Snow White and the Half-Naked Man
Even during Anton Chekhov’s life, people were parodying his plays. They’re easily identifiable targets, with their Russian aristocrats sitting in drawing rooms with their...
To Love Somebody
Dominique Morisseau is from Detroit, and she wants to be to her hometown what August Wilson was to Pittsburgh — the theater world’s teller...
Texas Ballet Theater: In Fine Form
Repertory programs showcasing three or four short ballets, with a pas de deux thrown in sometimes for spice, have been the savior of small...
New Ways
Violist Mark Landson has spent the better part of his 25-year career pondering the question that’s commonly on the minds of classical musicians: How...
To Be or Not to Be … French
While some of William Shakespeare’s other plays have inspired more than one great opera, Hamlet seems to have resisted the operatic treatment through the...
Dog Days Are Here
The stage of W.E. Scott Theatre looked like your typical Middle-American home: nondescript dinner table, disheveled living room, a bedroom. But a closer look...
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...
Red: Creative Blocks
Unlike, say, writers, visual artists can be illuminating to watch at work, which is why so many films and plays are about painters or...
Black Songs Matter
Right now, we all could use a little more African-American righteous anger in our lives. If you don’t believe me, just watch the videos...
Imbroglio Sextet’s Grace
Cara Pollard’s 30-year career has been a balancing act between sitting in academia and following her restless spirit all over the world. With her...
