The Night Alive takes Dallas theatergoers from subtle magic to the patently absurd

There are times in The Night Alive when hints of otherwordly happenings infiltrate the everyday lives of a few Irish outcasts. Then there are the other times when bouts of melodramatic ridiculousness hit you over the head like a claw hammer. Thoroughly detailed down to the last dripping faucet and crumpled newspaper, Undermain Theatre's production is most effective when it dabbles in subtlety. Playwright Conor McPherson's dialogue often discusses the mundane and banal, but with...

Peter Pan 360 captivates those who dig a little darkness in fairy tales

You know the story. Magical boy whisks three Darling children to an equally magical island for adventures. Yet, like all good fairy tales, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan holds a dark underbelly beneath the wonder. At its core, Peter Pan is something of a malevolent tale. The precocious boy who refuses to grow up might seem charming, but he has much in common with another timeless character who was literarily born only five years before Pan,...