Roaring Back: The 2022 Wrap up
It’s been way too long since I sat around the virtual table with our fabulous theater writers Lindsey Wilson and Tarra Gaines to chat about all things performing arts in Houston, Dallas and beyond.
Music
Home is where the art is: Uptown Players debuts a new Dallas space for 2023 season
Don’t worry, Uptown Players is still in Uptown—at least part of the time.
Dallas Chamber Symphony Celebrates 10 years of Innovative Programming
McKay’s goal for each concert is to create a program that has an arc and trajectory to it, making an experience that feels organic in the way it unfolds.
Wreckers Away! A Thrilling, Compelling HGO Production Does Justice to a Masterpiece
It was a revelatory night at the Houston Grand Opera for the opening of Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers.
Radical Visions Play Out at Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2022
Radical visions—that’s what lead programmer, Jazmyne Moreno, says we should look for at this year’s Houston Cinema Arts Festival (Nov. 10-16).
Global Thinking: Dallas Opera Livestreams Main Stage Productions
For a decade, The Dallas Opera has periodically invaded the Cowboys’ home turf—literally.
The New Now Continues: Performing Arts Houston Commissioning Project Celebrates Local Artists
Booth hopes that the program will continue to prove Houston’s cultural excellence to go along with the city’s reputation as a home to global business innovators.
Kinetic Season 8: Distinct Voices, New Works, and Wild Soundscapes
In Kinetic’s collaborative model, each of the 16 musicians in the conductorless string ensemble brings his or her creative voice to the table, to the rehearsal space, and to the concert stage.
Houston Chamber Choir Expands its Reach
Nobody expected the Houston Chamber Choir’s season opener to tie in with the news of the world.
Houston Symphony Expands its Range with a New Director and Season
The Houston Symphony’s new music director, Juraj Valčuha, acknowledged that opening the season with a requiem may strike some as “a strange idea.” But Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem is no ordinary setting of the mass for the dead.
Apollo Chamber Players Celebrates 15 Years with an Ambitious Season
When the Apollo Chamber Players made its debut, grand visions of the future had nothing to do with it. The quartet, violinist Matthew Detrick recalls, had one simple goal: “to do that first concert.”
Still Rising: Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton brings Lauren Anderson’s story to the Stage
When one of Houston’s most acclaimed poets, Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton, set out to interview the city’s most legendary dancer, Lauren Anderson, she didn’t have a fully-formed creative objective.