Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Timeless & Universal: Dallas Theater Center’s Romeo and Juliet

SCOT C. HART·February 4, 2016

Joel Ferrell, Associate Artistic Director at Dallas Theater Center, is at the helm of a new, modernized production of the ultimate classic love story, William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The show runs Feb. 5-28 at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

A Winter for Ibsen: Classical Theatre’s A Doll’s House

Nancy Wozny·February 4, 2016

Houston's Classical Theatre Company returns to Ibsen this winter with their production of A Doll's House, directed by Classical Theatre's artistic director John Johnson, through Feb. 21 at Chelsea Market location.

Houston Theater

Circle Theatre’s Clever Little Lies holds true to form

SCOT C. HART·February 3, 2016

And while the New York production may have been a stroll down memory lane, the current regional premier of Clever Little Lies at Circle Theatre in Fort Worth (through Mar. 5), must stand on its own merits with an all-local cast. Happily, it’s no lie to say the locals carry no shame.

Dallas/Ft Worth Reviews Theater

If/Then Can’t Have It Both Ways

SCOT C. HART·February 2, 2016

If/Then is a new touring musical aptly titled for it has two dueling personalities. It can be clever/confusing, bright/dark, fun/maudlin, sincere/fake.

Reviews Theater

Love is in the Cards: Linda Phenix Returns to Theatre LaB Houston for 52 Pick Up

Nancy Wozny·January 25, 2016

Linda Phenix returns to directing with the Theatre LaB Houston production of TJ Dawe and Rita Bozi's romantic comedy of chance, 52 Pick-Up, featuring Houston acting couple, Robin Van Zandt and James Monaghan, Feb. 5-28 at the MATCH. Like the name of the card game, 52 Pick-Up involves the actors throwing the cards into the air to determine the order of the scenes.

Houston Theater

Love and Loss: The Bridges of Madison County at TUTS

Tarra Gaines·January 22, 2016

I might very well be the last American woman over the age of 25 who has neither seen the Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood movie The Bridges of Madison County nor read the 90s zeitgeist novel by Robert James Waller that it’s based on.

Houston Reviews Theater

Flawed Characters

Jennifer Smart·January 21, 2016

Martyr at Second Thought Theatre

Dallas/Ft Worth Features Reviews Theater

LBJ Takes the Stage: Alley Theatre and Dallas Theater Center Team Up for All the Way

JOHN DeMERS·January 19, 2016

Lyndon Baines Johnson has surely been called almost every name in every book, especially here in his home state of Texas. But “idealist” hasn’t typically been one of them.

Theater

What We Loved & More: A + C Writers Look Back at 2015 and Ahead to 2016

Nancy Wozny·January 2, 2016

We asked the A + C family what performances stood out for them in 2015 and what they are most looking forward to in 2016. Enjoy their findings and recommendations.

Books Dance Editor's Picks Film Music Theater

Becoming Nannerl: The Other Mozart

Tarra Gaines·December 18, 2015

The story begins with a portrait by Johann Nepomuk della Croce of a family: father, son and a daughter with spectacularly big hair.

Houston Theater

Take the trip to Clarkston

SCOT C. HART·December 17, 2015

In Clarkston, now playing an extended premier run at Dallas Theater Center through Jan 31, playwright Samuel D. Hunter uses familiar holiday themes of loneliness and redemption to gift us an endearing story filled with plenty of good spirits but also hurt, heartache and an interpretive ending.

Reviews Theater

Coming Home: Bree Welch

Nancy Wozny·December 16, 2015

Bree Welch made a triumphant return to Texas, playing Henry in Henry V at Houston's Classical Theatre Company.

Coming Home Editor's Picks Theater

Visual Art

Style & Luminosity: Tamara de Lempicka at the MFAH

Vision & Experience: Bart Keijsers Koning Takes the Helm of Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas

Imagination and Experience: Nathaniel Donnett Teases Out the Threads

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

Dance Here: Agora Artists is Planting the Seeds to Make Dallas a Dance Town

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Stories From The Room: The Case for Live Performance

Music

Triumph in Tragedy: Ars Lyrica Houston’s Luminous Theodora

Dallas Opera Brings the Audience Back

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Stories From The Room: The Case for Live Performance

Next Chapter: The New Stewards of Fort Worth’s Amphibian Stage to Continue Commitment to New and Underrepresented Works

Theater

Timeless & Universal: Dallas Theater Center’s Romeo and Juliet

A Winter for Ibsen: Classical Theatre’s A Doll’s House

Circle Theatre’s Clever Little Lies holds true to form

If/Then Can’t Have It Both Ways

Love is in the Cards: Linda Phenix Returns to Theatre LaB Houston for 52 Pick Up

Love and Loss: The Bridges of Madison County at TUTS

Flawed Characters

LBJ Takes the Stage: Alley Theatre and Dallas Theater Center Team Up for All the Way

What We Loved & More: A + C Writers Look Back at 2015 and Ahead to 2016

Becoming Nannerl: The Other Mozart

Take the trip to Clarkston

Coming Home: Bree Welch