Roaring Back: The 2022 Wrap up
It’s been way too long since I sat around the virtual table with our fabulous theater writers Lindsey Wilson and Tarra Gaines to chat about all things performing arts in Houston, Dallas and beyond.
Theater
Home is where the art is: Uptown Players debuts a new Dallas space for 2023 season
Don’t worry, Uptown Players is still in Uptown—at least part of the time.
Wreckers Away! A Thrilling, Compelling HGO Production Does Justice to a Masterpiece
It was a revelatory night at the Houston Grand Opera for the opening of Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers.
Radical Visions Play Out at Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2022
Radical visions—that’s what lead programmer, Jazmyne Moreno, says we should look for at this year’s Houston Cinema Arts Festival (Nov. 10-16).
A Meeting to Remember: Aaron Landsman and Mallory Catlett’s new book on ‘City Council Meeting’
City Council Meeting was developed by Aaron Landsman amd Mallory Catlett, with design by Jim Findlay, and developed (in part) during a residency at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.
Tapping Texas Talent: Women Choreographers Make their Mark on Musical Theater
Back in pre-pandemic 2020, B. Moore Dance company founder Bridget Moore signed on as choreographer for the Second Thought Theatre’s production of Lynn Nottage’s play Mlima's Tale.
Global Thinking: Dallas Opera Livestreams Main Stage Productions
For a decade, The Dallas Opera has periodically invaded the Cowboys’ home turf—literally.
The New Now Continues: Performing Arts Houston Commissioning Project Celebrates Local Artists
Booth hopes that the program will continue to prove Houston’s cultural excellence to go along with the city’s reputation as a home to global business innovators.
The difficult past and hopeful future of Latinx theater in Dallas
In 1980, two years after Teatro Dallas was founded by Cora Cardona and Jeff Hurst, only 9.9% of Dallas’s 904,078 residents ticked the newly added box for “Hispanic.”
Still Rising: Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton brings Lauren Anderson’s story to the Stage
When one of Houston’s most acclaimed poets, Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton, set out to interview the city’s most legendary dancer, Lauren Anderson, she didn’t have a fully-formed creative objective.
A Good Laugh: The Fun Factor on Texas Stages
After a performance season filled with joyful starts, heart-breaking cancellations and casting understudies for the understudies when positive COVID tests rolled in, Texas theater companies have endured much real life drama to make the leap back to live performances.
Avant Chamber Ballet’s 10th season celebrates women and whimsy
Ten years is a huge milestone for an arts organization, and Avant Chamber Ballet is celebrating accordingly.