Posts Tagged ‘casa’
Young Santa Claus
The jolly fat man gets the musical backstory treatment at Casa Mañana.JIMMY FOWLER
The problem with Santa Claus is that he’s so ubiquitous during the holidays, he’s become a bit of a bore. People think of him as a big fat symbol of generosity (commercialism?) rather than a character with a backstory –â€...
In the Lane
For handicapped residents, independence is wheels on the street.SARAH ANGLE Photos by Anna Routh Barzin
Larry is hard to miss. The 68-year-old is a big guy who gets around the streets of Fort Worth mainly in his motorized wheelchair. But on Dec. 10, a Fort Worth bus turning onto University Drive from White Settlement Road didn’...
A Theatre Family: 35 Years of Hip Pocket
JEFF PRINCESiddhartha debuted its four-week run at the Hip Pocket Theatre recently, and the stage adaptation of Herman Hesse’s novel is a fitting choice for the troupe’s 35th anniversary season. The book’s theme of putting oneself i...
Rudolph Brightens Casa
The beloved ’60s stop-motion TV special comes to life on Casa Mañana’s stage.JIMMY FOWLER
Joe Sturgeon joined the staff of Casa Mañana as Director of Theater for Youth in July 2009. He’s directed many of the kids’ shows there and acted in some of the adult productions –– in October, he played Melvin P. Thor...
Gallery
Casa MananaGallery
It’s nice to have a new venue to list in this space, even though Casa Mañana is really an old venue. The theater on Lancaster is now displaying art as well. Its inaugural show, featuring paintings with recycled materials by ...
Mad Lib
Big TicketFort Worth is in for a rare treat this Thursday evening. We don’t get too many genius-level TV show creators around these parts – when was the last time J.J. Abrams, David Chase, David Simon, or Joss Whedon visited ...
BJ and the Super Years
JIMMY FOWLERThe little groups of women in the lobby of Theatre Arlington were spending their intermission comparing notes on the leading man in that afternoon’s matinee production.
Heart Felt
Big TicketAfter making an unlikely segue from Broadway to Las Vegas, the acclaimed puppet musical Avenue Q finally hits Fort Worth to provide some answers to the question, “What do you do with a B.A. in English?”