Snoopy Speaks! Houston's Own Ryne Nardecchia Explains THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SNOOPY
Ryne Nardecchia - a product of the Humphreys School of Musical Theatre and recent Texas State grad - returns to Houston to play one of comics' most iconic characters and possibly America's most famous canine, Snoopy, in the Theatre Under the Stars production of THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SNOOPY....
National Geographic Explorer Mike Libecki is Living the Sweet Life
Ahead of his lecture at Houston's Jones Hall, tonight at 7:30 p.m., climber and explorer Mike Libecki talked to BroadwayWorld, giving us some insight on himself, his travails, and his popular presentation CLIMBING DREAMS....
Actress Jennafer Newberry Talks FREAKY FRIDAY at the Alley
Houston's Alley Theatre will open a new musical comedy, FREAKY FRIDAY, on June 2 to will play through July 2. A co-production by La Jolla Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, and Alley Theatre, directed by Christopher Ashley, this wild classic has been translated into a contemporary musical comedy bas...
Intrepid Fringe Opens 50 Shades of Shakespeare Production of MEASURE FOR MEASURE at The Black Labrador Pub
Intrepid Fringe opens a Steampunk, 50 Shades of Shakespeare production of MEASURE FOR MEASURE at The Black Labrador Pub....
FUN HOME's Abby Corrigan on Trust, Travel and 'Changing My Major'
The three Alisons of FUN HOME will take the Hobby Center stage next week as the Tony-winning musical opens in Houston. Today we catch up with the college-aged Medium Alison, Abby Corrigan, to talk about trust, travel and the showstopper 'Changing My Major,' soon to be added to your Broadway playlist...
Next Iteration's 2nd Annual Intercultural Play Reading Series Shines a Spotlight on Diverse Voices
What happens two years later, when the media leaves and the milk cartons fade, for the grieving mother of a kidnapped child? What next for a 42-year-old linguist who discovers her unborn baby may never be able to speak? What dream do immigrants actually find in America? Next Iteration Theater Compan...
Kim Tobin-Lehl of 4th Wall Theatre Co. Talks LOBBY HERO's Social Relevancy
4th Wall Theatre Company will open the Houston premiere of LOBBY HERO on May 12, playing through June 3. I spoke with one of the show's co-directors, Kim Tobin-Lehl, the other day, and gained perspective about the thought behind bringing LOBBY HERO to the 4th Wall stage and what it took to develop t...
BWW Feature: FINDING NEVERLAND Tour All Part of Learning to Fly
FINDING NEVERLAND is touring city to city teaching imagination and aviation....
Houston Ballet Promotes Jessica Collado to Principal: A True CINDERELLA Story
On March 10, 2017, just moments after Collado starred in the Houston Ballet's presentation of CINDERELLA at the Wortham Theater Center, Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton Welch AM promoted her to principal dancer....
Zonya Love - From Bessie to Celie to Effie
The much-beloved musical DREAMGIRLS, which delves into the backstage drama of fictional girl group The Dreams, is coming to the Hobby, with Zonya Love tackling the role of Effie White, this April....
Emojis Go Classical in Alexander Miller's New ROCO-Commissioned Work
Conductor Steven Jarvi and concertmaster Scott St. John lead the orchestra for 'Double Trouble' featuring the world premiere of Alexander Miller's ROCOmoji, Saverio Mercadante's Concerto for Flute in E-minor, Gustav Holst's Green Brook Suite and Arnold Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht....
The 2017 New American Voices Play Reading Series Finalists
Step-sisters in a magical trailer park, a clash between past and present (that's a realtor's nightmare), an exploration of race and family in segregated Cleveland, a murderous family in the American West -- sounds like this year's finalists for The Landing Theatre Company's New American Voices Play ...
Denise O'Neal Talks Directing A LESSON BEFORE DYING for Pearl Theater
The Pearl Theater opened their production of A LESSON BEFORE DYING, which plays through this Sunday, February 26, a little over a week ago. So naturally, I decided to talk to the show's director, Denise O'Neal, yesterday....
Grammy-Nominated Violinist Andres Cardenes Joins ROCO for Conductor-less Concert PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE
This weekend, Grammy-nominated violinist Andres Cardenes returns to Houston for ROCO's annual conductorless concert, PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE. The program features a world premiere violin concerto from composer Ricardo Lorenz, written specifically for Cardenes, and works from Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini, Aaro...
Actor Etai Benson on Touring, Films and Being AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
Actor Etai Benson sings and dances his way to The Hobby Center this month in Theatre Under the Stars' production of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. Today, Benson joins us to talk life on the road, dole out some advice, and explain what it's like playing an American in Paris -- spoiler -- 'S Wonderful'!...
Broadway Songstress N'Kenge Joins Houston Symphony's R&B MIXTAPE
This weekend N'Kenge will join Grammy-nominated singer Ryan Shaw, Steven Reineke and the Houston Symphony for R&B MIXTAPE, a concert spanning decades of R&B hits from the U.S. to the U.K., including numbers from Stevie, Michael and Whitney, all the way to Amy, Adele and Beyonce....
PAIR Houston's Lauren West Talks Refugee Doc PUSHING THE ELEPHANT, Playing Wednesday at The MATCH
PAIR Houston's Lauren West joins us to talk about her history working with refugee populations, the importance of giving voice to the 65 million displaced around the world, and the powerful documentary PUSHING THE ELEPHANT, which she says 'not only shows the wonderful resilience that all refugees em...
Houstonian Ann Odogwu Is One of Food Network's WORST COOKS IN AMERICA!
Houstonian Ann Odogwu is a bad cook hoping to make good in this season's WORST COOKS IN AMERICA....
Cameron J. Ross Talks Teaching Four-Session Screenwriting Intensive for Esurient Arts
Cameron J. Ross, a New York-based writer and native Houstonian teaches a four session screenwriting intensive in Houston. Sessions begin this weekend. ...
Underwater Photographers David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes Talk CORAL KINGDOMS AND EMPIRES OF ICE
Like life, the series takes all kinds....
ROCO's Alecia Lawyer Talks NOT YOUR TYPICAL IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC at the MFAH
Taking into account Degas' dislike of the label 'Impressionist,' ROCO founder and artistic director Alecia Lawyer decided to think outside the box for their gallery concert, NOT YOUR TYPICAL IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, where the oboist will perform with pianist Makiko H...
BWW Feature: Ars Lyrica Houston Rocks Bach with Four Soloists This New Year's Eve
Forget everything you know about the Bach cantata. (It's hard. I know.) The Ars Lyrica Houston early music ensemble is to perform Johann Sebastian Bach's works sans chorus -- two cantatas plus one extra movement, with four soloists for its New Year's Eve concert BACHANALIA....
Houston Ballet's Ian Casady Shares His Favorite Things!
BWW Interview: Principal Dancer Ian Casady Shares His Favorite Things...
Director Keith Maitland Discusses TOWER, Now Playing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
It may be tempting to reduce Keith Maitland's new rotoscoped documentary film TOWER, about the 1966 shooting at the University of Texas, to its device - a curious novelty, a cartoon about a decades-old school shooting - but that would miss the point, and the difficulty, of what Maitland and his team...
Abby Koenig of THE JEW WHO LOVES CHRISTMAS at Rec Room
THE JEW WHO LOVES CHRISTMAS is an autobiographical, one-woman, 30-minute, performance piece by Abby Koenig. Through self-deprecating humor and a multimedia experience, Koenig describes her ghosts of Christmases past, concluding with the hopes to keep Christmas awesome forever. Here Koenig discusses ...
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