The National New Play Network — an alliance of non-profit theaters that champions new plays — will produce six of them that have been selected for staged readings at NNPN’s National Showcase to be hosted in December in Atlanta. (The seven-year-old festival rotates to different theaters/cities — so far, it’s showcased 80 plays, 40 of [...]

IN WITH THE NEW: In a few hours, a ground-breaking ceremony will be held for the new Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Victory Park (check back here later this afternoon for a report). A lot has been made of architect Thom Mayne’s $185 million building, but for all the fancy design, the most [...]

The Nasher Sculpture Center has announced its 2010 NasherSALON Speaker Series. The series has previously featured such artists as authors John Updike and Larry McMurtry, choreographer Twyla Tharp, chef Wolfgang Puck and singer-songwriter Art Garfunkel.
This next year’s series will feature actor-director Robert Duvall (Jan. 21), actress-model Lauren Bacall (March 11), singer Gladys Knight (June 17), [...]

Did you catch Saturday night’s one-off performance of Hip-Hop Broadway at the Winspear Opera House? If you did, it’s a safe bet your still humming along to Jennifer Holliday’s rendition of her signature song, “And I’m Telling You,” from Dreamgirls.

Casa Manana sends word today that Harvey Fierstein will replace Chaim Topol as Tevye in the tour production of Fiddler on the Roof coming to Bass Hall in the spring. Fierstein played the role in the recent Broadway production. He’ll be taking time away from polishing his FOUR Tonys to come to Forth Worth March [...]

FWO VIDEOS: On Thursday, I got an e-mail with a link to a special video message from Fort Worth Opera General Director Darren K. Woods. It’s a nice enough video of Woods thanking fans of the opera for making this season a special one and letting us know that the organization finished the year with [...]

NEW KIDS IN TOWN: Welcome to the stage Fort Worth’s Forum Theatre Company. The new outfit performs its first show, The Diary of Anne Frank, this week at Will Rogers Auditorium and will continue to focus on youth programming using teenage actors. “I think we all realized the need for this in Fort Worth,” Forum [...]

LOOKING SOUTH OUT WEST: Fort Worth is about to get its Latin Music fix with a pair of festivals specializing in the music of Central and South America. TCU’s Latin American Music Festival begins on Friday, which will be followed by Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Music Director Miguel Harth-Bedoya’s Caminos del Inka series the following [...]

When programming was announced way back in the summer for the Winspear Opera House, one of the shows that perked up people’s ears was Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays.

At the moment, because performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and rehearsals for A Christmas Carol are overlapping, the Dallas Theater Center is currently employing 39 actors.
And all of them seem to be local.