By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – The San Antonio Symphony is marking a couple of important anniversaries this year: its 80th season and the 10th and last season for its celebrated music director Sebastian Lang-Lessing. Fittingly, Lang-Lessing will conduct the orchestra in the season opener featuring Gustav Mahler’s Symphonie No. 2 in C Minor, Resurrection.  The orchestra played the same symphony …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Nowadays, many stage directors try to present classical theatrical works in contemporary setting to make them somehow more relevant, but E. Loren Meeker had no desire to go in that direction with her current staging of Giacomo Puccini’s opera Tosca, produced by Opera San Antonio. The show will premiere Thursday at the Tobin Center for …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – The beloved nanny, Mary Poppins, is paying a longish visit to San Antonio and you’ll be able to spend time with her at the Public Theater of San Antonio from Sept. 13 through October 13. And, yes, she will be flying and performing her usual magic, plus singing and dancing, and helping the Banks family …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Stepping into the iconic roles of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet must be a huge challenge for most young actors, but Josh Davis and Alyx Gonzales don’t seem too intimidated. The two will portray the world’s most famous star-crossed lovers in the Classic Theater of San Antonio’s season opener Romeo and Juliet, which premieres Friday, Sept. …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – ARTS SA’s 2019-20 Season is varied and interesting. How do you choose what you’ll be presenting? We have an ongoing conversation with the staff and the board and our subscribers about the selection of artists to present, and that conversation is in the context of us not wanting to replicate what others in the city …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – You have been interim executive director and executive artistic director here at Gemini Ink for about a year-and-a-half. How has it been for you and what goals have you set for yourself and the organization? The first year as executive director is a huge learning curve because you are getting more of an overall sense …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Casting for the Woodlawn’s Theater’s new production of Dreamgirls was a bit challenging, acknowledges director Tim Hedgepeth, who is a fan of the beloved 1981 musical inspired by the story of the 1960s popular girl group The Supremes. “First, the lead actresses must have a special strength in their vocal range and the show requires …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Next time you visit the McNay Art Museum, don’t rush right away to see what’s in the galleries. Take a few minutes to examine the transformation of the AT&T Lobby, a transformation accomplished by artist Aaron Curry, a San Antonio native who now lives and works in Los Angeles. Even though he grew up in …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Artist Richard Arredondo has deep roots in Texas soil. His great-great grandmother was born in this area in 1823, he says proudly, and he is a devout Roman Catholic who at one point in his life considered becoming a priest. So, it seemed only natural for him to choose the historic San Antonio Missions as …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Named the Cultural Connections season, ARTS San Antonio’s 2019-20 lineup includes performers from around the globe, from the beloved Peking Acrobats and the Vienna Choir Boys to flamenco phenom Farruquito and the new tenor-power group, The Four Italian Tenors. Vocal and instrumental music, jazz and classical, theater, ballet, acrobatics and magic – it’s all there. …