Theater
May 31, 1979
They Must Pay the Rent!
Melodrama Theatres in Austin and San Antonio keep the popcorn flying. Coward and Shaw play Dallas and Houston.
Contributors
W. L. Taitte
143 Articles
Classical Music|
May 31, 1979
Boys Will be Sopranos
And, if they’re the Texas Boys Choir, pretty good ones at that. San Antonio opera gets an overhaul.
By W. L. Taitte
Theater|
April 30, 1979
This Little Play Goes to Market
Dallas Theater Center’s third Playmarket offers a crop of fresh plays. Plus, short musings on other Texas treasures.
By W. L. Taitte
Classical Music|
April 30, 1979
A Fright At The Opera
Houston Grand Opera took the sugar out of La Traviata. Fort Worth Symphony’s John Giordano does modern music Rite.
By W. L. Taitte
Theater|
April 1, 1979
Artichoke Season
The Alley turns Artichoke into candy. Whorehouse comes to Texas, where it belongs. The audience talks back to Women and Men.
By W. L. Taitte
Dining Out|
April 1, 1979
If You Knew Sushi
Good-bye, tacos. Hello, sukiyaki. A few restaurants are showing Texans the art of Japanese cooking.
By W. L. Taitte
Classical Music|
April 1, 1979
Pitched on Bach
J. S. Bach thrives in San Antonio and Fort Worth. Austin’s Dickran Atamian proves he’s a better pianist than entrepreneur.
By W. L. Taitte
Theater|
March 1, 1979
See No Evil
Dallas Theater Center welcomes Nazis to its stage. Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars turns Dickens into a funky musical.
By W. L. Taitte
Classical Music|
March 1, 1979
Who Needs Jones Hall?
Austin and Corpus Christi like their symphony orchestras just fine, thank you. Texas Opera Theater tries to break the language barrier.
By W. L. Taitte
Theater|
February 1, 1979
No Means for the End
Theatre Three in Dallas went out on a limb with their production of Happy End. Oops.
By W. L. Taitte
Classical Music|
February 1, 1979
Out with a Bang
‘Twas the season to see Dallas Civic Opera.
By W. L. Taitte
Theater|
January 1, 1979
Power to the Little People
Why can’t grown-up theater be as good as children’s?
By W. L. Taitte
Dining In|
January 1, 1979
Coup de Foie Gras
French chefs are revolting against classical cuisine, and some of their new creations are definitely revolting.
By W. L. Taitte
Classical Music|
January 1, 1979
Conductor Dating
San Antonio Symphony audiences are ready for another rendezvous with François Huybrechts.
By W. L. Taitte
Theater|
December 1, 1978
Blind Alley
Alley Theater’s season opener, Scream, was about Jews and Nazis. It was also about how not to run a regional theater.
By W. L. Taitte
Classical Music|
December 1, 1978
Bella Norma
Now you like it, now you don’t, now you like it again—Houston Grand Opera’s Norma.
By W. L. Taitte
Theater|
November 1, 1978
A Hole in the Hip Pocket
Hip Pocket Theater keeps taking on challenges it can’t meet.
By W. L. Taitte
Dining Out|
November 1, 1978
Waiter, There’s a Tortilla in My Soup
Of course there is. It’s real Mexican food, not Tex-Mex.
By W. L. Taitte
Classical Music|
November 1, 1978
Symphony of Errors
Music from the Dallas Symphony not to read Shakespeare by.
By W. L. Taitte
Theater|
September 30, 1978
The Taming of the Bard
A little touch of Shakespeare in the heat.
By W. L. Taitte
Classical Music|
September 30, 1978
A Knight at the Opera
A look at Dallas Civic Opera’s Plato Karayanis, a man with a noble cause who’s selling tickets to a dream.
By W. L. Taitte
Theater|
August 31, 1978
A Couple of Swells
Theatrical families find a foster home at the Dallas Theater Center.
By W. L. Taitte
Dining Out|
August 31, 1978
Without a Trout
If you live in Texas, here’s one fish story you can believe.
By W. L. Taitte
Classical Music|
July 31, 1978
The Hills are Alive
Once a year in Fayette County sauerkraut and sausage give way to classical music.
By W. L. Taitte
Theater|
June 30, 1978
A Little Spring Madness
Maybe There’s no cure for insanity, but two new plays offer some provocative treatments.
By W. L. Taitte
Classical Music|
June 30, 1978
The Seven-Year Hitch
Conducting the Houston Symphony, Lawrence Foster inspired respect. He didn’t know he needed love too.
By W. L. Taitte
Dining Out|
May 31, 1978
Currying Flavor
If you think lamb korma is a wooly creature with good vibes, you’ve got a lot to learn about Indian food.
By W. L. Taitte
Dining Out|
February 1, 1978
Fire and Rice
Now that you’ve mastered the art of using chopsticks, here’s something fantastic to put between them.
By W. L. Taitte
Records|
April 1, 1977
Hearing Voices
All we are saying is give opera a chance.
By W. L. Taitte
Performance|
March 1, 1977
Alley Up
Why are Houstonians starting to talk about the Alley Theater again?
By W. L. Taitte
Records|
December 1, 1976
Handel with Care
New, authentic recordings of Messiah prove that less is more.
By W. L. Taitte
Records|
August 31, 1976
Shoot the Piano Players
Glenn Gould and Peter Serkin have always beenn far-out, but new recordings suggest a certain mellowing.
By W. L. Taitte
Records|
May 31, 1976
It Ain’t Necessarily So-So
New recordings of Treemonisha and Porgy and Bess will do, but on the whole we prefer Puccini.
By W. L. Taitte
Records|
March 1, 1976
Beyond the Fringe
Surprise yourself; discover the very old and the very new in classical music.
By W. L. Taitte
Performance|
February 1, 1976
The Pit and the Podium
Lawrence Foster prepares for an encounter with Gustav Mahler.
By W. L. Taitte
Performance|
December 1, 1975
Keeping Up with Jones
Local boy makes good.
By W. L. Taitte
Records|
November 1, 1975
The Soundness of Music
How to get cultured and stay in shape at the same time.
By W. L. Taitte
The World‘s Best Basic Record Collection
Building a classical, rock, country, and jazz library on a budget.
By Doug Ramsey, W. L. Taitte and Chet Flippo
Performance|
August 31, 1975
The Music Man
If James Dick has his way, the notes struck at Round Top will echo around the world.
By W. L. Taitte
Records|
July 31, 1975
High Mass
A famous conductor tries again with a recording of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, and this time we think he’s got it right.
By W. L. Taitte
Three for the Show
Fort Worth’s art museums are a bigger attraction than the stockyards and, what’s more, most art doesn’t smell.
By W. L. Taitte
Performance|
February 28, 1975
Putting on Arias
In Texas, the fandom of the opera is surprisingly large.
By W. L. Taitte
Performance|
January 1, 1975
The Plate is the Thing
Dinner theaters offer the roar of the greasepaint and the smell of the kraut.
By W. L. Taitte