In early March, before the world halted, I was stopped in my tracks by a different but equally powerful influence. At Ro2, the small contemporary art gallery...

by Christopher Soden The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is the story of 12-year-old Esperanza Cordero, a daughter in a large Mexican America family...

by Cristee Cook In Mlima’s Tale by Lynn Nottage, an elder and revered African elephant (Mlima) is poached, and his beautiful tusks stolen. Referred to as a “...

By Christopher Soden Adaptation can be a harsh mistress, I suppose. Turning a novel into a stage piece. The task of distillation ( rather than summary ) amou...

by Cristee Cook Adapted by Shay Youngblood from the popular children’s book series, Amazing Grace, and Directed by Soul Rep Theatre Company Co-Artistic Direc...

On the outskirts of Deep Ellum, nestled between a building that houses a magic show and a small pub, there is a blue door, behind which is a new world. Stepp...

Alabaster by Audrey Cefaly, Kitchen Dog Theater's current offering, is enjoying a record-breaking 11-theatre run as part of the National New Play Network Rol...

When you walk into the performance space at The Core Theatre, you’ll feel like you’re in an artist’s studio. That was my first thought upon seeing Jim Finger...

By Adrian Cook If you don’t know about Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, you should; especially if you value art that is visceral and, this critic would dare say, u...

Paper Piel was featured as part of the 19th International Performance Festival, hosted by Teatro Dallas at the Latino Cultural Center. A collaboration betwe...

by Adrian Cook On Saturday, January 18, Dallas Art Beat had the privilege to attend the limited run of Fred Curchack’s one-man performance Stuff as Dreams Ar...

Ro2 Art, the contemporary fine arts gallery in Dallas’ Cedars Neighborhood is a concealed jewel. Founded in 2010 by Mother and Son partners Susan Roth Romans...

Lurking somewhere between the amusing and the hilarious, the clever and genuinely witty, the dining room and the insane asylum, you will find: Gold, Frankinc...

DOT by Colman Domingo, currently playing at Soul Rep Theatre Company, tells the story of the Shealy family at Christmas. The play highlights the family’s mat...

SWIMMING WHILE DROWNING by Emilio Rodriguez is currently enjoying its Dallas premiere at Cara Mia Theatre Co. The play tells the story of two LGBTQ youths, A...

Queen of Basel has a lot to say. A contemporary adaptation of August Strindberg's 1888 play, Miss Julie, Hilary Bettis' script has given a new voice to the s...

Jim Fingal’s been an intern at a prestigious magazine (The Believer ) for six months, when he gets word of a plum (if rigorous) assignment. Editor Emily Penr...

The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse, currently playing at Dallas’ Undermain Theatre, is funny, relatable, and a little bit exhausting. I intend for th...

I think I should say at the outset that this is not a typical review, because what Artstillery has created with The Generations of Adam isn't a typical theat...

The Danielle Georgiou Dance Group's, The Bippy Bobby Boo Show, is fantastic and weird in all the right ways. Directed and Choreographed by Danielle Georgiou ...