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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
BWW Review: A DRAG CHRISTMAS CAROL lip syncs for its life at Obsidian Theater!
This is an irreverent retelling with no apologies about what it is doing.
BWW Review: FIRST SUBURB at The Catastrophic Theatre is All That and a Bag of Chips
The Catastrophic Theatre's production of FIRST SUBURB is utterly relatable and simply unshakable.
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BWW Review: {ADJECTIVE}[NOUN] celebrates local talent at Company Onstage
The common themes seem to be 4am, animals and their instincts, an obsession with INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, and lots of introspective angst about miscommunication.
BWW Review: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA reigns supreme at Broadway At The Hobby Center
Technically the effects still work, and I watched as the shocked younger members of the audience witnessed practical effects to contrast all the CGI they had grown up on.
BWW Review: All Hail THE WIZ at TUTS
Though it's 2018 in Houston, Texas, at the height of the 2018 primary election, but thankfully, there's an escape from the tumultuous political climate where blue and red are the subject.
BWW Review: THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES at Classical Theatre Company- Provides Many Happy Returns
I was fortunate enough to see Houston's Classical Theatre Company present THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, written by Arthur Conan Doyle (Writer of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes novel series).
BWW Review: Skeleton Crew Revolutionizes the Alley Theatre
Today is the last day Dominique Morisseau's SKELETON CREW will run at the Alley Theatre.
BWW Review: EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL camps out at Obsidian Theater
It's basically THE SOUND OF MUSIC set in a cabin and good fun for the entire family! Well….
BWW Review: Catastrophic's CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS Is the Most Beautiful Dysfunction You'll Ever See
Pulitzer Prize-Winnng Sam Shepard's CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS displays the lives of the working-class Tate family as they navigate everything from suffocating debt, to teenage crime, to marital distress and back again.
BWW Review: LES MISERABLES at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts is a Dream (I Dreamed)
No need to bury the lede: this production of LES MISERABLES is the most true-to-Broadway theatrical experience I have ever had outside of the Great White Way.
BWW Review: Cheers to THE BOOK OF WILL at Main Street Theater!
In a way it is like watching a heady special episode of CHEERS set in London in the early 1620s.
BWW Review: AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS Is Your Imagination Personified at A.D. Players
The year is 1872, the setting is London, and the bet was made at exactly 8:55pm for 20,000 pounds.
BWW Review: Theatre Under the Stars' 50th Anniversary Season Celebrates Houston As Home With OKLAHOMA
In the theatre world, your first time seeing Rodgers & Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA! is essentially a rite of passage.
BWW Review: JESUS HOPPED THE 'A' TRAIN Wrestles With Truth at 4th Wall Theatre Company
JESUS HOPPED THE 'A' TRAIN does what 4th Wall Theatre Company does best: explore valid, thought-provoking, true stories that linger on your mind for days following.
BWW Review: THE MOORS muddles through at Mildred's Umbrella
THE MOORS seeks to say something about the visibility and state of women today through the lens of satirizing Victorian era romantic literature like JANE EYRE, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, or THE WOMAN IN WHITE.
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A Streetcar Named Desire Pearl Theatre (7/17-7/20) |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat A.D. Players at the George Theater (6/24-8/02) |
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Tamarie's Greatest Hits, Volume 3 The Catastrophic Theatre (6/19-8/01) |
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Drunk Pirates Emerald Theatre (5/14-9/19) |
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Wicked Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (6/23-7/25) |
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Rocky Horror Picture Show House of Blues Houston (10/23-10/23) |
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Jesus Christ Superstar Deluxe Theatre (8/14-8/17) |
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Hardy WhiteWater Amphitheater (11/21-11/21) |
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Moulin Rouge! Hobby Center for Performing Arts (7/14-7/19) |
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Descendants the Musical National Youth Theater (7/11-7/12) |