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.
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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.
Coming Home: Bree Welch
Bree Welch made a triumphant return to Texas, playing Henry in Henry V at Houston's Classical Theatre Company.
Clarkston at Dallas Theater Center
Dallas Theater Center presents the world premiere of 2014 MacArthur Foundation Fellow Samuel D. Hunter’s new play, Clarkston, Dec. 3-Jan. 31 at Wyly Theater.
Blood Wedding
Cara Mia Theatre Co's production of Lorca's Spanish Masterpiece
First-Hand: Shakespeare in Print and Performance at the Harry Ransom Center
In 1616, William Shakespeare was buried at Holy Trinity church, Stratford-Upon-Avon. A prayer was inscribed on his grave, asking that his bones never be removed from the church and cursing any who might attempt to do so.
The Rat King has Spoken: Holiday Foes Pick Faves
I was blindfolded, thrown into a car and driven for hours before we reached their secret lair, which I now believe might be a sub, sub basement floor underneath Houston Galleria Macy’s or inside a volcano, whichever.
Fictional Nebraska: Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s The Totalitarians at Kitchen Dog Theater
A charismatic political candidate with memorable hair who relies more on passion than facts — sound familiar?
Global Theater: The Texas/Prague Partnership
There is no commercial nonstop flight from any city in Texas to any city in the Czech Republic, including the country’s lovely and historic capital, Prague.
Drama in the House: Matt Hune’s Living Room Series
Matt Hune's Living Room Series
Tumbling Through Time and Memory: Sharr White’s The Other Place at the Alley Theatre
Somewhat lost amid all the hullabaloo and celebrations surrounding the Alley Theatre’s grand reopening and the major renovation of the Hubbard Stage was the little-fanfared return of performances to the smaller Neuhaus Stage, where many of the Alley’s more quirky and contemporary play picks are placed each season.
Theater Imitates Art: McNay Museum Exhibition Highlights Influence of Art on Theater
If you were asked to design sets and costumes evoking 16th century Italy, where would you start?