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Joanie Schultz, WaterTower Theatre’s new artistic director, aimed for a diverse and authentic cast for her first show as a director here, the hot-button play-with-music ‘Hit the Wall.’ (Photo courtesy Karen Almond)

Joanie Schultz, WaterTower Theatre’s new artistic director, aimed for a diverse and authentic cast for her first show as a director here, the hot-button play-with-music ‘Hit the Wall.’ (Photo: Karen Almond)

  • About six months ago, Joanie Schultz became the  new artistic director at WaterTower Theatre. The first decision she made was changing  the company’s season opener from “Sunday in the Park with George,” a mainstream Sondheim musical, to “Hit The Wall,” a raucous off-Broadway show about the origins of the gay rights movement. As part of  Art&Seek’s weekly look at the State of the Arts in North Texas, Anne Bothwell talked to Schultz about stirring things up in Addison.

  • One of the highest-grossing films of the summer — “Wonder Woman” — was made by a woman, Patty Jenkins. And this month, an entire festival of movies made by women is coming to Dallas. This week “The Big Screen” team previews the Women Texas Film Festival with artistic director Justina Walford.

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Cora Cardona (Mary Collins Agency)

Cora Cardona (Mary Collins Agency)

What We’re Reading

Dallas film lovers have visited Sam Wade's Premiere Video for decades. Now that it has closed, where will they go?

Dallas film lovers have visited Sam Wade’s Premiere Video for decades. Now that it has closed, where will they go?

What We’re Listening To

Photo from Doug Aitken’s "The World"

Photo from Doug Aitken’s “The World”

  • Hurray For The Riff Raff, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2017 (NPR)


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