Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Theater for Right Now: DTC’s New Season

Jennifer Smart·April 25, 2016

“We look around the world we live in, at topics that are relevant in the news, our civic life, in the culture as a whole,” Kevin Moriarty, Artistic Director of the Dallas Theater Center tells me when I ask him how he and his team begin to conceive a season.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Theater

Curtain Up: Theater Returns to the J

Holly Beretto·April 20, 2016

From its sprawling campus along Houston’s Brays Bayou, the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center has long enjoyed a reputation as an epicenter for arts and cultural events.

Houston Theater

Caught up in the Action: The Audience Gets To Work on Texas Stages

Tarra Gaines·April 10, 2016

As adults, we understand the classic theater relationship between play and audience.

Theater

Rude Mechs Take Texas (for a Change)

Tarra Gaines·March 21, 2016

Whether they’re airily dodging swinging theatrical lights or brawling in the melted cheese of an overflowing gold-plated queso fountain, Austin’s Rude Mechs have some serious (and seriously funny) moves.

Transformation & Surprise: CounterCurrent Stretches Houston’s Art Expectations

Nancy Zastudil·March 17, 2016

From April 12-17, eleven cutting-edge artists present new works, projects, and performances at unexpected sites throughout the city, creating what director Karen Farber calls “endless opportunities for transformation and surprise.”

Dance Houston Theater Visual Art

Window into a Texas Icon: Holland Taylor brings Ann to Life at the ZACH

JOHN DeMERS·March 15, 2016

Holland Taylor grew up to be a successful actress, not a successful politician, and she has the movie, TV and stage credits to prove it.

Austin Theater

Albee on Edge: A Visceral Virginia Woolf at Stark Naked

Tarra Gaines·March 7, 2016

The morning after seeing Stark Naked Theatre’s new production of Edward Albee’s classic marriage horror story Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (through March 26), I woke up exhausted, with a mild headache, dry mouth and a stomach churning with anxiety (a.k.a a hangover).

Theater

Virginia Grise’s Poetic Manifesto at Meca Performing Arts

Tarra Gaines·March 6, 2016

Your Healing Is Killing Me, written and performed by award-winning New York and San Antonio playwright Virginia Grise and making its world premiere as part of the MECA Performing Arts 2016 season on March 4-5, seems less like the performance manifesto of its subtitle and more like a poetry manifesto, maybe even an epic poetry manifesto.

Theater

Celebrating Women’s Voices at Bishop Arts Theatre Center

SCOT C. HART·February 23, 2016

At this time of year, Dallas' Bishop Arts Theatre Center hosts a new playwright competition, with short one-acts from mostly local writers filling the stage.

Theater

Obsessed with Intrigue: Dangerous Obsession at Theatre Britain

SCOT C. HART·February 22, 2016

Dangerous Obsession is a difficult play to review without revealing too much of its twists and turns. Penned by British playwright N J Crisp, the taut three-character thriller is ably produced at Theatre Britain in Plano through the end of the month.

Theater

A Universal Story

Jennifer Smart·February 22, 2016

Kitchen Dog Theater's "I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard"

Dallas/Ft Worth Features Reviews Theater

Privilege & Unnamed Anxiety at Work in Straight White Men at Stages

Tarra Gaines·February 19, 2016

Four straight, white men walk into a rumpus room somewhere in suburban America. This isn’t the beginning of a dumb joke but the setting and most of the plot of Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men, through March 6, making its regional debut at Stages Repertory Theatre.

Theater

Visual Art

Awe and Wonder: Space City at Asia Society Texas

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

A Culture Examined: Kimbell Art Museum offers a window into Dutch art in the Global Age

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

Texas Studio: Jordan Fuchs Starts with Choreography

Engaging Audiences: Frame Dance’s 2024 Frame x Frame Festival Focuses on Screendance’s Unique Space in the Dance Ecology

Cheers to 15 Years: Bruce Wood Dance Dallas isn’t afraid to mix things up for 2025

Music

Kinetic at 10: Virtuosic Ensemble Grows Deep Roots in Houston

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Art Thrives on the South Plains: A Survey of Lubbock’s Cultural Scene

Theater

A Succession Story: Houston’s 4th Wall Theatre Company Secures its Future

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Through An Inclusive Lens: Diversity and divas populate Uptown Players’ 2024-25 season

Theater

Theater for Right Now: DTC’s New Season

Curtain Up: Theater Returns to the J

Caught up in the Action: The Audience Gets To Work on Texas Stages

Rude Mechs Take Texas (for a Change)

Transformation & Surprise: CounterCurrent Stretches Houston’s Art Expectations

Window into a Texas Icon: Holland Taylor brings Ann to Life at the ZACH

Albee on Edge: A Visceral Virginia Woolf at Stark Naked

Virginia Grise’s Poetic Manifesto at Meca Performing Arts

Celebrating Women’s Voices at Bishop Arts Theatre Center

Obsessed with Intrigue: Dangerous Obsession at Theatre Britain

A Universal Story

Privilege & Unnamed Anxiety at Work in Straight White Men at Stages