Posts Tagged ‘Fort Worth theater’
Hand from the Grave
Circle Theatre’s Ghost-Writer is a tense, taut, and perfectly seasonal treat.JIMMY FOWLER
About midway through Circle Theatre’s tense psychological drama Ghost-Writer, Myra Babbage (Emily Scott Banks), secretary to a renowned novelist, describes her boss’ methods: “Only by changing the facts could he make some...
One Woman and One Man
BIG TICKETIf it seems like Stage West no longer has an offseason, that’s only because of the two touring one-person shows that will be playing at the venue this month while the Stage West troupe gears up for yet another season. The fir...
Brainy Humor
Drag Strip Courage tackles a mashup of The Bard and the undead.JIMMY FOWLER
A lot of theater artists feel an obligation to speak of William Shakespeare in reverent tones, as if performing the words of The Bard is an unquestionably noble enterprise. Actor and director Seth Johnston, who formed the small...
The Bard in Texas
Pantagleize funnels Shakespeare through twang and old-timey music.JIMMY FOWLER
A Midsummer Night’s Dream has long been the favorite Shakespeare play of Violet O’Valle, founder and artistic director of Pantagleize Theatre. She’d never considered directing a production of it, however, until she heard ...
Amphibian Metamorphosis
A “lost” Kafka script is brought to life in the theater company’s latest.JIMMY FOWLER
The adjective “Kafkaesque” gets tossed around a lot, but rarely has it applied more literally than in The Understudy, Theresa Rebeck’s sly show business comedy that’s currently receiving a tart and appealing production ...
West of Normal?
What the Butler Saw was a lot of sexual freedom, according to Stage West.JIMMY FOWLER
Comic playwright Joe Orton wrote with an agenda, and he didn’t try to hide it. As a gay man who’d been marginalized by British laws and the medical profession’s attitudes toward homosexuality in the 1950s and ’60s, he s...
Best FW Stage of the ’00s
Jimmy FowlerFor an incomplete but very heartfelt overview of the best Fort Worth stage productions of the “Naughty Aughties,” check out this week’s ”Stage” page. Live theater is a precious art form because when the run is over, t...