Women on Boards
Written as a 60th birthday present for a member of the board of directors at Seattle’s ACT Theatre, Becky’s New Car has had a...
The Lang Way Around
Lang Lang became interested in classical music the same way that many of us took our first interest in it: through Saturday morning cartoons.
He...
Soho Artist
An article in Time magazine last March asked, "Is William Kentridge the perfect artist for these post-crash times?" We don't know the answer to...
Big as all Outdoors
It seems like everybody wants to get outside this weekend, judging by how many open-air festivals are going on.
The most unusual entry is DaneFest,...
Chelsea Lately
The World Football Challenge comes to Cowboys Stadium, but it isn't bringing the football you're thinking of. It's a tour by four top-level soccer...
Something On
In 1970, British playwright Michael Frayn watched a performance of one of his own comedies from the wings of the theater and found that...
Greed Is Bueno
Almost 300 years lay between Shakespeare’s death and the beginning of the 20th century, and in that time theater did not go languishing.
Many...
Domestic Troubles
Sarah Ruhl has told this story often, but it bears one more repetition: She came up with the idea for her comedy The Clean...
Musical Q
"Since when do queens need an occasion to sing?" asked a gay character in last year's film Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. Whatever it...
Get Out!
This spring has been rainy so far. (Quit complaining! Tarrant County is no longer suffering a drought!) But Mother Nature permitting, we’ll all be...
