Theatrical Magic: When One Actor Plays Many Roles
But the one actor carrying multiple important roles is not often the standard, at least anymore.
Tarra Gaines
Happening Here: Austin Inspires Artists for Fusebox Festival’s Return
Though one of Texas’ biggest multidisciplinary arts events, Austin’s Fusebox Festival, moved from an annual to biennial schedule in 2024, that doesn’t mean the Fusebox organization took a year off to relax.
An Icon in Motion: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa explores Frida Kahlo’s legacy at Houston Ballet
When the English National Ballet first commissioned international superstar choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa to create the ballet that would become Broken Wings, the original concept was to create a dance about “a woman from literature or history that was damned and doomed.”
Shaping the Future: When Texas Theater Kids Grow Up
Whether used as a compliment, insult, meme, or pseudo psychological term to explain a politician’s antics, the phrase “theater kid,” (or “theatre kid” for the British, Canadian, and pretentious) has become something of a catch-all description for anyone enthusiastic about the performing arts or who holds a “pick me” mentality of life.
Image and Identity: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston explores the work and influence of Frida Kahlo
From a self-portrait worth $55 million to hand-painted shoes on Etsy, from egg cups to a biographical ballet and lookalike festivals across the globe, very few artists have ever inspired and driven the world’s imagination like Frida Kahlo.
Body Geometries: Contemporary Jewelry at the DMA
The Dallas Museum of Art marks the spot for a jeweled treasure trove most Texans and even Dallas art lovers likely never knew was there all along.
Honoring the Past, Forging into the Future: Derek Charles Livingston Settles in at Houston’s Stages Theater
Derek Charles Livingston took his place as Stages artistic director a little over a year ago, but he lost little time immersing himself in Houston life and its theater community.
Putting Houston on the Literary Map: Rich Levy’s Stellar Last Inprint Season
The clues lay in the lineup. Sitting down for a talk with Rich Levy and Krupa Parikh, executive and deputy directors of Inprint, about their 2025-2026 Margarett Root Brown Reading Series
Innovation, Ingenuity and Intimacy: Texas Theater Designers Create Big Worlds in Small Spaces
“We can’t build sets in here. We have to build a real thing,” says Azizi of what he approximates is a 20 feet by 70 feet space, with half of that reserved for the audience.
Concert Trucks and Onstage Dinners: Performing Arts Houston offers its most varied schedule yet
There’s multidisciplinary and then there’s Performing Arts Houston.
Outcast Heroes and Storybook Musicals: Broadway Across Texas
As we celebrate season announcement season at Arts and Culture, it’s time once again for this resident theater cartographer to unroll her maps and season schedule to chart the ebb and flow of big Broadway musicals as they tour the Lone Star State.
Leaping into the Unknown: The Risks and Rewards of World Premieres
Everyone loves a good first, from races to teams to a step on the moon, but when it comes to theater, being the first to offer a brand new work is not without risks.