Seeing Klimt and “Timeless Modernity” in Islamic Art
If this early 13th-century Persian tile, which we're using as our April cover image, looks strikingly modern to you, you're not the only one.
Dance Salad Festival Prepares A Taste of the Dance World
This year marks Nancy Henderek’s 19th season “tossing” the Houston International Dance Coalition’s annual three-day Dance Salad Festival.
A Swan Returns
When I witnessed Samantha Lynch catapulting across the stage at Houston Ballet in Jiri Kylián’s ode to the power of the sea, Forgotten Land, I knew she was going places.
The Wizard of Oz
It’s OK, you can breathe a sigh of relief. The new touring stage version of The Wizard of Oz does not tarnish the reputation of the 1939 film.
After the Flood
The UK-based multi-media movement troupe returns to Texas with shows at ARTS SA (April 9, San Antonio’s Carver Center), Texas Performing Arts (Austin, April 11 at Bass Concert Hall) and TITAS in Dallas (April 12-13 at Dallas City Performance Hall).
Deep Listening
Before there was such a thing as Nameless Sound, Dave Dove had the idea of starting a creative music workshop for children in Houston.
Thomas Sully: Painted Performance
SAN ANTONIO—Well-represented in museum collections, the 19th-century Philadelphia portrait painter Thomas Sully (1783-1872) isn’t exactly a forgotten figure...
River of Light
HGOco turns seven years old this year. A scrappy, energetic initiative dedicated to making an opera company relevant to the city it serves, it has taken opera out of the Big House downtown and planted it in unexpected places all over the city:
Melanie Smith’s Seduction
Melanie Smith doesn’t offer answers. Instead, she seeks reverberation.
Acting in Texas: Kaitlin Hopkins at Texas State University
Kaitlin Hopkins is head of the Musical Theatre program at Texas State University, where her over 25 years of work on and off Broadway, and in regional theater, film, television, opera, and radio inform her work with Texas State's aspiring young actors.
Undermain Goes Meta
As a black American in 2014, actor Bryan Pitts struggles to identify with the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s
Less Than Kind
If the play is titled Less Than Kind, it sets itself up for easy aim if the production doesn’t live up to theatrical standards. Luckily, the U.S. premiere of Sir Terence Rattigan’s smart comedy has no fears of embarrassment as produced at Theatre Three in Dallas.