Best Bets • 03.15.13

Friday 03.15

‘Project Runway’ designer Chris Straub at FW Home Show

If you missed the Dallas installment of the Great Big Texas Home Show at Cowboys Stadium last weekend, well you should know in Texas, “great big” carries weight. You can catch the Fort Worth version this weekend — and once again, there’s gay talent onboard. Project Runway designer Christopher Straub will be doing presentations with Kelly La Plante at the Chandelier Fashion Show each day, but there are lots of other decorators, vendors and experts on hand to help you come up with creative solutions to making your house your home.

DEETS:
Fort Worth Convention Center
1201 Houston St., Fort Worth.
March 15–17.
GreatBigTexasHomeShowFortWorth.com.

Friday 03.15

Bruce Wood revisits the power of men

Last spring, Bruce Wood Dance Project premiered the all-male work My Brother’s Keeper to widespread acclaim. Dealing with the complex relationships between fathers and sons, brothers and comrades-in-arms, it wordlessly showed men as vulnerable, strong and unique. The show returns this weekend, with Wood adding narration and expanding the scope of this personal and haunting exploration of masculinity for two performances only.

DEETS:
Booker T. Washington High School/Montgomery Arts Theater
2501 Flora St.
March 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. $30–$100.
BruceWoodDance.org.

Wednesday 03.20

Practically perfect nanny ‘Poppins’ into Fair Park

Mary Poppins has been an icon of childhood for more than 50 years, and the Broadway hit musical — which includes the famous scenes of dancing on the ceiling and the umbrella-clad flying governess — are all here in the return of this buoyant musical, courtesy of Dallas Summer Musicals. It’s a retro treat with plenty of campy references, while still being a family-friendly adventure … especially with DSM’s new earlier curtain times of 7:30 p.m. evenings and 1:30 p.m. matinees. After all, Mary insists the children get enough sleep.

DEETS:
Fair Park Music Hall
901 First Ave.
March 20–30. Tickets start at $15.
DallasSummerMusicals.org.

This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition March 15, 2013.