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 ...
Husband-Wife Vocalists Jessica and Santino Fontana Talk Houston Symphony's VERY MERRY POPS
For the Houston Symphony holiday concert VERY MERRY POPS, not only does Santa Claus come to town but so do the sweeter-than-honey honeys, Jessica and Santino Fontana. In the interview, the Fontanas talk to Broadway World about VERY MERRY POPS and the joys and challenges of being a show business marr...
BWW Profile: Broadway Actor Jeremy Hays Forays INTO THE WOODS for Theatre Under the Stars
Broadway Actor Jeremy Hays (Cinderella's Prince) knows audiences will flock to the Hobby Center for INTO THE WOODS hits like 'Giants In The Sky', 'Stay With Me,' and 'The Last Midnight,' but he begs audiences to see the musical as more than mindless escapist entertainment. It's intelligent escapist ...
The T.R.U.T.H. Project's Robert Ross on THE BOY THAT DREAMS IN YELLOW
The T.R.U.T.H. Project presents THE BOY THAT DREAMS IN YELLOW in honor of World AIDS Day. The multi-disciplinary installment will address the stigma around HIV/AIDS through a clever analogy - traffic lights....
Jeffrey Kahane to Lead the Houston Symphony in A MOZART THANKSGIVING
This weekend, once the tryptophan wears off, join renowned pianist and conductor Jeffrey Kahane as he leads the Houston Symphony in A MOZART THANKSGIVING, featuring the famous 'Prague' Symphony and the composer's Piano Concertos No. 21 and No. 24....
BWW Feature: 2016 Houston Cinema Arts Festival Crosses Cinema With Dance, Literature, Fine Art, and More
The film festival equivalent of the Labradoodle. Want to pet it?...
ROCKY HORROR's Erin Wasmund Talks TUTS, Magenta and the Value of 'Don't Dream It, Be It'
ROCKY HORROR's Erin Wasmund joins to talk about the everlasting appeal of ROCKY HORROR and to give us some blunt, but important advice....
Autumn Clack of AN IMPROVISED PLAY X3 at Boiling Point Players
The Boiling Point Players opens their 2016-2017 season with AN IMPROVISED PLAY X3, produced by Cone Man Running Productions. The show is a three-night series of improvised plays and will be performed at Obsidian Theater. Each full-length performance is based on suggestions from the crowd. I got the ...
Grammy Award-Winning Soprano Ana María Martínez Returns to Houston in HGO's FAUST
Grammy Award-winning soprano (and Houston favorite) Ana Maria Martinez joins us to discuss about her role, Marguerite in HGO's FAUST; muse on the potential of opera to heal societal wounds; and give us some really practical advice....
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Drunk Pirates Emerald Theatre (5/14-9/19) |
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