A divorce goes horribly, hilariously wrong in Cheaper to Keep Her, the new stage play by NAACP Award–winning writer and director Je’Caryous Johnson. The couple at the heart of the dispute: R&B legend Brian McKnight and actress Vivica A. Fox, aided and abetted by Wendy Raquel Robinson and gospel comedian Jonathan Slocumb. A special limited engagement hits the Naomi Bruton...

Music icon Gilberto Gil will perform at Jones Hall for one night only on Friday, March 26, as part of the Society for the Performing Arts’ International series. The String Concert will also feature the Brazilian Grammy winner’s son, guitarist Bem Gil, as well as cellist Jaques Morelenbaum.Gil — who helped introduce the Tropicalist genre — is renowned as a si...

 A divorce goes horribly, hilariously wrong in Cheaper to Keep Her, the new stage play by NAACP Award–winning writer and director Je’Caryous Johnson. The couple at the heart of the dispute: R&B legend Brian McKnight and actress Vivica A. Fox, aided and abetted by Wendy Raquel Robinson and gospel comedian Jonathan Slocumb. A special limited engagement hits the Hobby Center...

I was halfway hoping for an advance copy of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies when I visited Barnes & Noble over the weekend. Instead, I was surprised to find Benny Andersson Band: Story of a Heart at the listening station. Andersson is one of the Bs in ABBA — the composer of the group’s chart-topping music, alongside lyricist Bjorn Ulvaeus (the other B). I own seve...

Tonight, PaperCity co-hosts FashionRules! at Neiman Marcus NorthPark Center. Glamazon Nicole Richie will be on hand to launch her new line, Winter Kate, and to sign her new FashionRules puzzle. Our own Dallas co-editor Brooke Hortenstine will be there too, as she hosts a fashionable blues lounge (214.891.1243) … Then on Saturday, March 6, head to the Winspear O...

The new Addams Family musical that’s being fine-tuned for Broadway is not a hard sell for me. I’ve loved the TV series and cartoonist Charles Addams’ creations since afternoon repeats in the ‘80s. And my show music collection is riddled with, shall we say, unusual discs (death personified in Elisabeth; vampire tuners such as Bernard J. Taylor’s Nosferatu, Posses...

We got a sneak peak of the glorious goods local vintage jewelry boutique Past Era will have at the Spring HADA Antiques show, opening its doors for the weekend, tomorrow, at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Can we just say we envy the lucky lady that gets her hands on these Georgian Berlin Iron earrings, circa 1820, or the yellow gold and platinum Edwardian jadeite and diamond target r...

Six operas. Six ballets and three subscriber add-ons. Culture is in the air — and it can fill your calendar, too, thanks to the Houston Grand Opera and the Houston Ballet, which have packed their 2010–2011 seasons with powerful and diverse productions. Season tickets are on sale now, so book yours soon to secure the best seats possible. HOUSTON GRAND OPERA: The season begins with...

Local businessman Gary Griffith has been named Dallas Summer Musicals’ chairman of the board of directors for 2010 — the organization’s 70th anniversary year. You may know Griffith for his work with the Today Foundation, Safer Dallas Better Dallas, the State Fair of Texas Association and White Rock Lake Conservancy, or for his accomplishments with the Dallas City Council, Pa...

"It's not a black experience, nor a white experience, but an American experience," playwright Don Wilson Glenn emphasized during a post-performance gathering after American Menu, an award-garnering play that is making its regional premiere this season at the Ensemble Theatre. (This chance for the audience to meet, greet and dialogue with the actors and (occasionally) the playwright is just one as...