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BWW Review: TOAST Goes Against the Grain at the Catastrophic Theatre
The world premiere of Brian Jucha's TOAST at the Catastrophic Theatre is a theatrical experience unlike any other. This deeply layered, highly surrealist adventure draws audiences through realms of reality, and varied states of consciousness, with a mashup of vignettes featuring current events, scen...
BWW Review: FREEDA PEOPLES Shakes the Foundation of The Ensemble Theatre
If you're a churchgoer and specifically a member of a black church, the issues in this production aren't foreign. In this story, we learn about backsliding deacons, disgruntled church elders, and hate towards the new pastor. Not saying that every church has these issues, but if you aren't in a churc...
BWW Review: THE HUNCHBACK OF SEVILLE colonizes the Alley at Mildred's Umbrella
The script spins out a fast funny farce that reminds me of a politically informed Monty Python skit. Even though the premise sounds like a stuffy costume drama, this is more SOUTH PARK meets 1500s Spain....
BWW Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Brings Shtick, Slapstick and Spit-take Silliness to the Hobby Center
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is not just a comedy of errors featuring a theatre company's mishaps on stage - it is a family-friend two-hour long blooper reel that brings down the house, and lights it on fire in the process....
BWW Review: PREMIERES at Houston Ballet
While the ballets each have a marked identity, the triad presentation serves to compliment the elements of each. It's a journey into well-crafted worlds, an escape and a reunion all at once....
BWW Review: THE WEIR Spins Spooky Tales at Main Street Theater
Who wouldn't want to spend an hour and a half in a traditional pub with old country codgers spinning out ghost stories? It's a winning proposition, and Main Street delivers all the goods from the actors and the technical department....
BWW Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is in bloom at STAGES REPERTORY THEATRE
It's the right time to resurrect the 1982 off-Broadway phenomenon LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. It's a catchy little musical that says a lot about greed combined with materialism, and it reminds audiences of how brilliant Howard Ashman and Alan Menken have always been....
BWW Review: THE HUMANS at Alley Theatre
Though somewhat dark, The Humans illuminates the role of fear in dysfunctional family....
BWW Review: Got Kids? Get 'Em to ANASTASIA!
The musical ANASTASIA is the most saccharine, sweet, and kid-friendly musical I've seen to date. This all-ages production is particularly well suited for introducing younger audiences to the magic of musical theatre....
BWW Review: RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN raises a feminist eyebrow at 4TH Wall Theatre Company
It has a lot to offer audiences, and women will appreciate the portrayal of their struggle to choose which path they should take. There is the traditional one including a family, as well as the ambitious career-centered one that risks not having that. What do women really want? And are they game e...
BWW Review: BOOTYCANDY is sweet and tasty at The Catastrophic Theatre
Bootycandy, Bootycandy Bootycandy! There! I've said it three times and a zombie hasn't appeared but the brilliantly written play by Robert O'Hara has made its appearance in H-town! BOOTYCANDY had its world premiere at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre June of 2011 in Washington D.C. and then it made its wa...
BWW Review: 'Take A Chance' On MAMMA MIA! at Theatre Under The Stars
When attending a jukebox musical, it's expected that the best part of the show will likely be the cherished songs and vocals. MAMMA MIA showcases music and lyrics by ABBA's Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, and a book by Catherine Johnson that is predictably a bit surface-level and 'cheesy', for l...
BWW Review: The Duck, Having Quacked, Moves on at the Alley Theatre
QUACK playwright Eliza Clark is very good at sharp, rapid-fire dialogue, and she gives the actors plenty....
BWW Review: TOO HEAVY FOR YOUR POCKET Weighs on the Heart at THE ENSEMBLE
Within the tapestry of American Drama there a strong list of Civil Rights plays as well as other plays that tackle social injustices, sexism, and sexuality. Holders play holds true to trying times of the early 1960s but his exquisite storytelling and Yale training shined brightly in this Jireh Breon...
BWW Review: THE CARPENTER Hilariously Hammers Its Way into Houstonian's Hearts at the Alley Theatre
Houstonian's own Robert Askins brings to the Alley Theatre the life of THE CARPENTER, which after seeing its performance reminds those seeing it that there is more to Houston than oil and NASA....
BWW Review: TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE at A.D. Players
"Are you trying to be as human as you can be?" Read that again, and ask yourself--Am I trying to be as human as I can be? This is just one of the questions posed in A.D Players' production Tuesdays With Morrie, currently running through February 10th. If you are not already familiar with the well-lo...
BWW Review: WAITRESS Serves What You Would Expect at the Hobby Center
Jenna, a small town waitress and genius pie maker, is broke, pregnant, and stuck in an abusive marriage. When she finds out about a baking contest held in a nearby county that offers a $25,000 award, she begins to see her pies as her a ticket out of a dangerous marriage and a pathway to a new life....
BWW Review: WAKEY, WAKEY reveals its soul at Catastrophic Theater
Catastrophic Theatre joins forces with The University of Houston to present Will Eno's WAKEY, WAKEY....
BWW Review: THE RIVER BRIDE Refashions the Fairy Tale at Stages Repertory Theatre
As a part of Stages Repertory Theatre's 2nd Annual Sin Muros: A Latinx Theatre Festival, Marisela Treviño Orta's The River Bride is composed of an entirely Latinx cast. Orta's play is based on the style of folk tales and the real-life freshwater river dolphins--the "boto". Her work certainly rea...
BWW Review: THE SECRETARY Shoots Off at Main Street Theater
I realize part of the fun of THE SECRETARY is it never comes down heavily on one side or the other on the gun debate, but that also means I sat there frustrated as I felt there was little point to whipping out pistols and taking on issues....
BWW Review: THE BOOK OF MORMON preaches at Broadway At The Hobby Center
It is perversely funny, profane at many points, but in the end shows huge heart and calls for the virtue of love and service to your fellow man. It's not exactly a family-friendly show, but it is one your 16 year-old son would prefer to see over THE SOUND OF MUSIC....
BWW Review: Fortune favors the bold in Kate Hamill's PRIDE & PREJUDICE
What can I say about the 4th Wall production of Kate Hamill's PRIDE & PREJUDICE? I dig it....
BWW Review: ELF THE MUSICAL Tickles the Funny Bone at Queensbury Theatre
It's December and the holidays are here whether we like it or not. Cue the tinsel, tidings of great joy and the maple syrup. Yes, the maple syrup!...
BWW Review: Theatre Under The Stars' BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is a Spectacular Storybook Come to Life
Theatre Under the Stars' BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is the classic storybook tale vibrantly come to life in every aspect. From the captivating scenic design, to the brilliant costuming, to the songs that prompted many to sing along quietly to themselves in the audience, this 'tale as old as time' is a glo...
BWW Review: The Houston Ballet Returns to the Wortham with Stanton Welch's Sumptuous NUTCRACKER
The Houston Ballet, after a year of touring various Houston venues while awaiting the refurbishment of the flood-damaged Wortham Theatre Center, makes a triumphant return in Stanton Welch's THE NUTCRACKER....
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