Drenched in Pathos
Emotional release raineth all over the stage at Circle Theatre, where the company ushers in its 37th season with newly named executive director Tim...
Rudolph Brightens Casa
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...
Jubilee Turns to Phyllis Cicero
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...
Black Man + White Woman = ?
Playwright-director Neil LaBute generally comes in one flavor — bitterly misanthropic — but his works can be divided between the nasty/grumpy variety and the...
New Heights
The curtain came down on the Fort Worth Opera’s inaugural festival Sunday, and there’s no denying that the past four weeks were heady.
Besides the...
Pure Animals Out of Paper
"Everything is a gift of the universe,” wrote the late Buddhist author Ken S. Keyes Jr. Of course, this can be difficult to believe...
November Reign
Stage West’s current production of David Mamet’s acidic political comedy November is the fourth show directed by Dana Schultes, who serves as the company’s...
Undercooked Carnage
Civilization, basically, is a set of rules to which people frequently don’t adhere. That short, rather obvious statement sums up the plot, themes, and...
Darkness Descends
Amphibian Stage Productions has just opened a sparkling new theater space on the Near Southside at Main Street and Vickery Boulevard, and what better...
Beautiful Festival of American Song
America has left an indelible mark on the world of vocal music, thanks in no small part to composers like George Gershwin and Irving...
