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.
Dallas/Ft Worth
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.
Five Must-See Shows this Spring in Dallas
It’s not every day that a Dallas theater produces a show bound (hopefully) for Broadway, although the Dallas Theater Center is ensuring it becomes increasingly more likely.
Discovering, Nurturing & Supporting New Talent
Since the establishment of the Dallas Film Society, the organization has hosted seven film festivals—three under the AFI Dallas name (2007–2009) and now four as the Dallas International Film Festival (2010–2013).
Novel Music
At this point theatrical adaptations of literary works are old hat in America, disappointing adaptations even more so.
Layover Art
It’s not unusual for a gallery to show renderings, models or other materials related to public artworks. When...
Theater for All
“Let me tell you a little story about August Wilson,” says Tre Garrett, Artistic Director of Fort Worth’s Jubilee Theatre, with a smile on his face I can hear through the phone.
Texas Twofer: Sargent and Sorolla
There are a few oil paintings in John Singer Sargent: The Watercolors, which opens Sunday at the Museum...
Are We World Class Yet?
If a few more logistical details come together, I may be in New York next week in time...
Too Much is ‘Never Enough’
One of the Dallas Museum of Art’s strongest collecting areas is art made after World War II, but because the DMA lacks permanent gallery space for those holdings, shows like Never Enough: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art represent a relatively rare chance to dive into them.
Drama in Dallas
Dallas struggles with its identity. If the three big cities of Texas were familial stereotypes, Dallas would be the middle child, stuck between its classy older sibling, Houston, and the cool, do-no-wrong youngest sibling, Austin.