As a Latino myself, I think it was intelligent casting actual Latinos in the roles. It gave the racism such graphic honesty you could sense several audience members squirm. Could it be that Greif and his cast were holding a mirror to this Texas audience?

The Dallas Theater Center and New York's Public Theater are co-presenting the show, which has a score by Michael John LaChiusa and features Broadway actors Aaron Lazar, P.J. Griffith, Kate Baldwin and Dallas native Dee Hoty. Previews began Jan. 18;...

Aranas as Polo; Mary Bacon as Adarene and Mrs. Lyntonn; Miguel Cervantes as Angel, Jr. and Angel, Sr. ; Natalie Cortez as Juana; Rocio Del Mar Valles as Analita; John Dossett as Bawley; Matt Doyle as Jordy, Jr. ; Andrea Green as Lil Luz; Michael...

It joined the venerable mainstage theater that anchors Main Street. teens are part of Creede's small but hardy year-round population, an amalgam of blue-collar and eccentric types living at the headwaters of the Rio Grande. It's a place where resident...