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...
Building Upon a Rich Legacy
Visiting her grandparents in Graham, Texas, in the 1980s, Angela Turner Wilson said they would all take road trips to Fort Worth to shop...
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...
