The ACTX Top Ten: February 2016
Our top ten picks for arts + culture events in Texas for February 2016.
Theater
Timeless & Universal: Dallas Theater Center’s Romeo and Juliet
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.
A Winter for Ibsen: Classical Theatre’s A Doll’s House
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.
Circle Theatre’s Clever Little Lies holds true to form
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.
If/Then Can’t Have It Both Ways
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.
Love is in the Cards: Linda Phenix Returns to Theatre LaB Houston for 52 Pick Up
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.
Love and Loss: The Bridges of Madison County at TUTS
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.
Flawed Characters
Martyr at Second Thought Theatre
LBJ Takes the Stage: Alley Theatre and Dallas Theater Center Team Up for All the Way
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.
What We Loved & More: A + C Writers Look Back at 2015 and Ahead to 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.
Becoming Nannerl: The Other Mozart
The story begins with a portrait by Johann Nepomuk della Croce of a family: father, son and a daughter with spectacularly big hair.
Take the trip to Clarkston
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.