Arts
The Hand Project and eVeryDay womyn: truth in art and verse
GalleryFirehouse Gallery hosts two shows this month.
Rooting for Roots
In a new book about Americana, the vitriol tries to dilute the poignant insights.Books
What an odd book — fascinating at times yet frustrating in its lack of organization and purpose.
Things fall apart
GalleryThe title of John Frost’s show at Gallery 414 doesn’t appear to have anything to do with Yeats’ “The Second Coming” (“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world”).
Women’s Lib-ido
Theatre Arlington revives a spicy, classic Steve Martin adaptation whose early 19th-century theme still proves relevant.Stage
With their fervent and cunning production of Steve Martin’s adaptation The Underpants, Theatre Arlington and director B.J. Cleveland have done something unexpected — reminded ticketbuyers of the original Martin, a hyper-sil...
UNT Faculty Exhibition
GalleryAfter being displayed for three weeks at UNT late last year, the school’s Faculty Exhibition has been on hiatus for more than a month.
A Dream Not Deferred
One of Ed Smith’s earliest professional aspirations was to run an African-American theater — now he’s at one of the best.Stage
Ed Smith, the man who has replaced the late Rudy Eastman as artistic director of Jubilee Theatre, has taught graduate level theater courses in prestigious universities as well as directed productions at regional stages across t...
To the Stars
For new talents, Metroplex opera is quite the launching pad, as Stephen Costello has proved.Stage
In his major American debut more than 40 years ago, tenor Plácido Domingo sang Edgardo in Fort Worth Opera’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor. (He had previously sung the walk-on role of Normano in the same piece for the Da...
Show Offs II
GalleryThey just don’t stop making art in Texas, which is why you can’t go wrong with a show devoted to up-and-coming new talent.
Dash It, ‘Jeeves’!
Stage West’s adaptation of an old piece of ‘light writing’ reveals its subversive, prescient edge.Stage
In 1957, the prolific author and playwright P.G. Wodehouse said, “I go in for what is known in the trade as ‘light writing,’ and those who do so are looked down upon by the intelligentsia and sneered at.” Indeed, certif...