Posts Tagged ‘theater’
Jubilee Turns to Phyllis Cicero
The actor-director is the perfect fit for From the Mississippi Delta.JIMMY FOWLER
When veteran North Texas actor-director Phyllis Cicero got the assignment from Jubilee Theatre artistic director Ed Smith to direct From the Mississippi Delta, she wasn’t familiar with the autobiographical play or its aut...
Gallery
GalleryThe art show at Rose Marine Theater is called A-mal-ga-mate, no doubt for its eclectic embrace of works in all media. You can see paintings on canvas as well as sculptures made from metal and soft fabric here, but hurry. The sh...
Feet Fight
Big TicketIn a scheduling snafu, Texas Ballet Theater and Texas Dance Theater both open shows Friday. TBT revives its opulent, full-length Romeo and Juliet, created in 1987 for the Houston Ballet, with a four-performance run in Bass Perf...
The Decade Onstage
JIMMY FOWLERThis list of 10 great shows doesn’t pretend to be anything like a comprehensive critical overview of Fort Worth theater in the ’00s. I’ve missed too much — and likely forgotten too much — to attemp...
Night and Day
KRISTIAN LINWED ? 16 The Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys riffed on Plan 9 From Outer Space at your local movie theater last summer, and now they’re back with a holiday show. The Christmas Shorts-stravaganza unleashes them on old Yu...
Nutcrackers
Big TicketHaving curtailed its season for budgetary reasons, Metropolitan Classical Ballet makes its only public appearance in Tarrant County this weekend, performing The Nutcracker through Sunday in Arlington.
Christmas Presence
JIMMY FOWLERThe December holidays draw ticketbuyers who would never dream of darkening a theater door the rest of the year. They seek traditional, familiar shows, and theaters naturally oblige. Stage critics, who fastidiously observe the f...
Xmas-Rated Theater
Big TicketWe always welcome any theater troupe that can bring us fresh stuff for Christmas, and this week several of the local ensembles are coming through.
Slammin’ Saturday
Big TicketIf you like watching large muscular men slam each other to the ground, mark Nov. 28 on your calendar. You’ll be able to attend two events answering that description, and at the second you can even do some good.
Early Jump on Holidays
Big TicketBallet Frontier, the performing wing of Ballet Center of Fort Worth, will get a leg up on Christmas, performing The Nutcracker twice on Saturday at Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium. Company director Chung-Lin Tseng, a former pri...