Email Author Adam Castañeda

2012 Stories by Adam Castañeda

• ArtHouston 2012

  published June 14, 2012

  ArtHouston 2012 provides art lovers with a full day of exhibition-hopping. With more than 30 galleries in the Museum District, the Heights and... More >>

• The Zoo Story

  published June 14, 2012

  The Zoo Story is Edward Albee’s one-act play about isolation in a world of growing commercialism and consumerism. Originally... More >>

• Avenue Q

  published June 14, 2012

  At the 2004 Tony Awards, most pundits predicted Wicked would walk away with the trophy for Best Musical. But the big winner that night was... More >>

• Sanctified

  published June 14, 2012

  The 35th-anniversary season of the Ensemble Theatre closes with Javon Johnson’s joyous gospel musical Sanctified, directed and... More >>

• The Night Watchman

  published June 14, 2012

  Director Natalia Almada takes a fascinating look at contemporary Mexican culture with her documentary The Night Watchman, which... More >>

• Top Shelf Shorts

  published June 14, 2012

  Theater has the power not only to entertain, but to move the audience to a greater understanding of the world around them. That said, it... More >>

• Festival of Originals

  published June 14, 2012

  Theatre Southwest’s annual Festival of Originals, known affectionately as the FOO, attracts submissions from all over the country.... More >>

• Scriptwriters/Houston 22nd Annual Ten by Ten Showcase

  published June 14, 2012

  Ten is the magic number at Scriptwriters/Houston’s Ten by Ten Showcase. The annual production features ten ten-minute shorts by some... More >>

• Lunge Dance Collective

  published June 14, 2012

  One of the great byproducts of talent-based reality shows is that previously unknown performers gain a platform to begin their own creative... More >>

• Lost Bohemia

  published June 14, 2012

  It isn’t the camera work or direction that make Josef Astor’s documentary Lost Bohemia a wonderful film, it’s the subject... More >>

• The Adventures of Huanuman

  published June 14, 2012

  The Hindu deity Hanuman is the focus of Shunya Theatre’s latest production, The Adventures of Hanuman, featuring a largely... More >>

• ''Once There Was, Once There Wasn't: Two Tales from the Minds of Lisa Chow & Y.E. Torres''

  published June 14, 2012

  Spacetaker + Fresh Arts Coalition showcases the magical realist dreamscapes of two local artists in ''Once There Was, Once There Wasn’t:... More >>

• Critter Wisdom

  published June 14, 2012

  In addition to its annual showcase of short plays, Museum of Dysfunction, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company will stage Critter... More >>

• Urinetown

  published June 14, 2012

  What happens when a town faces a drought so severe that it renders even the most basic acts of human hygiene unaffordable luxuries? Such as, oh,... More >>

• Steel Magnolias

  published June 14, 2012

  Before it was an Academy Award-nominated film, Steel Magnolias was an off-Broadway play. The six-woman drama about a mother, her... More >>

• The Policeman

  published June 14, 2012

  Ephraim Kishon's 1971 comedy The Policeman is considered a classic of Israeli cinema. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best... More >>

• The Day I Saw Your Heart

  published June 14, 2012

  Mélanie Laurent has a face that was made for the screen. Her wistful eyes, sharpened cheekbones and glowing ivory pallor were designed to... More >>

• ''Margaret Miller: Sky, Trees and Earth''

  published June 14, 2012

  Artist Margaret Miller is the focus of Archway Gallery’s exhibit “Sky, Trees and Earth.” As the title suggests,... More >>

• The Black Space

  published June 14, 2012

  What does it mean to truly forgive? The answer is as complicated as the question, but Frame Dance Productions tackles the topic head-on in... More >>

• Fall for Dominic Walsh Dance Theater

  published June 14, 2012

  Last year was a stellar season for the Dominic Walsh Dance Theater. It was the company’s tenth anniversary, and DWDT pulled out all the... More >>

• Spitting Ether: A Reality Bending Dance

  published June 14, 2012

  More so than any other art form, dance is grounded in the physical; dancers are, after all, made of flesh and bone. In collaboration with lighting... More >>

• Next Fall

  published June 14, 2012

  Geoffrey Nauffts’s play Next Fall focuses on two people in love, one deeply religious, the other a staunch atheist. That might... More >>

• Third Coast Dance Film Festival

  published June 14, 2012

  Think dance films are something new? Ah, no. In the mid-1890s, Thomas Edison captured Ruth Dennis dancing outdoors. One hundred and... More >>

• Leading Ladies

  published June 14, 2012

  A struggling actor will do just about anything for his next paying gig, but what if a good performance will net him more than a one-time paycheck?... More >>

• 9th Annual Media Archeology Festival, Media Archeology 2012: Real Time

  published June 14, 2012

  The 9th Annual Media Archeology Festival, Media Archeology 2012: Real Time, would need a much, much longer name in order to clearly state... More >>