Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Houston’s Landing Company finds a home at the Docks

Tarra Gaines·February 10, 2017

Like its hometown, the Landing Theatre was born on the banks of Buffalo Bayou and its meandering, ebbing and flowing evolution has turned the company into an eclectic, yet distinctly American theatrical entity.

Houston Theater

Dangerous Journey Through Childhood: National Theatre of Scotland’s Let The Right One In Comes to Texas

Tarra Gaines·January 17, 2017

Depicting the everyday wonders and occasional psychological horrors of childhood and adolescence on stage and screen is something of a specialty for British writer Jack Thorne. In fact, his latest theatrical exploration of those painful growing years is the obscure little play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Features Theater

On Book: Readings Take Center Stage in Houston

Tarra Gaines·November 21, 2016

Scene: a bare stage anywhere—in a theater, a rehearsal hall, even on an outdoor platform under a tree.

Judging Judgement of Fools at Horse Head Theatre

Tarra Gaines·November 3, 2016

I’m judging you, Fool.

Reviews Theater

Wonder & A Whale: Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer Transform American Classics into Opera

Tarra Gaines·October 24, 2016

This November, Moby-Dick journeys safely back to its home port, as the Dallas Opera once again flies the doomed ship Pequod’s colors.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Music

Power Study: Main Street Theater’s Rebecca Greene Udden on Wolf Hall

Tarra Gaines·October 20, 2016

This month, Houston’s Main Street Theater becomes the first U.S regional company to attempt the intricately plotted historical drama, Wolf Hall.

Houston Theater

New Theater New Audiences: Lott Entertainment Presents Moves to the Alley

Tarra Gaines·October 17, 2016

A year ago, Lott Entertainment Presents, introduced Houston to cabaret and theatrical performances rarely seen in the city.

Houston Theater

Stephanie Wittels Wachs and Matt Hune Launch the Rec Room

Tarra Gaines·September 26, 2016

Though only two months old, Houston’s latest performing arts venue, the Rec Room, has established itself as a quirky alternative to traditional theater companies.

Theater

Deep Woods & The Courage To Question: De Kus (The Kiss) at Stages Repertory Theatre

Tarra Gaines·September 26, 2016

A woman takes a walk through the woods. She travels with a destination weighing heavy in her mind, an appointment to keep, yet along the way she meets a stranger by happenstance and everything changes.

Theater

Bare Bones Shaw: Bedlam Comes to Stark Naked

Tarra Gaines·May 23, 2016

This summer, Houston drama-lovers need to brace themselves for bedlam— stark naked bedlam that is, as a local favorite theater brings to town one of Off Broadway’s hottest companies for a new vision of George Bernard Shaw’s classic Saint Joan, June 2-18 at Studio 101 in Spring Street Studios.

Theater

Digital Detectives Probe a Dystopian Future in The Nether at the Alley

Tarra Gaines·May 19, 2016

A cop and suspect stare at each other from across a table in a stark and claustrophobic interrogation room. These first moments of Jennifer Haley’s The Nether at the Alley Theatre (Through May 29) reveal a setup we’ve seen before on a thousand police and procedural shows.

Theater

Wrestling on the Blue Carpet: Nancy and Tarra on The Christians at the Alley

Tarra Gaines·May 4, 2016

Arts + Culture editor Nancy Wozny and Houston theater writer Tarra Gaines take a break from the usual review format to discuss Lucas Hnath's The Christians, running at the Alley Theatre through May 15.

Houston Theater

Visual Art

Vision & Experience: Bart Keijsers Koning Takes the Helm of Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas

Imagination and Experience: Nathaniel Donnett Teases Out the Threads

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Dance

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Stories From The Room: The Case for Live Performance

Immersive Worlds: Annie Arnoult’s Open Dance Project Celebrates 10 Years

Music

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Texas Studio: Listening Intently with Yvonne Chen

Stories From The Room: The Case for Live Performance

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Stories From The Room: The Case for Live Performance

Next Chapter: The New Stewards of Fort Worth’s Amphibian Stage to Continue Commitment to New and Underrepresented Works

Tarra Gaines

Houston’s Landing Company finds a home at the Docks

Dangerous Journey Through Childhood: National Theatre of Scotland’s Let The Right One In Comes to Texas

On Book: Readings Take Center Stage in Houston

Judging Judgement of Fools at Horse Head Theatre

Wonder & A Whale: Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer Transform American Classics into Opera

Power Study: Main Street Theater’s Rebecca Greene Udden on Wolf Hall

New Theater New Audiences: Lott Entertainment Presents Moves to the Alley

Stephanie Wittels Wachs and Matt Hune Launch the Rec Room

Deep Woods & The Courage To Question: De Kus (The Kiss) at Stages Repertory Theatre

Bare Bones Shaw: Bedlam Comes to Stark Naked

Digital Detectives Probe a Dystopian Future in The Nether at the Alley

Wrestling on the Blue Carpet: Nancy and Tarra on The Christians at the Alley