Cliburn Competition: Preliminary Hearings
What is there to say about hearing 30 pianists in four days? I use my experience going to film festivals for this publication to...
Revealing Layers
As a spotlight beams down from the rafters, the patrons of Arts 5th Avenue turn their attention to the small stage and quiet down...
Mayor Carmen
After the Fort Worth Opera’s board of directors angered classical music fans in February by firing general director Darren Woods (“Aria for Woods,” Feb....
Sumptuous La Traviata
The only technical glitch in Fort Worth Opera’s opening-night production of La Traviata at Bass Performance Hall was the overhead translating screen. It didn’t...
Get Ur Freak On
Vivienne Vermuth has produced burlesque shows in North Texas for 15 years.
She has some thoughts.
“It’s like a slow trainwreck but in a positive way,”...
Alice in Wonderful
To stage Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, with its array of exotic characters, is a major effort for any company. Texas Ballet Theater...
Opus Nova: Homemade Classical Music
Chamber music remains an underrepresented outlet for enjoying classical music in Fort Worth. That reality persists despite the easy accessibility (including the convenience of...
Edge of Glory
I didn’t attend the regional premiere of Men on Boats, which took place at Onstage in Bedford back in August. I wish I had,...
Not so Neat
Actor Ebony Marshall-Oliver was born and raised in a small south Louisiana town called Donaldsonville, although her family had moved to Atlanta by the...
Lysistrata: Make War Not Love
For most of the second act of Mark Adamo’s Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess, most of the men on stage have gigantic, visibly bulging...
