Art

Waltzing A World Without Collisions
By Alexandra Bonifield
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Theater Review
The African American Repertory Theater presents South African playwright Athol Fugard’s Master Harold…and the Boys.

A Magic Stage for a Singer’s Hall
By Peter Simek
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Music Review
I watched a long line of individuals descending against the red-faced hall. The clumped mass became its own architectural feature, an undulating line, a human necklace draped around the ruby vessel that held its amusement, its art.

Down To the Wire
By Peter Simek
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Conversation
Opening the Winspear Opera House wouldn’t be easy. Stage director Tim Albery explains the thrills and frustrations of pulling off the inaugural performance, Otello.

All Eyes on the Maestro
By Peter Simek
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Music Review
After committing to an additional four years at the head of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jaap Van Zweden got back to the music, with a program featuring Prokofiev, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Rudolf Escher that will be performed through October 25.

Staring Into the Abyss
By Joan Arbery
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Theater Review
Rabbit Hole at Contemporary Theatre of Dallas

Coca-Cola Commies
By Peter Simek
Posted in Art, Film, Reviews
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Film Review
Dipping into the ideas that fueled the turbulent years following 1968, Der Baader Meinhof Complex uses the past to bolster the myth of the Che Guevara t-shirt.

Locked Down in the Wyly, Playmaking
By Peter Simek
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Conversation
A week before the opening of the Dallas Theater Center’s season at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theater, Renegade Bus’ Peter Simek sits in the theater’s third row with Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty to discuss the preparations for the highly anticipated opening night.

Guerilla Hope
By Joshua Goode
Posted in Art, Feature 2, Ideas, Visual Art
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There was a major opening this weekend that could have a huge impact on this city’s art scene, writes Joshua Goode. It happened in a 5,000 square foot dilapidated building off Haskell.

Buildings that Breathe
By Joan Arbery
Posted in Architecture, Art, Reviews
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The Nasher Sculpture Garden helps put the new Winspear Opera House into context of a career with the Norman Foster retrospective, “Art and Architecture of Norman Foster.”

‘This is a Much Bigger Story Than the Arts’
By Peter Simek
Posted in Art, Feature 1, Ideas
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Conversation
In part two of his conversation with Renegade Bus’ Peter Simek, AT&T Performing Arts Center CEO Mark Nerenhausen explains how the Arts District transcends its role as a home for great art.