All About the Music: Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the Dallas Opera
A scene from The Dallas Opera’s Eugene Onegin. Credit: Karen Almond/Dallas Opera The piano is omnipresent. From the...
Breaking the Hierarchy: KAWS at the Modern
Brian Donnelly—better known as KAWS—has created art that is lowbrow, highbrow, commercial, and fine.
Lines, Lots of Lines: Degas at the MFAH
Degas: A New Vision will end its only U.S. presentation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on Jan. 16, meaning its departure will roughly coincide with the fifth anniversary of director Gary Tinterow’s arrival from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he spent the bulk of an impressive curatorial career.
WOWZA: Funnyman at Circle Theatre Scratches Below Comedy’s Surface
The title, Funnyman, is a little misleading. Sure, this tightly-structured work by Philadelphia playwright Bruce Graham has its chortles, but at heart it’s a story about the seriousness of comedy, and those who create it.
The ACTX Top Ten: November 2016
Our top ten picks for arts + culture events happening across Texas in November 2016.
Space Commander: Frances Bagley Fills Kirk Hopper Fine Art to the Brim
“I’m really interested in space,” says Frances Bagley, as we walk through her east Dallas studio.
Clara’s Big Dream: Houston Ballet’s New Nutcracker
Snow, a Sugar Plum Fairy and a gigantic Christmas Tree are three things we all expect from any production of The Nutcracker.
Coming Home: Annie Arnoult
Hunter Dance Center’s director Annie Arnoult shows no signs of slowing down as she enters her second season back home.
Six Straight Hours of River of Fundament at MFAH
Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler’s River of Fundament is, according to them, a “nontraditional opera with a series of one-time-only live acts performed across the American landscape.”
Taking the Lead: ZACH Theatre provides Access to All
Lee Nguyen from the City of Austin gave the latest work at ZACH Theatre a thumbs-up review. But it wasn’t exactly for the company’s latest drama, comedy or musical.
Wonder & A Whale: Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer Transform American Classics into Opera
This November, Moby-Dick journeys safely back to its home port, as the Dallas Opera once again flies the doomed ship Pequod’s colors.