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Dirty dozen entertainment guide: May 24-30

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Todd Wolfson

CityArts Festival: This festival has morphed through the years but is comfortably settled now in Fair Park. There'll be artist booths, lots of local chefs in the culinary section and three stages with music and arts performances. 6-10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturda... Read more

Fort Worth Opera's 'Marriage of Figaro' sounds better than it looks

Marriage of Figaro

Joyce Marshall/DFW.com

Fortunately, the Fort Worth Opera's new Marriage of Figaro has musical pleasures aplenty. It needs them to compensate for a theatrical conception that's pretty much a mess. Read more

'Broke-ology' at Jubilee Theatre promises more than it delivers

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(Buddy Myers)

FORT WORTH -- Some stage productions succeed on the strength of their scripts, while others win us over with their performances. Read more

Preachy 'Laramie Project' at Theatre Arlington drives home obvious point

Strong effort can't overcome play's shortcomings Read more

'Broke-ology' explores the science of happiness

JUBILEE THEATRE

Buddy Myers

Nathan Louis Jackson has written plays that have debuted at New York's Lincoln Center and written for TV shows such as Southland and Shameless. And he has temporarily lived in both cities that are home to the theater and film industries, New... Read more

ArtsGoggle excels at the art of cool

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Courtesy of the floating gallery

So many festivals pop up this time of year in North Texas, mostly because you can be outside for more than 10 minutes without the soles of your shoes melting onto the pavement. Sometimes it can be hard to tell them apart. Read more

The Dirty Dozen entertainment guide: May 17-23

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(Taste Addison)

Stan Lee Presents Dallas Comic Con : Stan Lee will only be there Saturday, but you may have heard of some of these other attendees: Patrick Stewart (Capt. Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The ... Read more

Fort Worth Opera's 'Three Decembers' well-acted, designed

Three Decembers Opera rehearsal

(Special to the Star-Telegram/Naomi Vaughan)

Jake Heggie's Three Decembers is close enough to soap opera to present some challenges to a producing company, but the Fort Worth Opera's effective new production meets those challenges well. Sunday afternoon's opening performance in Scott Theatre at the Fort Worth Com... Read more

Fort Worth Opera's "Tosca" falls short of last year's high

Tosca

Photos by Joyce Marshal/DFW.com

In view of the great success of last season’s ultrafamiliar "Il Trovatore," hopes were high for the Fort Worth Opera’s presentation this season of another beloved masterpiece of similar stature, "Tosca." Read more

One-woman show captures Ivins' wit

Stage West Red Hot Patriot

Buddy Myers

FORT WORTH -- Barbs, booze and buffoons. Read more

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