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What do the peacock and rock star have in common? Award-winning choreographer Trey McIntyre ponders this question as he sets 11 Houston Ballet male dancers loose onto the Wortham stage to dance-fight for the spotlight set to the music of David Bowie in…
Read MoreWhat: Kinder High School for the Performing & Visual Arts Encore 50 “Party in the Park” Where: Lott Hall at Hermann Park, Miller Outdoor Theater and Axelrad Beer Garden PC Moment: The evening began with a cocktail reception for HSPVA pa…
Read MoreFort Worth’s city lifting Bass Performance Hall is celebrating 25 years, having opened back on May 1, 1998. Officially named in honor of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass, it has held sway as the cultural center for performing arts in Fort Worth for a …
Read MoreGet ready for a hot Mean Girls summer, Texas, because the tour for the smash Broadway musical just landed in Dallas. In a few months, the show based on the iconic movie Tina Fey wrote will make its way to almost every major Lone Star State city. Includ…
Read MoreThe first rule of running a business? Know your audiences. When it comes to performing arts, those publics are many — employees, artists, new and experienced listeners, stakeholders, volunteers and patrons. Khori Dastoor arrived in Houston in last Augu…
Read MoreHouston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Kinder HSPVA) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with three major events, including a free concert and performance show at Miller Outdoor Theatre. The school’s Encore 50 e…
Read MoreEvery spring the contemporary dance world looks to Houston as the Dance Salad Festival brings the best of international dance to town. Though still perhaps known more across the globe than locally, the festival has become a Texas dance institution as i…
Read MoreAfter almost two years of darkened stages, we wouldn’t have blamed Houston theater companies if their first season back all featured fourth wall to wall feel good familiar fare. Perhaps several Sound of Musics and lots of manor house comedies and myste…
Read MoreSince 1941, Dallas Summer Musicals has debuted the best of Broadway on the stages of Fair Park, from launching the national tour of Annie Get Your Gun with Mary Martin to landing the exclusive Dallas rights to Hamilton in 2019. In addition to bringing …
Read MoreDance, unlike many artistic disciplines, exists only momentarily. While visual artists, composers and authors have the benefit of capturing their craft for future generations, choreographers create with the felt understanding that as a performance is p…
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