by Mark Richter | Mar 21, 2019 | News and Previews, Performing Arts
Musical theater fans rejoice, the perennial favorite “Fiddler on the Roof” is coming to the Majestic, March 26- March 31, as part of the North Park Lexus Broadway in San Antonio Series. The beloved theatrical classic from Tony Award-winner Joseph Stein, and...
by Jasmina Wellinghoff | Aug 28, 2017 | News and Previews
When Verdi and Shakespeare combine their respective talents in a dramatic work, the result has to be a masterpiece, right? Though the two great men lived in different centuries, the 19th century Italian opera composer was inspired by the Bard’s play Macbeth to write...
by Jasmina Wellinghoff | Aug 20, 2017 | News and Previews
Federico Garcia Lorca had a short life but left behind a body of work that assured a place for him in Spanish, as well as world literature and theater. His best-known plays, such as Blood Wedding and The House of Bernarda Alba are still produced today all over Europe...
by Jasmina Wellinghoff | Aug 4, 2017 | News and Previews
SOUTH TEXAS LEGENDS COME TO LIFE IN PLAY Have you ever heard of the Donkey Lady who haunts a forlorn bridge on the southern edge of Bexar County? Or of Big Bird? No, not the Sesame Street character but a huge, strange bird that provoked fear and concern in the Rio...
by Jasmina Wellinghoff | Aug 2, 2017 | News and Previews
THE 23th SAN ANTONIO FILM FESTIVAL IS IN FULL SWING By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF Arts Editor For years, the San Antonio Film Festival had a relatively low profile but that is changing. Though the budget is still modest compared to, say, the Austin fest, there is more to see...
by pixeladmin | Jul 20, 2017 | News and Previews
H-E-B helps found new nonprofit to take over San Antonio Symphony The Symphony Society of San Antonio, founded in 1939 by first conductor Max Reiter, will cease to operate the San Antonio Symphony as of Sept. 1. More at mysa.com Photo: Edward A. Ornelas /San...
