A needle passes through a sheet of paper and leaves behind a wound no wider than its point. Light catches along the raised fibers. Repeated hundreds of times, these punctures gather into a composition: marks made not by adding material to the surface, but by breaking through it.
ACTX spoke with Austin Symphony Orchestra’s lead conductor and musical director, Peter Bay, about his decision to “pass the baton” at the 2026-2027 season’s conclusion.
A truly unique performing arts organization has arrived on Houston’s vibrant classical music scene, a group dedicated to illuminating the sacred through music.
Audra McDonald has been a leading light of Broadway for three decades, and the José Limón Dance Company has enriched the modern-dance world for more than twice as long.
Balance, an ability vital for a dancer en pointe or leaping from earth to air, is equally necessary for an artistic director programming a new ballet season. And this is especially true for a company as large as the Houston Ballet with its rarity of two artistic directors, Stanton Welch and Julie Kent.
For several years as Arts and Culture’s resident theater cartographer, I’ve been mapping the big Broadway and West End touring shows as they tour across Texas.
Audra McDonald has been a leading light of Broadway for three decades, and the José Limón Dance Company has enriched the modern-dance world for more than twice as long.
An East German punk rocker, a Black female gunslinger, a pair of impressionable teens, a gold-digging pool boy, a riled-up school board, singing World War I soldiers, and William Shakespeare walk into a theater in Fort Worth…
