On the Brink
The health of a city’s performing arts scene can broadly be measured by how well its orchestra is funded. Managing the large ensembles requires...
Gorgeous María
The Fort Worth Opera Festival kicked off last Friday with a ravishing performance.
The first time María de Buenos Aires appeared in Fort Worth, it...
Fort Worth Opera’s Brief Encounters Shine
Fort Worth audiences have come to expect contemporary opera selections as an almost accepted part of the company’s annual music festival. They’ve also come...
Seeing Red
What’s not black or white but splattering red all over Maverick territory? At Theatre Arlington, John Lang’s Tony-Award winning Red has been distilled for...
Standing “O”-vation
Some women are better potty mouths than others. In Stage West’s latest, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit...
The Little Trio
The rehearsal abruptly paused.
“Does it feel like we’re dragging?” soprano Allison Stanford asked.
“Yes!” pianist Cheryl Lemmons and clarinettist Leslie “Pinkie” Simmons collectively replied.
The trio,...
Drenched in Pathos
Emotional release raineth all over the stage at Circle Theatre, where the company ushers in its 37th season with newly named executive director Tim...
Conducting Virtuosity
The 52-year-old Fort Worth Youth Orchestra has played an active role in sending many classical musicians’ careers into orbit, including that of TCU violin...
White Christmas: Winter Wonderland
Only a few thousand Texans caught a glimpse of the snow showers that fell in November. Irving Berlin’s White Christmas debuted at Bass Performance...
Life Sucks: Heavy Levity
Watching Russian drama can sometimes feel like lead weights dragging you to the bottom of a dark sea floor. The deeper you sink, the...
