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Entries tagged with 'Fort Worth theater'Jaime Castaneda gets grantWord comes from Circle Theatre's Rose Pearson that TCU grad and director Jaime Castaneda has been singled out for yet another award, a TCG Leadership Grant. Jaime is definitely on the rise nationally. Let's hope he can still carve out... Dallas Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum Awards announcedEight crtics (plus one voting by proxy -- her new day job intervened) held our annual meeting at Martha Heimberg's amazing Craftsman-style Lakewood house to praise, cajole, bully and log-roll each other to come up with a list of honorees... Stage West announces New Play Competition winnersStage West just announced the winners of its 2009 New Play Competition. "Binge" by Thomas Ward (a Baylor prof) and "Certificate of Death" by Arlington's Walter Wykes share the top prize, with honorable mention to the late Steve Lovett's "Hopelessly... Stage West announces 2009-2010 season - heavy on the BritsStage West has been balancing American and British works pretty evenly since it re-established itself in its former home on Vickery in Fort Worth. The upcoming season, just announced, is heavy on works from across the pond, however. At least... Hip Pocket Theatre announces 2009 seasonThe Hip Pocket will be back in its larger (outdoor) space northwest of Fort Worth again this summer, we hear, after a season in which they had to move to a corner of the property because of some code issues.... More on flu closings -- or notFort Worth's Artes de la Rosa is cancelling its annual Cinco de Mayo Festival scheduled for Saturday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m.. They are still planning all other May events at the Rose Marine Theater including Latin Express on Friday,... Tommy Tune taps in CowtownBroadway star and director Tommy Tune will be in Fort Worth for National Top Dance Day at Arts Fifth Avenue, 1628 Fifth Ave., at 8 p.m. on Monday, May 25.... Summer Shakespeare cast lists announced for Fort WorthThe Trinity Shakespeare Festival at Texas Christian University will begin on June 9 and 10 with performances of Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night. The younger roles -- crucial in these plays, of course -- will be played by students.... Stage West announces third New Play CompetitionStage West is holding its third annual Texas Playwriting Competition, with entries due April 15. My former colleague Tom Sime won the first and got a staged reading for his script. (He's had eight in recent weeks in New York,... Ed Smith gets honorThis just in from Fort Worth's Jubilee Theatre: This year, the prestigious National Black Theatre Festival® will honor Jubilee Theatre Artistic Director Ed Smith with the festival's first annual Lloyd Richards' Director's Award. Smith is receiving this award because of... Circle Theatre announces seasonFort Worth's Circle Theatre announced today that it kicks off its 2009 season on March 19 with Yasmina Reza's Art. (Have to admit that it's not my favorite play.) Excerpts from the press release announcing the rest of the season... The Seafarer outtakeFor reasons of space (I presume!), the last two paragraphs of my review of The Seafarer at Stage West got cut down to one sentence. I originally wrote: For the first few scenes, it seems Huber is going to steal... Douglas Balentine found deadDouglas Balentine, who founded Fort Worth's Hip Pocket Theatre along with Johnny and Diane Simons, has died. According to an email from Ms. Simons, Mr. Balentine had gone camping and a Texas park ranger discovered the body three days ago.... THREE??? versions of the medieval mystery plays??? FOUR???Actually, if you go a few years back it's four. I loved WaterTower Theatre's holiday show, Beautiful Star, which is essentially a modern-dress adaptation of three stories from Genesis and the Christmas tale, as told in the York cycle of... Bad news and good news from AtlantaAtlanta's Theater of the Stars confirmed this afternoon that its touring production of Disney's Tarzan has been canceled. That's the one that the Dallas Summer Musicals has on its upcoming season...and DSM has already invested $250,000 in the show. Obviously... The Butterfly Connection opens new spaceThe Butterfly Connection, Fort Worth's experimental theater collective run by Adam Dietrich, opens a new development and rehearsal space with a party on Dec. 6. Here's a snippet from Adam's e-mail about the event: We will share an Opening Reception... Two-for-one Broadway at Bass HallFort Worth's Bass Performance Hall is offering seats for Neal Berg's 101 Years of Broadway buy-one-get-one-free. The event is next Monday, Nov. 24, at 8 p.m. Here's a link for tickets.... Stage West announces juicy 2009 seasonStage West just sent a press release announcing a particularly interesting season -- beginning with one of their "Jeeves" shows over Thanksgiving weekend. Especially enticing are Conor McPherson's latest drama, The Seafarer, and a revival of Alan Ayckbourn's three part... Casa Manana hires new president and executive producerCasa Manana has hired Wiliam (Wally) Jones as its new president and executive producer. Mr. Jones has most recently run the North Carolina Theatre -- which amassed a $2 million reserve under his leadership. The new boss will take the... Jaime Castaneda gets award, gets busy, postpones FireStarter showJaime Castaneda just won a Princess Grace award, which will enable him to spend the season that just started with the American Theater Company in Chicago. (He just directed a reading of a version of Blood Wedding he co-adapted there.)... |
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