Ever since archaeologists found the remains of the Rose Theater in 1989 — where Christopher Marlowe's dramas were once enacted — there's been an explosion of research into the Elizabethan playhouses. Scholars still haven't answered many puzzles — they're not even certain how many sides the Globe had. But they've found some of the first concrete clues to what the theaters were like, what stage life was like. London archaeologist Julian Bowsher gave a lecture Thursday at the Dallas Museum of Art — and spoke to Think.

We have seen the future and it looks like DEVO: The Undermain Theater opens its new season next week with Len Jenkin's surreal, sci-fi noir, Port Twilight. So we spoke to artistic director Katherine Owens about the future in Port Twilight and the Undermain's own Campaign for the Future.

Big noisy fun but that's all: DTC artistic director Kevin Moriarty opens the company's new home with A Midsummer Night's Dream that pumps up the volume and the dancefloor energy. It's got balloons, graffiti art and squirt guns. Forget about anything heartfelt, though.

This is your last opportunity to reserve tickets for Free Night of Theater 2009. This year, 25 Dallas-area theaters are participating in the program.

In the Saturday Spotlight, we're paying a visit to the doctor on Halloween.

Innovative architect Rem Koolhaas met with the media last week — and then sat down with us to answer questions about the Wyly Theatre, Dallas architecture ("very bland"), the courage of Dallas donors and the horizontal vs. the vertical in the Arts District.

This is the fourth week to reserve tickets for Free Night of Theater. This year, 25 Dallas-area theaters are participating in the program.

It's a twofer. The Winspear had back-to-back openings this weekend — did you hear? — with the Dallas Opera and TITAS. Bill Zeeble reports on the response to Otello and Jerome Weeks reviews Philip Glass' Dracula.

Architect Joshua Prince-Ramus met with the media and the public last week — and then answered our questions about why the Wyly Theatre's interior has only one bright color, how "low-tech" the Wyly actually is and what happened to his relationship with his mentor, Rem Koolhaas.

After a week's worth of galas for the black-tie and ballgown benefactors at the AT&T PAC, the entire Arts District threw an open house Sunday to celebrate the new halls. And regular folks showed up in what are technically known as droves.