Event and performance schedules and information
for theater, dance, classical music, opera and
more in Dallas, Fort Worth and all North Texas

Jaap van Zweden, conductor

Alexander Kerr, violin

Sarah Joy Miller, soprano

John Osborn, tenor

Michael Todd Simpson, baritone

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Chorus, Joshua Habermann, director

• Barber: Violin Concerto
• Orff: Carmina Burana

Jaap van Zweden propels the heady musical celebration of fate, fortune, life and love with the Dallas Symphony Chorus, and co-Concertmaster Nathan Olson performs Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3.

A romanticized account of the real story about the 1928 marriage of W.E.B. Du Bois's daughter Yolande to one of Harlem's most celebrated poets, Countee Cullen. The marriage was said to have marked the height of the Harlem Renaissance as it created a soical celebration around the perfect union of black talent and beauty. Secrets are revealed and truths come to light as we discover the scandal that rocked the renaissance.

When Cass discovers a shockingly dirty little secret in her husband's sweater drawer, our heroine has no choice but to flee to the honeymoon capital of the world in a frantic search for the life she thinks she’s missed out on. It’s a wild ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel of laughs as Cass embarks on a journey of self-discovery that has her crossing paths with a blithely suicidal alcoholic, a lonely tour-boat captain, a pair of bickering private detectives, and a strange caper involving a gargantuan jar of peanut butter, all of which pushes her perilously close to the water's edge in this hilarious tragicomedy of marital discord run amok. Directed by Mikey Abrams.

The Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will take place May 24-June 9, 2013, at Fort Worth's Bass Performance Hall and will welcome 30 of the world's finest young pianists to Texas. Continuing its longstanding commitment to new music, the Cliburn has selected composer Christopher Theofanidis to write the commissioned work that will be performed by all competitors during the Semifinal Round. Additionally, the Competition has been dedicated to showcasing both the extraordinary talent of its competitors in recital performance as well as their ability to collaborate with other musicians.

The Fourteenth Competition will mark the first Cliburn appearance by the world-renowned Brentano String Quartet performing a piano quintet with each of the 12 semifinalists. The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, which has appeared at
every Cliburn Competition, will perform two concerti with each of the six finalists, under the baton of Maestro Leonard Slatkin for the first time.

Maestro John Giordano will serve as chairman of the jury for his eleventh competition since assuming the post in 1973.

Complete schedule is here.

Preliminary Rounds, May 24-30

• 11am-1:30pm
• 3pm-5:30pm
• 7:30pm-10:10pm

Semifinal Rounds, June 1-4

• 1:30pm-4:30pm
• 7:30pm-10:30pm

Final Rounds

• 7:30 p.m. June 7
• 7:30 p.m. June 8
• 3 p.m. June 9

Awards Ceremony

• 7 p.m. June 9

August Wilson's Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a former baseball play.

A man and a woman wake up to find themselves trapped in a room with no memory of how they got there or who they are.  As they push each other to piece the past together moment by moment, they struggle to understand how they managed to lose their daughter as well as their own identities.  In this story about living in every moment, Octavio Solis' characters take us on a turbulent journey that examines what it means to defy expectations and to become better than fate and circumstance have determined we should be.

Part of the 2013 New Works Festival.

In GOOD NUTS, it is another typical day, in a typical office.  The manager, salesman, and receptionist open the office, and begin their usual day in their usual way.  However, today is slightly different. First, a new employee has been hired, a worker.  Someone to do all the little jobs and "dirty" work in and around the office.  Second, the employees receive word that the President of the company is coming for a surprise inspection, and has a special request upon his arrival. These two events set in motion the crazy, absurdist comedy, GOOD NUTS. Relying on absurdist styles and physical comedy, GOOD NUTS explores the state of jobs, the economy, and employee/boss relations in America today.  Are we meant to work our lives away in small cubicle offices? How much are we willing to take at our jobs in order not to be unemployed?  And what are good nuts?  A new hilarious comedy from the Ochre House, sure to make your sides split with laughter, and maybe even think a little bit too.

Masked tells the story of a fictional vaudeville & film star known as the first black actor to become a millionaire. Enveloped in Hollywood’s idea of being black, the legendary artist, Jarvis Blake, struggles to find his true identity. Criticized by his own race and marginalized by others, this one night in 1963, hear his story, his way, uncensored and uncut. One person speaks the voices of many in this unique and powerful theatre experience. Come join us for a night of storytelling, songs and laughter that you won’t soon forget!