Features
Q&As, PROFILES AND STORIES

Showing page 2 of 10

<< Previous 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10 Next >>

Taking a Ride with FrankenMatt

The improv duo Frank Caeti and Matt Craig talk about working together and headlining the Dallas Comedy Festival.

by Amy Martin
published Thursday, March 29, 2012

Comedy duos tend to evoke the straight man/funny man format, from Laurel and Hardy to the Smothers Brothers to Cheech & Chong. All chemistry and repartee.

Then... read more

photo: Gittings

The Passion of the Choral Director

Joshua Habermann, director of the Dallas Symphony Chorus, discusses Bach's St. Matthew Passion, which the DSO performs this weekend.

by Gregory Sullivan Isaacs
published Thursday, March 29, 2012

Bach's monumental choral work, The Passion According to St. Matthew, is a staple in most of Europe's performance venues around this... read more

photo: Oliver Luke

Adapting The Grapes of Wrath

Why Artes de la Rosa's Adam Adolfo decided to stage John Steinbeck's epic novel using only 10 actors.

by Alexandra Bonifield
published Wednesday, March 28, 2012

1 comment

It's not easy to imagine John Steinbeck's 1939 National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning 619-page novel The Grapes of Wrath... read more

Keeping the Laughs in Dallas

Aaron Aryanpur and Paul Varghese, two of North Texas' leading stand-ups, on the advantages of being based here. They kick off the Dallas Comedy Festival tonight.

by Amy Martin
published Tuesday, March 27, 2012

1 comment

The two current reigning stand-up comics in North Texas are an interesting pair: The rock-steady family man Aaron Aryanpur, who ponders... read more

photo: Robert Hart

A New Dance for a New You

New York choreographer Shen Wei, a Meadows Prize winner, creates a work for Southern Methodist University's dance students.

by Margaret Putnam
published Tuesday, March 27, 2012

On the large, square studio, a dancer flips her leg in a circle, drops, crawls, and rolls back up, always moving in a linear pattern from one edge of the... read more

photo: Kayven.com

Teresa Espinosa Headlines Dance Planet

The choreographer and Booker T. graduate, who has worked with Janet Jackson, Rihanna and others, is the big name at next weekend's two-day free dance festival.

by Emily Trube
published Sunday, March 25, 2012

Dance Planet, now in its 16th year and formerly called Dance for the Planet, is the oldest and largest free dance festival in... read more

photo: Robert Hart

Living Life Through Laughter

Comedian Ron White, who performs at the Majestic Theatre this weekend, on taking comedy as the path of least resistance.

by Amy Martin
published Friday, March 23, 2012

Any kid with a yen for performing, coming from Oklahoma or the northern half of Texas, will end up in Dallas someday, the big city on the prairie. Back... read more

photo: Jeffrey Stock

The Beat Goes On

Leonard Bernstein's daughter, Jamie, narrates a children's piece for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's Family Series.

by Gregory Sullivan Isaacs
published Thursday, March 22, 2012

When your father was conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein and your mother was Chilean actress Felicia Cohn Montealegre, the genetic material for... read more

photo: Courtesy

Lea Salonga Hears the People Sing

The Tony-winning actress, who'll appear in Do You Hear the People Sing at American Airlines Center on Friday, on making the arts more accessible.

by Mark Lowry
published Wednesday, March 21, 2012

1 comment

On Friday, the Dallas POPS brings an unprecedented musical theater event to town: Do You Hear the People Sing, a tribute... read more

photo: Jamie Jung

From Corn Flakes to Cello

Rising cellist Alisa Weilerstein, performing with the Fort Worth Symphony this weekend, on performing the Elgar Cello Concerto.

by Gregory Sullivan Isaacs
published Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The usual parade of violinists and pianists playing concerti with the Fort Worth Symphony will get a refreshing break this weekend when... read more

photo: Robert Hart

Theater Meets Film in Midwest

Film director and stage/film actor Eric Steele, who helps run the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff, talks about his Midwest Trilogy at Second Thought Theatre.

by Mark Lowry
published Tuesday, March 20, 2012

As a kid, Eric Steele would have his friends over, put them in costumes and film them in short films with his parents' Beta camera. "My poor sister... read more

photo: Courtesy

Playing Mom, Onstage and Off

Actress Emily Gray, who stars in Dallas Children's Theater's Anne of Green Gables, on juggling her acting career with motherhood.

by Mark Lowry
published Monday, March 19, 2012

British-born, Dallas-based actress Emily Gray is well known in the theater community. She and her husband Matthew Gray co-founded and... read more

photo: Karen Almond/The Dallas Opera

Video: To The Lighthouse, Part 6

Next in our series of videos from the Dallas Opera and Dallas Theater Center's co-production of The Lighthouse: How technology helps the conductor keep up with the performers.

by Emily Trube
published Saturday, March 17, 2012

In cartoons, opera singers are always portrayed as standing at the edge of the stage and singing out to the audience. That’s a characterization of... read more

photo: Karen Almond/The Dallas Opera

Video: To The Lighthouse, Part 7

Next in our series of videos from the Dallas Opera and Dallas Theater Center's co-production of The Lighthouse: Interviews from opening night.

by Emily Trube
published Saturday, March 17, 2012

Here's the finale of our seven-part video series on Dallas Opera and Dallas Theater Center’s joint production of Peter Maxwell Davies' The... read more

photo: Karen Almond/The Dallas Opera

Video: To The Lighthouse, Part 5

Next in our series of videos from the Dallas Opera and Dallas Theater Center's co-production of The Lighthouse: Video from dress rehearsal.

by Emily Trube
published Friday, March 16, 2012

Peter Maxwell Davies' contemporary opera The Lighthouse opens tonight, and runs this weekend only.

This production is a first for both... read more

photo: M. Sharkey Photography

Have Gunn, Will Travel

Baritone Nathan Gunn talks about recitals, singing Tom Waits and his strangest opera experience. It involves pizza.

by Gregory Sullivan Isaacs
published Friday, March 16, 2012

Cliburn Concert had a problem. Superstar soprano Deborah Voigt was all set to make a much-anticipated Bass Performance Hall debut in a recital as part... read more

photo: Emily Trube

Video: To The Lighthouse, Part 4

Next in our series of videos from the Dallas Opera and Dallas Theater Center's co-production of The Lighthouse: The tricks of putting water onstage.

by Emily Trube
published Thursday, March 15, 2012

The centerpiece of The Lighthouse is, not surprisingly, a lighthouse. Technical director for the Dallas Opera Drew Field describes as the fourth... read more

Video: To The Lighthouse, Part 3

Next in our series of videos from the Dallas Opera and Dallas Theater Center's co-production of The Lighthouse: Discussing Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' music.

by Emily Trube
published Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Peter Maxwell Davies' The Lighthouse is a ghost story based on an actual event. The contemporary chamber opera, first performed in 1980,... read more

photo: Robert Hart

Video: Lin-Manuel Miranda

The Tony-winning composer, lyricist and actor on his musical In the Heights, what he learned from Sondheim—and what Sondheim learned from him.

by Mark Lowry
published Tuesday, March 13, 2012

If you missed Lin-Manuel Miranda when he appeared in the Nasher Sculpture Center's NasherSALON last week, then you missed out... read more

Video: To The Lighthouse, Part 2

Next in our series of videos from the Dallas Opera and Dallas Theater Center's co-production of The Lighthouse: Discussing modern opera and trends for performers.

by Emily Trube
published Tuesday, March 13, 2012

The process of casting an opera has been undergoing a metamorphosis over the past 30 years. More emphasis is now put on what the singer looks like and... read more

Showing page 2 of 10

<< Previous 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10 Next >>

FeaturesQ&As, PROFILES AND STORIES

Taking a Ride with FrankenMatt

The improv duo Frank Caeti and Matt Craig talk about working together and headlining the Dallas Comedy Festival.

The Passion of the Choral Director

Joshua Habermann, director of the Dallas Symphony Chorus, discusses Bach's St. Matthew Passion, which the DSO performs this weekend.

Adapting The Grapes of Wrath

Why Artes de la Rosa's Adam Adolfo decided to stage John Steinbeck's epic novel using only 10 actors.

Keeping the Laughs in Dallas

Aaron Aryanpur and Paul Varghese, two of North Texas' leading stand-ups, on the advantages of being based here. They kick off the Dallas Comedy Festival tonight.

A New Dance for a New You

New York choreographer Shen Wei, a Meadows Prize winner, creates a work for Southern Methodist University's dance students.

Teresa Espinosa Headlines Dance Planet

The choreographer and Booker T. graduate, who has worked with Janet Jackson, Rihanna and others, is the big name at next weekend's two-day free dance festival.

Living Life Through Laughter

Comedian Ron White, who performs at the Majestic Theatre this weekend, on taking comedy as the path of least resistance.

The Beat Goes On

Leonard Bernstein's daughter, Jamie, narrates a children's piece for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's Family Series.

Lea Salonga Hears the People Sing

The Tony-winning actress, who'll appear in Do You Hear the People Sing at American Airlines Center on Friday, on making the arts more accessible.

From Corn Flakes to Cello

Rising cellist Alisa Weilerstein, performing with the Fort Worth Symphony this weekend, on performing the Elgar Cello Concerto.

Theater Meets Film in Midwest

Film director and stage/film actor Eric Steele, who helps run the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff, talks about his Midwest Trilogy at Second Thought Theatre.

Playing Mom, Onstage and Off

Actress Emily Gray, who stars in Dallas Children's Theater's Anne of Green Gables, on juggling her acting career with motherhood.

Video: To The Lighthouse, Part 6

Next in our series of videos from the Dallas Opera and Dallas Theater Center's co-production of The Lighthouse: How technology helps the conductor keep up with the performers.

Video: To The Lighthouse, Part 7

Next in our series of videos from the Dallas Opera and Dallas Theater Center's co-production of The Lighthouse: Interviews from opening night.

Video: To The Lighthouse, Part 5

Next in our series of videos from the Dallas Opera and Dallas Theater Center's co-production of The Lighthouse: Video from dress rehearsal.

Have Gunn, Will Travel

Baritone Nathan Gunn talks about recitals, singing Tom Waits and his strangest opera experience. It involves pizza.

Video: To The Lighthouse, Part 4

Next in our series of videos from the Dallas Opera and Dallas Theater Center's co-production of The Lighthouse: The tricks of putting water onstage.

Video: To The Lighthouse, Part 3

Next in our series of videos from the Dallas Opera and Dallas Theater Center's co-production of The Lighthouse: Discussing Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' music.

Video: Lin-Manuel Miranda

The Tony-winning composer, lyricist and actor on his musical In the Heights, what he learned from Sondheim—and what Sondheim learned from him.

Video: To The Lighthouse, Part 2

Next in our series of videos from the Dallas Opera and Dallas Theater Center's co-production of The Lighthouse: Discussing modern opera and trends for performers.

Features
Q&As, PROFILES AND STORIES