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Never has the phrase “The show must go on” been interpreted more creatively than during the COVID-19 pandemic. The curtain may be down and marquees dark, but social media is the new stage for theater companies seeking to engage audiences more personall…
Read MoreWith so much time on our hands (not to mention lack of sleep) during COVID-19 social distancing, I have turned from reading merely emails, Instagram, Vogue and Town & Country to pouring over crime stories and great writing. But I have had my fill o…
Read MoreAll across America as performance spaces have gone dark, performing companies and theaters have begun searching for ways to continue to bring some much needed art into our lives. In Texas, two Tony Award winning theater companies, the Alley Theatre and…
Read MoreDisplaying a large dose of 21st century ingenuity, the Alley Theatre, dark due to the coronavirus, has come up with a plan for ticket holders to still view the highly anticipated production of 1984 by employing a form of distribution that could only b…
Read MoreFort Worth’s performing arts scene is among the very best in the state. This city of 875,000 is full of sophisticated worthy options for a night out. After all, life and culture are both best experienced. Here is your March hot list: Cliburn Debu…
Read MoreCirque du Soleil is likely the only performing arts company in the world where the statements: If you’ve seen one show, you’ve seen them all and if you’ve seen one show, you want to see them all, both remain true. Yes, most Cirque productions have a fo…
Read MoreMy first introduction to Cirque du Soleil was Nouvelle Experiènce, staged under the biggest tent I’d ever seen, pitched just outside the Mirage in Las Vegas. (Siegfried & Roy’s white tigers were in the indoor theater back then.) It’s hard to believ…
Read MoreThe women who have been featured in my monthly Bomb column have all been inspirational. Many have raised millions of dollars to make our community better through social services and the arts. Others have been powerful business leaders, and often rose t…
Read MoreOn stage, war stories are about as ancient as drama itself, but peace stories, those tales of the rages and sacrifices that a lasting truce between enemies requires, that drama rarely finds its place in the theater spotlight. So leave it to Lawrence Wr…
Read MoreAs opera enthusiasts cast their votes for the Audience Choice Award in Houston Grand Opera’s annual Concert of Arias, the professional judges contemplated who would win the coveted $10,000 award and a slot in the HGO Studio. For opera fans, this …
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