Selecting the season: Stage West’s 2019-20 lineup
For the past 40 years, Fort Worth’s Stage West has been producing works that challenge, inspire, and entertain.
Dallas/Ft Worth
Show Up: Marcelyn McNeil at Conduit Gallery
“I’ve tried to make an intentional shift in the work in the past few years,” Marcelyn McNeil tells me, recently. When we talk, her exhibition of new paintings, Slow Eddy, is about to open at Conduit Gallery (Oct. 19-Nov. 23).
Texas Studio: Maja Ruznic
Rooted in trauma, identity and the refugee experience, the artistic practice of Bosnia-born painter Maja Ruznic draws on collective memory.
Hope through a Latinx Lens: ‘In the Heights’ at Dallas Theater Center
In the Heights, with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and book by Quiara Alegría Hudes, won four 2008 Tony Awards and has become the most recognizable Latinx musical.
Acting in Texas: Shannon McGrann
What do Carrie Fisher, the Wicked Witch of the West, and a rabbit have in common? It’s not a trick question, but a sampling of the roles Shannon McGrann has played over her years onstage and in front of the camera.
Listening to the Individual: Soundings New Music at the Nasher
When Seth Knopp plans out the Soundings new-music series for Dallas’ Nasher Sculpture Center, he likes to leave audiences free to spot resonances and parallels among each season’s concerts.
The World Dances: TITAS Brings International Troupes to Dallas
TITAS stands for Texas International Theatrical Arts Society, but not since the 1999-2000 season has the presenter put so many international acts on stage.
Visible Changes: The Amon Carter Museum of American Art’s Renovation
After almost a year of construction, The Amon Carter Museum of American Art is starting a new chapter.
Local Excellence: A New Chapter for Fine Arts Chamber Players
Ever since she can remember, Emily Levin has loved putting stuff together: Crossword puzzles, planning vacations, hosting murder mystery parties—being an organizer is sort of her thing.
Ahead of the Curve: Dallas Opera and Dallas Symphony Orchestra Focus on Women
This fall, The Dallas Opera launches its fifth residency of the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors Oct. 27-Nov. 9—designed to help female opera conductors take their careers to the next level.
Going Up: AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Elevator Project keeps rising in its fifth year
If you’re wondering how the Dallas performing arts scene has changed over the past five years, just look at the Elevator Project.
Dark Territory: Robyn O’Neil at The Modern
Artist Robyn O’Neil is funny. Not ironically funny; honestly funny.