When Tony®-Award-nominated director and choreographer Dan Knechtges took the helm of one of Houston’s oldest and largest theater companies, Theatre Under the Stars, he knew the artistic director title might require steering the organization through some stormy times, but he likely wasn’t ready for a real hurricane.
Those familiar with the University of North Texas School of Music know that Denton is a hotbed of musical talent that expands not just into the Dallas-Fort Worth region, but to every part of the world.
It was a typical hot and muggy Texas day when I made the 45-minute drive from Austin to Elgin. I was on my way to visit artist Margo Sawyer for the second time,
The current TITAS season comes to a close this month with performances by the long-running American dance companies Alonzo King LINES Ballet (June 9) and Parsons Dance (June 30) before the Dallas dance presenter launches its 2018-19 offerings later this summer.
For classically-trained string players, the traditional route to making a living as a professional musician is fairly narrow: win a job in a major orchestra, find a full-time teaching position, or gig like there is no tomorrow.
