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Haley Nelson In Residence: Dallas’s Kitchen Dog Theater’s In-House Producer

Lindsey Wilson·August 13, 2019

Since its founding in 1998, the National New Play Network has produced 85 rolling world premieres. Dallas’s Kitchen Dog Theater, formed in 1990, is one of NNPN’s founding core theaters, and hosts the longest-running new play festival in Texas.

Dallas/Ft Worth Features Theater

Texas Lens: Watching Dallas Dance

Manuel Mendoza·May 15, 2019

I became an accidental dance critic in Dallas a decade ago, just in time.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Texas Lens

Children at Play: Gary Lee Price at Dallas Arboretum

Steven Brown·May 9, 2019

Well-behaved visitors to the Dallas Arboretum wouldn’t dare. But people who are sculpted in bronze in can get away with a lot more, can’t they?

Art Dallas/Ft Worth

Dallas Symphony’s Soluna Festival Thinks Big

Steven Brown·March 14, 2019

Why does the Dallas Symphony mount its annual Soluna music-and-arts festival? Not because it wants to escape the proverbial same old thing. For an orchestra, “the ‘same old’ is fantastic,” president Kim Noltemy says. With Soluna, the group is thinking bigger.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Music

A Playwright Rises: Jonathan Norton takes up residence at Dallas Theater Center

Lindsey Wilson·March 14, 2019

At the beginning of 2019, Dallas Theater Center announced Jonathan Norton as its new playwright in residence, but the history between the two actually goes back much farther:

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

Funny stuff: Dallas’ first nonprofit comedy theater proves laughter is the best medicine

Lindsey Wilson·July 13, 2018

In a newly rehabbed, 75-seat black box theater, tucked behind Peticolas Brewing Company in the Dallas Design District, two men are pretending to tour a home.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

Brahms at the Bar: Dallas’s Open Classical Re-frames Music Experience

Amy Bishop·April 16, 2018

It’s a Tuesday night at Buzzbrews Kitchen in Dallas’ Uptown neighborhood, where tattooed waitresses with Bettie Page-inspired hairstyles are ferrying plates of hot pancakes and bacon to their tables.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Music

The Great Playwright Swap: Dallas’s Kitchen Dog Theater Helps Pilot Groundbreaking National Experiment

Lindsey Wilson·April 16, 2018

For the past 20 years, the National New Play Network has connected nonprofit theaters across the U.S. through the cultural importance of new plays and living playwrights.

Theater

Up to the Challenge: New leadership helps Fort Worth Opera revamp

Steven Brown·March 13, 2018

When the Fort Worth Opera Festival unveiled its plans for this year’s edition, the repertoire included a milestone: the company’s first staging of Das Rheingold, the opening of Richard Wagner’s four-part The Ring of the Nibelung.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

Close to the Ground: Lily Cabatu Weiss Leads the Dallas Arts District Forward

Manuel Mendoza·November 29, 2017

As a dancer and teacher, Lily Cabatu Weiss operated close to the ground.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Editor's Picks Music Theater

Making Dallas a Global Dance City: A New Season at TITAS Presents

Nancy Wozny·May 8, 2017

Dallas dance-lovers are proud that a dance-centric presenter like TITAS Presents exists in their city—and they should be. Executive Director Charles Santos is famous for his eye for up-and-coming troupes, as well as showcasing international groups.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Editor's Picks

Galerie Frank Elbaz and Meandering Abstractly in Dallas

john zotos·April 4, 2017

As a timely acknowledgment of how lively things are in the Dallas art scene, Parisian gallerist Frank Elbaz opened a location in the design district across the street from the sizzling Dallas Contemporary.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth

Art

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

Art on the Horizon: Exploring the Cultural Landscape of Corpus Christi

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

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

A Charged Atmosphere: Bombshell Dance Project’s ‘Flies’ Packs with a Punch

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 Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

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

Classical Theatre Company’s 24/25 Season Digs into Their Niche

dallas opera

Haley Nelson In Residence: Dallas’s Kitchen Dog Theater’s In-House Producer

Texas Lens: Watching Dallas Dance

Children at Play: Gary Lee Price at Dallas Arboretum

Dallas Symphony’s Soluna Festival Thinks Big

A Playwright Rises: Jonathan Norton takes up residence at Dallas Theater Center

Funny stuff: Dallas’ first nonprofit comedy theater proves laughter is the best medicine

Brahms at the Bar: Dallas’s Open Classical Re-frames Music Experience

The Great Playwright Swap: Dallas’s Kitchen Dog Theater Helps Pilot Groundbreaking National Experiment

Up to the Challenge: New leadership helps Fort Worth Opera revamp

Close to the Ground: Lily Cabatu Weiss Leads the Dallas Arts District Forward

Making Dallas a Global Dance City: A New Season at TITAS Presents

Galerie Frank Elbaz and Meandering Abstractly in Dallas