The top stories this afternoon from KERA News: Lyndon Johnson looms large in the Tony Award-winning drama, ‘All The Way,’ opening at the Dallas Theater Center. The play follows Johnson’s frantic maneuvering and campaigning in 1964, his first year as president.
State officials want to shut down one of the oldest psychiatric hospitals in North Texas. Complaints about safety, following a suicide and fights among patients, led to an investigation of Timberlawn Mental Health System in East Dallas.
The Out of the Loop Fringe Festival is on at WaterTower Theatre in Addison. That means dozens of experimental plays, cabaret and dance performances. Yet there is a Dallas theater company putting on a show about life on the spectrum.
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