Leap of Faith: Amphibian’s New Play Festival
Kathleen Culebro is surprised by how many new plays submitted to her theater company are either post-apocalyptic or family dramas.
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Tea Ceremony: Tom Sachs at the Nasher
Tea Ceremony is the newest body of work by the American artist Tom Sachs, who has brought his artist’s sensibility to bear on the traditional Japanese ritual, which he sees as a cultural phenomenon.
Acts Of Aggression at Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University
A timely and thoughtful exhibition featuring the work of eleven Guatemalan artists across an array of media examines the aftermath of a calamitous civil war that ostensibly ended 20 years ago.
Age of Aquarius Dawns on Dallas: Hair at DTC
Kevin Moriarty was turned on to Hair by the nuns at his Catholic elementary school.
Haunting the Haunted: Misty Keasler at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
An interest in what isn’t shown in a photograph is a relatively recent preoccupation among art audiences.
Fairy Tales & Fairies: Dark Circles Contemporary Dance’s Elevator Project Debut
In Heinrich Hoffmann’s 1845 children’s book Struwwelpeter, a little boy is warned by his mother to stop sucking his thumbs, lest they be cut off by a scissor-wielding, red-legged tailor.
Vocal Heroics: Clifton Forbis Returns To Dallas Opera
The opera world never has enough heroic tenors.
Soaring Music and Real Characters: Fun Home at AT&T
The foundation of Fun Home is not merriment as the title might suggest.
Designing Women: Dallas Gallerists Shape the Design District’s Contemporary Art Scene
The art scene in Dallas has long been influenced by avant-garde women: From the The Betty McLean Gallery, which opened in 1951 as one of the first modern art galleries in Texas, to Valley House Gallery, founded by Peggy and Donald Vogel, to the visionaries of today who show no signs of slowing down.
Van Cliburn Winner Yekwon Sunwoo Returns to Texas
The first time Yekwon Sunwoo vied in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the judges eliminated him after the opening round. Looking back, the South Korea native made no excuses. “I just wasn’t ready,” he recalled.
Glimpsed Through Liquid: Graham Caldwell at Circuit12 Contemporary
Brooklyn-based artist Graham Caldwell’s exhibition Glimpsed Through Liquid, his first at Circuit12 Contemporary in Dallas’ design district, fills the space with serial glass sculptures, spanning nearly two decades.
A New Era: Jeffrey Schmidt at Theatre Three
When Jeffrey Schmidt began planning his first season as artistic director of Theatre Three, he considered opening with Andorra, Max Frisch’s highly charged political play about collective bigotry.