What’s Old is New Again
John Johnson, known throughout Houston’s tight-knit stage community as “JJ,” is happy enough sharing the official motto of the troupe he founded, for which (as with his name) Classical Theatre Company [...]
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Painting The Town RED
Dallas Theater Center has announced its 2012-13 season, which will take place at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center and the historic Kalita Humphreys Theater. DTC’s 54th season will include three world premieres; two new musicals; the culmination of DTC’s four-year Shakespeare cycle [...]
Review: Tigers Be Still
“Tigers Be Still” Dallas Theater Center March 2–May 13, 2012 The four characters in Kim Rosenstock’s “Tigers Be...
Review: “Dark Play or Stories For Boys”
“dark play or stories for boys” Out of the Loop Festival, Addison March 1–11, 2012 You start from...
Class Act: Diana Sheehan
Reaching the midway point in life can be a wake up call for anyone; Sheehan explores its moments of celebration and sorrow through an eclectic array of American songs of desire and longing, re-awakened dreams and hopes. One of the North Texas region’s most respected actor/singers (she received multiple regional awards and highest praise for her [...]
Eclectic Mix at Loop Festival
The Heavenly Muse Players (HMP), a new local theatrical troupe with members who hail from Dallas, Los Angeles,...
Legends on Tour
Chris Grant grew up in Denton, sick where, in the third grade, he made his stage debut playing...
Review: “Dinner With Friends”
The company’s latest production, Donald Margulies’ 2000 Pulitzer-winning drama “Dinner With Friends,” marks the inaugural show of the new Studio 101 collective theater space [...]
Review: “The Coast of Utopia: Part 2, Shipwreck”
Tom Stoppard’s “The Coast of Utopia” might be a harbinger of a new Theater of the Impractical. Three plays, topping out at a total of nine hours (give or take), “The Coast of Utopia” is a head-spinning swirl [...]
Review: “The Rape of Lucretia”
Houston Grand Opera capped off its multi-year Britten Cycle with “The Rape of Lucretia,” a thought-provoking tourde- force that showcased composer Benjamin Britten’s signature haunting style, brought to life by dynamic talents [...]
Review: Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame”
You have to hand it to the Catastrophic Theatre and director Jason Nodler. First they decide to tackle Samuel Beckett, one of the most unorthodox and absurdist writers of the 20th century. On top of this [...]
Wild Children of the Arts
I have a special place in my heart for independent artists, and I’m proud to count myself as one of them. Individual artists enjoy an expansive creative freedom. We’re the wild flowers [...]