Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Theatre Under the Stars
by Brett Cullum - October 26, 2024
The cast here is immaculate, and LITTLE SHOP is a character actor’s dream come true. Everyone gets to play bigger and broader, and we get to see them have a ball, bringing these kooky archetypes to life. They are all pitch-perfect and create a wonderfully realized revival of this show for Houston ju...
Review: THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING at MAIN STREET THEATER
by Brett Cullum - October 23, 2024
THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING is a unique experience theatrically, and it’s certainly something to let seep into you and discuss later. I find myself just walking around the house, and a line or two will pop up in my head, and I have only seen this play once. It is that powerful, that invasive, and t...
Review: RACE is confronted by DIRT DOGS THEATRE CO
by Brett Cullum - October 21, 2024
It takes on the clash of white men, black men, and black women and fearlessly looks at all sides when confronted with a crime. Who will do the right thing? It’s a question that seems to hang over the country right now, so RACE could not come at a better time....
Review: DRACULA at CLASSICAL THEATRE COMPANY
by Brett Cullum - October 15, 2024
Houston’s CLASSICAL THEATRE COMPANY has decided to take it back to the original written word and return Dracula to the status of a demon rather than a lover. And yet, somehow, they have cast Spencer Plachy, who is the most swoon-worthy actor Houston has, a man who has embodied Mr. Darcy for years. A...
Review: ASSASSINS Offers Another National Anthem at THE GARDEN THEATRE
by Brett Cullum - October 13, 2024
When all is said and done, you have to applaud the bravery of this show. In an October where everyone else is offering safe fare such as British comedies, yet another take on Dracula, and an additional adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, this small company is daring you to face what might be wrong with A...
Review: SPIRITS TO ENFORCE from Catastrophic Theatre
by Brett Cullum - September 22, 2024
Are the superheroes really simply the spirits that Prospero conjured on the island? Could Fathom City have been taken over by Dr. Cannibal (an anagram for Caliban) because he fled and tossed his books into the sea? Is this a sequel, a salute, or a sardonic spoof of Shakespeare’s work?...
Review: THE HISPANIC/LATINO/LATINA/LATINX/LATINE VOTE at STAGES
by Armando Urdiales - September 20, 2024
Stages comes out swinging this fall season with a fantastic production of the world premiere of Bernardo Cubria's The Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine Vote. This play is the surprise of this fall performing arts season and quickly becomes one of the best Stages has done recently. ...
Review: CRY IT OUT at MILDRED'S UMBRELLA
by Brett Cullum - September 14, 2024
Sometimes, a play does what no other artistic medium can do. It can feel intimate, immediate, and alive. CRY IT OUT from MILDRED’S UMBRELLA is one of those living productions that feels like you are watching three real women deal with being a mother and looking at how that is going to affect every a...