Magic Numbers
Jazz lovers and other cultists were likely the only ones to catch last month's fleeting obituary for singer-composer Blossom Dearie, who died at 84....
Shoestring Budget
Every time Metropolitan Classical Ballet goes onstage, the Arlington-based, Russian-influenced company dances a fine line between ambition and reality. Co-directors Paul Mejia and Alexander...
Shtick ’Em Up
There's a lot going on right now that we need to pay attention to, and none of it is fun: a shitty economy, a...
Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
The theater gods are beaming down on Cowtown this month. Playing concurrently now are two ferociously accomplished dramas: Jubilee Theatre's pristinely tragic The Bluest...
Adaptation
There’s an old maxim that, in the food chain that is the so-called Hollywood system, the craft services people rank higher than the screenwriters,...
Illuminating
As the audience files in before the start of Amphibian Stage Production's Gutenberg! The Musical!, the bellow of Broadway legend Ethel Merman charges out...
Still Stormy?
Texas Ballet Theater may be down financially, but it isn't out artistically. Last weekend's performances of Mozart's Requiem and Stormy Weather at Bass Performance...
No Country for Old People
In most live theater productions, "audience participation" is limited to measured reactions from the house, including the requisite applause after musical numbers and during...
Keyed In
Sometimes the reputation of greatness can be stifling. That's the conclusion you arrive at if you've seen other, frequently staid August Wilson productions and...
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...
