Summer Sights and Stages
In the Pleistocene Era (circa 2010), when flip phones were unironic, most museums and theaters essentially took summers off, reserving blockbusters for the fall...
10 Key Years
When Carla Thompson attended a music competitions conference in early 2012, she did so as the board chairperson of a competition that had lost...
Years of the Cat
This might sound odd to say about a person who makes people laugh for a living, but Monna is no nonsense. The Fort Worth-by-Fort...
Holidays Under the Lights
Get Nutty One Last Time
It’s been a staple of the season for over a decade. Texas Ballet Theater’s pop-culture sendup will take its final...
Bursting the Bubble
Here I was, ready to unleash all my spleen at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for inviting Russian and Belarusian pianists to compete...
Red Pills
Ever since Pfizer came up with its miracle blue pill in 1998, the pharmaceutical industry has been seeking a “female Viagra” as a holy...
Evan Sent
When the touring production of Dear Evan Hansen reached Bass Hall this past week, I exited the building during the intermission to take the mask...
Holiday Stage Preview
Spare a thought for the live theater professionals in our area, who have had to find other work during this pandemic. After all, there’s...
Elf-Sized Fun for the Family
“Watch out for glitter. It’s everywhere,” I was half-jokingly warned as I stepped onto the set of The Elf on the Shelf’s Magical Holiday...
Escape Room
When P.T. Barnum opened his museum in Lower Manhattan, he noticed that people were staying inside too long for his liking, so he posted...
