Blues Breakers
When August Wilson’s scorching drama Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom made its New York debut in 1985, it was just the second non-musical show authored...
The Other Place: Catharsis
For the most part, contemporary audiences have lost their appetite for tragedy as an art form, not to mention the en masse sharing and...
Christmas Songs
If you think movies are guilty of recycling plots, you should take a look at opera. The art form has been borrowing stories since...
Fort Worth Opera Swings into Mozart
The plot for Mozart’s Così fan tutte could easily be mistaken for that of an ’80s sitcom. The maestro and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte...
The Healing Arts
Composed by Daniel Crozier with a libretto by Peter Krask, With Blood, With Ink poses a centuries-old question: Can art palliate human tragedy?
Many people...
Orlando Blooms
Although John Gray’s bestseller Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus was a pop culture phenomenon more than 22 years ago, its basic...
Hunting and Gathering: Rootless and Roofless
“How come all the jobs I can do are not the jobs that will pay me to live like an adult?!” angrily declares Ruth...
Tarrant County Live Theatre Awards
You always hear about people sacrificing their lives for their art, but what does that mean? “Sacrifice” might be a strong word, but the...
Cliburn at the Modern Goes High with Higdon
If only seeing world-renown composers perform was as easy as strolling to the neighborhood art museum. Last Saturday was one of those rare days.
Cliburn...
Voices, Arms Raised
For a small regional company with a modest budget, Texas Ballet Theater rarely ceases to amaze, producing performances that are grand and memorable. Since...
