The Alley Theatre in Houston presents Moss Hart’s The Man Who Came To Dinner through March 22, with sets by Alexander Dodge, costumes by Gregory Gale, and lighting by Pat Collins...At the Dallas Theatre Center (DTC), March 11-April 5, the design team for Back, Back, Back, includes DTC veterans Takeshi Kata (sets), SMU's Claudia Stephens (costumes), and The Broken Chord Collective (sound), as well as lighting designer Lucrecia Briceno making her DTC debut...Rigoletto opens the The Houston Grand Opera’s spring season in April with sets by Michael Yeargan, costumes by Peter J. Hall, and lighting by Paul Pyant...The Houston Opera presents the world premiere of a new ballet, Marie, choreographed by Stanton Welch about the life of Marie Antoinette, with costume and scenic design by Kandis Cook, and lighting design by Lisa J. Pinkham...Texas Ballet Theatre is presenting a revival of Ben Stevenson’s ballet, Cleopatra, March 27-29, with lighting by Tim Hunter, costumes Judanna Lynn, and scenery by Tom Boyd...The State Theatre Company in Austin presents the LA-based dance company, Diavolo, in Foreign Bodies, on April 17-18, with choreography Jacques Helm (who also choreographed Cirque du Soleil’s KA) and lighting by Evan Merryman Ritter, who was the first Wally Russell Foundation lighting intern at the Los Angeles Opera back in 1997...Lighting designer Tony Tucci continues to light dance on a regular basis in Texas, including Austin Ballet Theatre’s Studio Theatre Project in the AustinVentures StudioTheatre March 26-April 5, and Cinderella at the Long Center, May 8-10.
