Memoir of a Geisha
The wait is over. It’s been 14 months since we’ve staged an opera,” said Fort Worth Opera director Darren Keith Woods, who could scarcely...
Cliburn Wrap
Hearing only the finals of the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Bass Performance Hall last week gave me a different perspective on...
Turn of the Screw
Playwright, screenwriter, and tv scribe Richard Dresser once told an interviewer, “I’ve had occasion to work at a series of jobs ranging from a...
Case Brothers Celebrate 50 Years of Music
The Case brothers, Johnny and Jerry, have been making jazz and Western Swing –– though mostly jazz and sometimes together –– for 50 years....
Stirring
Who said that nothing's shocking anymore? Circle Theatre has prepared a spicy holiday recipe to delight and disorient audiences by taking eight attractive, enthusiastic...
Dying with Dignity
There's no need for issuing "spoiler alerts" with a play titled A Lesson Before Dying.
Just a few minutes into the opening scene of Jubilee...
Not Beloved
The line of dialogue that best addresses the flood of human misery unleashed in Jubilee Theatre's extraordinary production of The Bluest Eye comes early...
Killing Fields
Touring productions of theatrical staples such as Camelot and Sweet Charity guarantee that local ticketbuyers will always be able to escape the daily grind,...
Playthings No More
Two major Nutcrackers come our way each December, in addition to the countless studio versions that dot the landscape.
Beginning earlier this month, Texas...
Years of the Cat
This might sound odd to say about a person who makes people laugh for a living, but Monna is no nonsense. The Fort Worth-by-Fort...