Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Full Season Ahead for Houston’s Horse Head Theatre

Tarra Gaines·June 15, 2017

Houston’s Horse Head Theatre company has a reputation for staging intriguing and occasional avant-garde contemporary plays in nontraditional and even bizarre venues, from the back porch of a bar to a geodesic event dome on the banks of Buffalo Bayou.

A Crisis of Space: Austin Struggles with the Loss of Performance Venues

Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin·May 31, 2017

“We always felt that this was a clubhouse for a group of friends who felt like we were a little bit off,” he said. “We still feel a little off and we still want to be that clubhouse, that space for people like us who feel a little off. We have to find another way to do that now.”

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Dallas Children’s Theater Mufaro Returns Home after National Tour

Lindsey Wilson·May 23, 2017

At first, the schoolchildren who are filing into Dallas City Performance Hall with wide eyes and the occasional giggly outburst might seem excited simply to be out of the classroom and on a field trip.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

It Happened in Texas: A New Take on Inherit the Wind at DTC

Manuel Mendoza·May 19, 2017

It’s difficult to imagine a time when all professional theater in the country emanated from New York. It might be even harder to believe this centralization of theatrical production first began to change in Dallas, Texas.

It Happened in Texas Theater

Unwiring from War: Cry Havoc at Houston’s 4th Wall Theatre

Tarra Gaines·May 19, 2017

Can performing Shakespeare become a form of therapy that allows actor and audience to find and help heal psychological injuries?

Houston Theater

Tragic Puzzles: Luna Gale at Stages Repertory Theatre

Tarra Gaines·May 17, 2017

With a quick glance at the synopsis, playwright Rebecca Gilman’s Luna Gale, now at Stages Repertory Theatre through May 28, would seem to possess all the serious markings of an issues play.

Theater

Immersive Instigations: Holy Bone at Dead White Zombies

Jennifer Smart·May 11, 2017

Thomas Riccio’s Dead White Zombies (DWZ) project is his most accessible but least challenging production produced under the Zombies umbrella.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

A New Beginning: The Ensemble premieres Melda Beaty’s Front Porch Society

Tarra Gaines·May 9, 2017

Long before Facebook and Twitter, neighbors exchanged information about the real lives of people making up their communities by gossiping and conversing in front yards and stoops.

Theater

Brandon Weinbrenner Directs Native Gardens at Main Street Theater

Zachary Doss·May 8, 2017

Brandon Weinbrenner, Resident Assistant Director at The Alley Theatre since 2013, has also directed at 4th Wall Theatre Company and The Landing Theatre Company. In May, he directs Karen Zacharias’s Native Gardens, commissioned by the Cincinnati Playhouse, at Main Street Theater.

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Big Dreams: Discovering Latina/o Theater in Texas

Tarra Gaines·April 26, 2017

What do we mean when we talk about Latina/o theater in Texas? This was the question I kept pondering at the beginning of yet another one of the wandering/mapping jaunts I occasionally take when I find myself yearning to exploring more Texas theater.

Straight White Men at Second Thought Theatre

Jennifer Smart·April 21, 2017

The premise of Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men, a play currently having its area premiere at Second Thought Theatre, can be neatly summed up like this: in the 21st century, its complicated to be a straight white man.

Theater

The Great Outdoors: Electra at Dallas Theater Center

Lauren Smart·March 27, 2017

It’s the first day of rehearsals for Electra (April 4-May 2), and Dallas Theater Center artistic director Kevin Moriarty is having trouble trading in Shakespeare for Sophocles.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

Visual Art

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

A Sprawling History: Tavares Strachan at the Blanton

Storytime: Meow Wolf Leans into the Narrative in their immersive adventures

Gallery Row

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Dance

Women First: Texas Ballet Theater Highlights Six Outstanding Female Choreographers

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

Revealing Repertoire: Houston Ballet’s Triple Bill Tells a Company’s Story

Music

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

TX Studio: Héctor Guzmán Conducts a Life

Spreading the Classical Music Word: San Antonio’s Agarita Thinks Beyond the Concert Hall

Theater

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

Building a Community: D. Wambui Richardson Invites Audiences to Become Part of Jubilee Theatre’s Family

Born to Lead: Circle Theatre’s New Artistic Director Ashley H. White Isn’t Afraid to Shake Things Up

Theater

Full Season Ahead for Houston’s Horse Head Theatre

A Crisis of Space: Austin Struggles with the Loss of Performance Venues

Dallas Children’s Theater Mufaro Returns Home after National Tour

It Happened in Texas: A New Take on Inherit the Wind at DTC

Unwiring from War: Cry Havoc at Houston’s 4th Wall Theatre

Tragic Puzzles: Luna Gale at Stages Repertory Theatre

Immersive Instigations: Holy Bone at Dead White Zombies

A New Beginning: The Ensemble premieres Melda Beaty’s Front Porch Society

Brandon Weinbrenner Directs Native Gardens at Main Street Theater

Big Dreams: Discovering Latina/o Theater in Texas

Straight White Men at Second Thought Theatre

The Great Outdoors: Electra at Dallas Theater Center