Top Arts: In 2024, the Dallas Arts District is finally crowned the best in America
I moved to Dallas in October 2009, the same month and year that the AT&T Performing Arts Center opened.
From ‘Ring’ to ‘Resurrection’: Dallas Symphony’s Ambitious Season
No doubt about it, the big event of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s coming season arrives near the start: Music director Fabio Luisi and company, going where no U.S. orchestra has gone in decades, will perform Richard Wagner’s epic The Ring of the Nibelung.
Doing it all: Performing Arts Houston offers a big tent of arts experiences
“Zero constraints” that’s how Performing Arts Houston executive director Meg Booth describes the programming possibilities when the organization puts together a season lineup like the recently announced 2024-2025 season.
Dark Comedy: The de la Torres Brothers at the McNay
Though they began their careers as artists independently, glass blowing brought them together and taught brothers Einar and Jamex de la Torre how to collaborate.
Amadigi Speaks to the Heart at Ars Lyrica Houston
Ars Lyrica presented the Houston debut of a rarely heard Handel opera this weekend at Zilkha Hall (May 24-25, 2024), exactly 309 years after its sensational premiere at the King’s Theatre in London in 1715.
Fresh Revivals & New Stories: Broadway Across Texas
While the 2023-2024 Broadway touring season still has big productions left for Texas cities, we’ve also entered our favorite time of year, season announcement season.
Unexpected Interactions: Texas Performing Arts offers a revamp of the audience experience
Arts lovers headed to performances know the drill: Enter the theater, settle into your seat and wait for the house lights to go down. Musicians, actors or dancers materialize onstage, and your adventure begins.
Art in Dark Places: Artists Sans Frontières comforts a world in crisis with the healing power of performing arts
In 2017, Dallas-based dancer and choreographer Katie Burks felt compelled to offer aid and assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Upon arrival in Houston, however, she quickly realized that she was well-meaning but ill-prepared, and not trained as a first responder or member of the military.
All That Dance Can Be: Ballet Austin’s Mind Opening New Season
Ballet Austin’s artistic director Stephen Mills remembers the time from his early professional career when concert dancers fell into one of two camps: ballet or modern.
All Together Now: Unexpected premieres and cherished favorites blend in TITAS/Dance Unbound’s new season
For more than 40 years, TITAS/Dance Unbound has been bringing in dance companies that entertain, educate, and inspire Dallas audiences, and its 2024-25 season is no exception.
Shared Experiences: Patrick Martinez at Dallas Contemporary
The Road to Dallas is Paved with Trees, Plants and Neon
People First: ROCO Celebrates 20 Years of Fostering a Culture of Connection
Let’s do the numbers. Houston’s premiere chamber orchestra ROCO will have reached a staggering 150 world premieres by the end of its 20th season.