Got to sit with Roger Horchow during the frantic 1992 tryouts for his Broadway musical, "Crazy for You." Now the drily funny,Tony-winning producer and mail-order pioneer, creator of the Horchow Collection, has died at 91. bit.ly/3ffd9AX

All 3 major Ft. Worth art museums - the Amon Carter Museum, the Kimbell Art Museum and the themodern - will re-open over the next 3 wks. Announcements came day after Big D hit record # of new COVID infections. Visitors must wear face masks, needless to say. bit.ly/2Uz0akS

Hosting a virtual State of the Arts conversation tomorrow with Denton artists about how and why they created poetry, paintings and digital images this past year. Gee, what's to talk about? bit.ly/3cLmHnT

3rd world premiere in the Dallas Arts District in 24 hrs: Nasher Ctr's show of Melvin Edwards' powerful sculptures bit.ly/1zuXnb0

SMU Meadows Prizes this year: Motown hi-tech collective Complex Movements & director of 200-person Shakespeare shows. bit.ly/1BShH4u

Now we've got TWO big arts prize items. First, the Meadows, now UNT's Rilke Prize goes to poet Mark Wunderlich. bit.ly/1BShH4u

Our series, Stagger Lee: Making A Musical, wraps w/ a story on race & a backstage, time-lapse video of set building bit.ly/1zD72MF

DTC's new season: Hee Haw-inspired musical by country star Shane McAnally, LBJ drama 'All the Way,' plus 2 new plays. bit.ly/1LRd3vC

Not looking good for White Rock Water Theater. Got a negative engineering report. But also a 'win-win' proposal. bit.ly/1AVakOw

An appreciation of Rev. Gean West, co-founder of the Relatives, a pioneer of gospel-funk. A wake for him is tonight. bit.ly/1vqrqwy

UNT prof Andrew Harris' "Dark Lady" drama - 'The Lady Revealed' - is getting a reading at New Dramatists in NYC bit.ly/1zA2Nz7

I'm hosting a State of the Arts panel tonight at the Dallas Museum of Art on commissioning artworks, esp mult-genre ones on.fb.me/1KIgxfu

ArtPrize Dallas isn't happening. The Michigan-based contest with huge cash prizes couldn't get it together in time. bit.ly/1RDAYzK

Pt 2 of a two-parter on 3 Dallas artists going to a village in Sicily to help the town - by painting murals. bit.ly/2sJ6V3n

Review: A stark 'Inherit the Wind' at Dallas Theater Center argues one thing; its authors and director aimed for another. bit.ly/2sgksTq

So Dallas Theater Center won the regional Tony Award. Cool. But what does that mean? And what are they gonna do with it?bit.ly/2sdh0cy

A spoof on Shakespeare, 'Something Rotten' is something shameless, the silliest, most entertaining musical at AT&T Performing Arts since 'Mormon.'

NTexans hate the wrong Bard. Angered by Trump-themed, NYC 'Julius Caesar,' they've sent hatemail to @shakespredallas bit.ly/2twdExZ

15 NTex arts groups from The Cliburn to Big Thought to Lyric Stage win NEA grants for $360,000. We have full list. bit.ly/2sPOsWR

Jonathan Eaton directed at Lincoln Center and English National Opera, is now head of UNT College of Music 's opera program & starts w/Magic Flute bit.ly/2iYdEa8