Posts Tagged ‘Casa Manana’
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KRISTIAN LINWED ▪ 27 San Antonio mayor Julián Castro gave the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention last summer, occupying the same slot that Barack Obama used eight years before as a springboard to bigger things. The ri...
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KRISTIAN LINWED ▪ 7 If you missed the start of this season of the Metropolitan Opera’s movie-theater broadcasts, you can catch up with the first one, as Maurizio Benini conducts Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore, with Anna Netrebko, M...
Local Theater Roundup
BIG TICKETEven though we’re well into fall, we’re seeing lots of productions of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Stolen Shakespeare Guild is putting the show on, and now UNT mounts a jazz dance version called A Jazz Dream...
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KRISTIAN LINWED ▪ 17 This midweek is a good time to head to North East Mall and check out the can art at CANstruction. The ephemeral sculptures made out of canned goods are a yearly tradition designed to benefit Tarrant Area Food Bank. T...
Mi Casa Es Su Casa
Jimmy FowlerIn an era of proposed funding cutbacks for Fort Worth arts groups, what’s one way to bring new audiences through the door and keep ‘em there? Booze during the performance! Okay, not just booze, but all beverages, as Casa Ma...
Reframing
Big TicketFor whatever reason, the main attractions at this year’s Spring Gallery Night seem to lie outside the usual venues. Don’t get us wrong: The traditional spaces still have some stimulating shows opening this weekend. William ...
Dare To Care For Sophie
Jeff PrinceI dare you to dare Jenny Smith to do something crazy. I double dog dare you. It just might help Sophie live a while longer. In October, Smith’s dog Sophie was diagnosed with cancer and began undergoing chemotherapy treatm...
Rudolph and Hermey, Together Again
Jimmy FowlerThis week’s ”Stage” page features a cool conversation with Joe Sturgeon, Casa Manana’s director of children’s theater and the man responsible for the world premiere musical Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – based not...
Hurricane Ruta Returns to Town
Jimmy FowlerBefore we were old enough to know who she was, some of us remember seeing Ruta Lee in Casa Manana ads during Channel 11’s afternoon movies in the ‘70s. Lee is preparing to open this Saturday in Casa’s version of The Best ...
Come Back to the Fort, Ruta Lee, Ruta Lee
Jimmy FowlerLongtime fans of Fort Worth theater will of course recognize the name Ruta Lee. The saucy, platinum-haired grande dame has graced the Casa Manana stage off and on for five decades. She’ll be returning in October to star in th...