and have a conversation with perhaps our most entertaining interview subject to date.
Stephen Becker | January 26, 2012
Did you catch Terry Gross on The Colbert Report Wednesday night? If not, here’s your chance to right that wrong.
Stephen Becker | January 26, 2012
Today in the roundup: A major Chihuly show coming to town, the making of Giant and a comedy duo for classical music.