The DTC threw a party last night to announce its 2008-2009 season, the first from new artistic director Kevin Moriarty. The lineup was of course the main event – next season leads off with The Who’s Tommy and you can read more in Lawson Taitte’s DMN piece.  
But I was equally interested in some of the DTCs goals and plans to [...]

Rene Moreno (left) and Christine Vela (right) in Richard III. Photo by Matt Mrozek
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Richard Crookback through the years:

John Barrymore’s film version from 1929’s Show of Shows. Richard III as Bela Lugosi or John Carradine, a creepy, horror-movie monster.
Laurence Olivier’s “Winter of our discontent” solioquy from his 1955 film version. Olivier reportedly modeled his performance on [...]

l to r: Rene Moreno as Richard III, Cameron Cobb as Buckingham.
Photo by Matt Mrozek.
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KERA feature on Rene Moreno and Richard III.
The Dallas Morning News review of Richard III
Glenn Arbery’s review of Richard III in Park Cities People
Kitchen Dog Theater

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Rene Moreno, who plays the title role in the Kitchen Dog Theater’s stripped-down, speeded-up, noisy-fun adaptation [...]

l to r: Rene Moreno and Christine Vela in Richard III. Photo by Matt Mrozek
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Richard Crookback through the years:

John Barrymore’s film version from 1929’s Show of Shows. Richard III as Bela Lugosi or John Carradine, a creepy, horror-movie monster.
Laurence Olivier’s “Winter of our discontent” solioquy from his 1955 film version. Olivier reportedly modeled his performance on [...]

At Bass Hall, the Fort Worth Symphony and pianist Garrick Ohlsson present “Beethoven! Beethoven! Beethoven!” and Rover Dramawerks presents The Runner Stumbles in Plano, while here at home, Gini presents more cultural events to consider.[Audio clip: view full post to listen]

The Commander Cody Band is at the Silver Leaf in Denton, the “Two Chicks’ Eggsabition” is at the Bath House Cultural Center, John Guare’s Landscape of the Body is at the University of North Texas, but Gini is here, with more stuff for you.
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Merle Haggard is at Bass Hall, author Ishmael Reed is discussed by Denton’s Professor’s Corner literary group and David Bates’s painting exhibition about Katrina, “The Storm,” is at Dunn and Brown Contemporary. Plus, Gini has more. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade is at Ed Landreth Auditorium for a benefit for Texas Christian University’s music department, while Echo Theater is staging a reading of Waving Goodbye at the Bath House Cultural Center and Gini has a list of other appealing cultural events.
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Arts & Letters Live’s Texas Bound series features short stories by Lone Star authors such as Sarah Bird and Amanda Eyre Ward, Theatre Three presents Anthony Shaffer’s Whodunnit and the Cerulean Gallery offers the “Lyrical Passage” exhibition, while Gini highlights more events from the cultural calendar.[Audio clip: view full post to listen]

It’s the Deep Ellum Arts Festival, it’s Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth’s  Barefoot Brigade at the Bath House Cultural Center and it’s The Makeover at the Runway Theatre in Grapevine. And here’s Gini with more …
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