By Jasmina Wellinghoff, editor — Writing about Joshua Harmon’s plays, commentator Alexandra Kennedy said: “Incisive, witty, satiric with plenty of heart, (his) plays deftly entwine the problematic and the comic.” She wrote that for a short essay in connection with the staging of Harmon’s piece Admissions at the Studio Theater in D.C. Few who have seen the play would argue …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — With a name like Nepantla, a company can expect a lot of questions about its name. And they are indeed frequent, acknowledged founder and artistic director Andrea Guajardo. So, she was ready to answer that query when we brought it up. The word is an Aztec term that translates to “the space in-between,” she explained. …
NEWS ROUNDUP Many of you will probably remember the Latino Laugh Festival of 25 years ago. It was entertaining and fun but it didn’t last. Now, some of the same folks, who were instrumental in making the old fest happen, are back with HA Comedy Festival, which will take place this weekend over three days, with more than 20 shows …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — Women artists seem to be on the mind of curators and museums lately. Artpace is devoting 2020 to female artists, and the San Antonio Museum of Art is currently making a big statement with Texas Women: A New History of Abstract Art, the first substantial exhibit of Texas female artists who have embraced the non-representational …
By RUDY ARISPE, Contributor In Sarah Shore’s small, ceramic sculpture, “On the Shelf,” a delicate figure of an aging senorita, is making a statement. No longer pursued by suitors, she is still putting her best foot forward, still hoping that she will be noticed Her dark hair, a bun on each side, is more gray than black; her posture is …
News Roundup We first want to tell you about the wonderful concert opera, The Capulets and the Montagues that Opera San Antonio is presenting this weekend. A concert opera is pretty much what the name implies: an opera sung with musical accompaniment but without sets, costumes and the mass scenes of market places, battles, castles, balls, etc. The opera that …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — So, how does it feel to be Juliet, the iconic fictional heroine that the whole world knows and loves? That was our first question for ballerina Sofie Bertolini, who will portray Juliet in this weekend’s Ballet San Antonio production of Romeo and Juliet. “Honestly, it’s such an honor! It’s the most fulfilling female role for …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Romeo and Juliet, the best-known fictional lovers of literature and stage, will be among us again this weekend in Opera San Antonio’s production of The Capulets and the Montagues, an opera composed by Vincenzo Bellini and first performed in 1830. Also known by its Italian title, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, the work has been sort …
-NEWS ROUNDUP- The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo is back, which means it’s time to pull out those boots from the back of the closet and celebrate one of Texas’ greatest traditions. For music lovers of all ages, the rodeo once again offers a strong lineup of country and rock artists, and for those looking for great date night …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — A key character in Nilo Cruz’s play, Anna in the Tropics, explains that he reads Tolstoy’s novels because “Tolstoy understand humanity like no other writer does.” Few would quarrel with that statement, but Cruz, who put that sentence in the mouth of his character, also built the entire play around the idea that a masterfully …
