Stage Left of Center: Four Texas Theaters Redefining Regional Performance
Texas is no stranger to theatrical prestige.
Dallas/Ft Worth
Presence, Absence and a Certain Tension: Timothy Harding Redefines Space
In Timothy Harding’s paintings, there’s a kind of friction at play, a low hum between precision and improvisation, between gesture and grid, between what is seen and what is suggested.
Innovation, Ingenuity and Intimacy: Texas Theater Designers Create Big Worlds in Small Spaces
“We can’t build sets in here. We have to build a real thing,” says Azizi of what he approximates is a 20 feet by 70 feet space, with half of that reserved for the audience.
Imaginative Freedom: Antony Gormley at the Nasher Sculpture Center
Stop reading for a second and close your eyes. What do you see?
Reclaiming Agency: Joe Harjo’s Indian Removal Act
Sometimes the final act brings resolution and neatly ties up an epic tale. Sometimes the final act leaves little resolution and gives an opening for a follow-up, or nothing at all.
Big Moves Ahead: Bruce Wood Dance Dallas Leans Into Legacy for 2025–26
Bruce Wood Dance Dallas is approaching its sweet sixteen with a season that blurs boundaries between genres, generations, and creative disciplines.
Fort Worth Symphony: From Beethoven and Brahms to the Bard and Ballet
The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra still has its eye on Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy and their ilk. But it will peek beyond its artistic home turf next season, when it will share Bass Performance Hall with actors, dancers and even masterpieces of Spanish painting.
Dance with Abandon: Avant Chamber Ballet Grows a New Audience with Biggest Season Yet
Katie Puder isn’t one to do things halfway. For Avant Chamber Ballet’s 13th season, the founding artistic director is nearly doubling the company’s repertoire, launching a new subscription series for families, premiering two original ballets, and restaging a landmark production by mentor and longtime collaborator Paul Mejia.
The Ballad of Stage West: Fort Worth theater company’s 47th season is a matter of life and death
Stage West’s 47th season is full of wild turns: ghost machines, war-time ceasefires, financial despair, and a cottage crawling with infidelity.
Glitter and Be Gay: Uptown Players celebrates chosen family, queer joy, resilience, and rebellion in 2025-26 season
The theater produced by Uptown Players has always pulsed with a particular kind of energy that’s equal parts heart, wit, and daring.
Performative and All-encompassing: David-Jeremiah: The Fire This Time
One of the profound joys of being a curator (and an arts writer) is discovering the work of an artist and, over the course of years, witnessing and supporting the development of their unique and uncompromising creative vision.
Outcast Heroes and Storybook Musicals: Broadway Across Texas
As we celebrate season announcement season at Arts and Culture, it’s time once again for this resident theater cartographer to unroll her maps and season schedule to chart the ebb and flow of big Broadway musicals as they tour the Lone Star State.