BWW Review: Skeleton Crew Revolutionizes the Alley Theatre
Today is the last day Dominique Morisseau's SKELETON CREW will run at the Alley Theatre.
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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.
BWW Review: WE'RE GONNA DIE makes it all better at Horse Head Theatre Company
Originally conceived by playwright Young Jean Lee, it was performed as spoken word broken up by punk rock songs about pain and death.
BWW Review: PORCELAIN bravely cruises at The Caduceus Theater Arts Company
This is an intense drama exploring the depths of a man who feels ostracized by a group that is already shunned by society.
BWW Review: OLEANNA provokes at The Landing Theatre Company
OLEANNA demands to be seen again, and The Landing Theatre Company has just the right chops to bring it to life at 14 Pews.
BWW Review: BUYER AND CELLAR dazzles at Main Street Theater
Ambition, love, why we do the things we do, all of these topics get drawn out into the ether between the jokes and name-dropping.
BWW Review: No Love for Andrew Lloyd Webber's LOVE NEVER DIES
LOVE NEVER DIES is an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions.
BWW Review: GOD'S FAVORITE Highlights Faith & the Human Condition at A.D. PLAYERS
Neil Simon's GOD'S FAVORITE does what I believe good theatre is intended to do: take a multifaceted, complex topic and present it in a humanized, relatable, and entertaining manner.
BWW Review: THE TAMARIE COOPER SHOW FIELD TRIP! is a busolad of fun at Catastrophic Theatre
This iteration of the Tamarie Cooper Show explores the leading lady's emotional baggage, battle against minor depression, and all of the discarded bad ideas that the troop has come up with when they were in line at 4am at Taco Bell.
BWW Review: SISTAS the Musical Showcases Strength & Soul at The Ensemble Theatre
Never before have I stepped into a theatre, seen the curtain rise, and then heard the familiar notes of Kelis' 'Milkshake' ring out from the stage.
BWW Review: A Darker SWAN LAKE Glides Onto Houston's Jones Hall Stage
A DARKER SWAN LAKE GLIDES ONTO HOUSTON'S JONES HALL STAGE
BWW Review: A Modern Twist on the Classic Tale - GUYS & DOLLS at Theatre Under the Stars
Despite its flaws, it's hard not to enjoy GUYS & DOLLS.
BWW Review: STRANGERER Things on Stage at The Catastrophic Theatre
STRANGERER things take place at the 2004 presidential debate, when President George W.
BWW Review: JIM LEHRER AND THE THEATER AND ITS DOUBLE AND JIM LEHRER'S DOUBLE - Double the Jims, Double the Fun
JIM LEHRER AND THE THEATER AND ITS DOUBLE AND JIM LEHRER'S DOUBLE is strange, evocative, terrifying, and hilarious.
BWW Review: REPLICA creates a great copy at Stages Repertory Theatre
In this age of whiz bang computer generated spectacles like STAR WARS or the AVENGERS, it's nice to sit down and take science fiction back to its roots.
BWW Review: The Alley's PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE is an intellectual 'Laff Riot'.
What can one say about a 90-minute play in which every other line is a punch line, and the plot really doesn't matter? I guess I'll find out.
BWW Review: SHAKESPEARE IN VEGAS Delivers Authenticity & Hilarity at 4th Wall Theatre Company
Within the first few seconds of Kim Tobin-Lehl's amusingly frenzied entrance onto the 4th Wall stage in SHAKESPEARE IN VEGAS, one word immediately crossed my mind-'authentic'.
BWW Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM is pitch perfect at Ensemble Theatre
There is no other company in Houston that is better equipped to handle his material, and this production cements that with ease.
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Company Pasadena Little Theatre (8/14-8/30) |
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Write The Vision Productions Presents: Faith For My Family Stage Play Jefferson Theatre (9/05-9/05) |
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Christmas Belles by Jones, Hope & Wooten Theatre Suburbia (11/06-12/05) |
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Cleopatra Midtown Arts (10/03-10/03) |
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Rocky Horror Picture Show House of Blues Houston (10/23-10/23) |
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Wicked Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (6/23-7/25) |
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Hardy WhiteWater Amphitheater (11/21-11/21) |
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Richard O'Brien's THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Art Factory (10/16-10/31) |
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Ed Sheeran at AT&T Stadium AT&T Stadium (10/24-10/24) |
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Come from Away Stages (9/18-10/18) |