The Jade Wave
If SXSW were to showcase a classical pianist, it would have to be Jade Simmons, and it is, as she has been invited to play at the storied festival, which takes over Austin, March 7-16th.
Visualizing Theater
It’s not quite right to use the term “hidden gem” to describe the Tobin Theatre Arts Collection, housed in gallery space at San Antonio’s McNay Art Museum—mostly because the collection is far from hidden.
In The Next Room or the vibrator play
The ZACH Theatre's production of Sarah Ruhl's In The Next Room or the vibrator play is an exquisitely designed and cleanly executed investigation into sexuality in the dawn of automation.
Focus: Fred Tomaselli
The art of Fred Tomaselli is refreshing in its clean, clear, unreconstructed negotiation of technology.
Dana Nicolay’s New Company Reacquaints Houston With Past Works
If you’ve been watching dance in Houston for less than a decade, it is possible the name Dana Nicolay won’t ring a bell.
Reconsidering a Pop Outlier
Robert Indiana’s totemic sculptures and hard edge paintings filled with enigmatic numbers and text were lionized by New York art critics in the early 1960s, who listed him with Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and James Rosenquist as one of young Turks taking on the rule of abstract expressionism.
Magic and Mayhem Come Together in Aladdin
A magic lantern, a flying carpet, an evil monster, love at first sight and a blend of trickery and triumph sounds like all the right ingredients for a juicy story ballet.
Amazing Journeys
The Annual Houston Jewish Film Festival, March 8-23, celebrates its 10th anniversary with 28 of the best Jewish or Israeli films from around the world.
National Theatre of Scotland
IMAGES: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart by David Greig, Writer & Director Wils Wilson, The Welsh Centre,...
The World Comes to Austin
Austin has always taken pride in calling itself the “Live Music Capital of the World,” and it will have yet another chance to showcase itself in such a role this month at the Menuhin Competition.
Acting in Texas: Justin Locklear
Justin Locklear is currently appearing in Mike Bartlett's COCK at Second Thought Theatre in Dallas through Feb. 22. A graduate of Baylor University with a BFA in Theater Performance, Locklear's recent regional credits include Dreams of Slaughtered Sheep and Best Seat In Town with the Ochre House Theater, and T.N.B. With the Dead White Zombies.
Maverick Movers: NobleMotion Dance Unplugs
Andy Noble and Dionne Sparkman Noble, the masterminds behind NobleMotion Dance, present their latest batch of work, Unplugged, at The Barn on March 6-8.