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OUR TAKES ON THEATER, DANCE, MUSIC AND OPERA

Classy, cohesive and cry-worthy all describe Epiphany DanceArts Valentine's production "Dawn" - A Love Story at... read more

Costa Rican native Elia Arce opened the Teatro Dallas International Theater Festival on Friday with her performance art... read more

"Bridge" is one of those nouns that makes for handy metaphors, both negative and positive. People build, cross and burn bridges all the time, without having... read more

Humor can be cathartic, breaking boundaries and releasing pent-up emotion in a relentless surge. It can slide in swift and circuitous like a boxer, pulling... read more

In a time of growing absolutism, it can sometimes be difficult to remember that life isn't a series of extremes. Rather, it's more about the... read more

It's a little hard to take the folks behind Riverdance seriously when they label this tour as their farewell. It's like when... read more

To the cry of "bring out your dead," one thing you can't bring out is the touring production of Monty Python's... read more

In a Saturday afternoon recital that was the result of years of planning and commissioning, pianist Anthony de Mare opened... read more

There's nothing quite as macho and testosterone-drenched as a men's locker room. But there's another side to that coin people who have not... read more

Somewhere in Would You Like Guys With That? A McTolerant One-Man Show, one of queer performance artist John Michael's... read more

In spring, a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love. In February, a young man's thoughts turn to fancy…valentines. Or, rather, lack... read more

Who was Yma Sumac and what did she have to do with the clarinet?  

This question was resoundingly answered on Friday evening at Fort Worth's... read more

How bad is bad? Moderately bad? Seriously bad? Jumbo bad? How about tear-your-hair-out-and-scream-bad?

Yes, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's... read more

Circle Theatre's production of Kathleen Clark's Secrets of a Soccer Mom begins... read more

The Dallas Symphony turned in another excellent performance on Thursday evening under the increasingly fine ministrations of Musical Director... read more

Alek­sey Igudes­man and Hyung-ki Joo are a piano and violin duo. That simple statement is deceptive. Actually, they are two outrageous clowns whose... read more

Traditionally theater performance is just thought of as plays and musicals and the like, but it can take on many forms. One of those being a motivational... read more

Emanuel Borok, the recently retired Concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, recently performed in San Antonio, and we happened... read more

A "coyote" can refer to someone who smuggles people across the border. Sometimes the border is a line like a river or a fence. Sometimes that border... read more

Everyone knows that person. The curmudgeon. The person who takes issue with just about everything in life and often screams their displeasure from the... read more