Doomed Love: La Traviata at Dallas Opera
The Dallas Opera’s superb production of the world’s most frequently performed opera, Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, boasted sensitive conducting, a dynamic heroine and innovative directing.
Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-Time Star at Moody Center for the Arts
There’s a living room constructed in the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University.
The Show Must Go on…Somewhere Else: The Post-Harvey Scramble for Space
Harvey took the floor away from us, and for a large part of the arts sector, the floor was mighty shaky before the storm hit.
Rednecks and Circuit Queens, Together: Tito’s Prize Winner Zack Ingram Dares to Dream
Zack Ingram wasn’t entirely optimistic in spring, when he applied for the inaugural Tito’s Prize, a collaboration between Big Medium and Tito’s Handmade Vodka to help develop an Austin-based artist’s career.
Origins, Rations, Extractions: Paula Luttringer and Gissette Padilla at Blue Star Contemporary
Both Paula Luttringer and Gissette Padilla lived and emigrated from South American countries during eras of social and political upheaval.
Dornith Doherty: Archiving Eden at Amon Carter
A black circle fills the frame; a dark void within which small white flecks float.
Neverland No More: Sender at the Rec Room
As a critic, I try to stay open to every theatrical form, genre and story to lay aside my personal preferences and tastes so that they don’t prejudice my views of any specific play and production.
Onward: HGOco Finds Its Groove with Carleen Graham
Carleen Graham has a big job. One year after taking the helm as director of HGOco, Houston Grand Opera's community collaboration and education arm, Graham has found her groove.
Jane Austen, Trailer Park Boys & a Rhinoceros: Holiday Stages in Texas
As a curmudgeonly connoisseur of holiday performing arts, I’m always on the lookout for the innovative, quirky or simply new shows to devour like Christmas candy each most-wonderful-time-of-the-year
A Decade of Surprises: The Refined and Undefined Appeal of Luminaria
San Antonio’s expansive, one-night-only arts festival is turning 10 this year. In a city that wears its culture on its sleeve, Luminaria is unique, a carefully choreographed explosion of site-specific art events attended by an average of 10,000 patrons.
Growing a Teatro Scene: Latina/o Theater in San Antonio
From Oct. 29-Nov. 19, 2017, San Antonio’s Nicolás Valdez will travel to California to be in residence at the Los Angeles Theatre Center where his show, Conjunto Blues, will play in repertory alongside 12 other productions as part of the Encuentro de las Américas International Theatre Festival.
Let Your Flowers Grow: Anthony Sonnenberg in Bloom at Conduit
About a year and a half ago, I spoke to Anthony Sonnenberg for Arts + Culture. He was in the midst of a residency at Houston’s Lawndale Art Center, preparing for a whirlwind of exhibitions. What I was most curious about that time (in advance of his upcoming solo at Conduit Gallery in Dallas) was whether he’d taken some time to stop and smell the proverbial roses.