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Bayou City Concert Musicals (BCCM) is kicking off their series of neglected 50s musicals with THE PAJAMA GAME, featuring Music and Lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross and a Book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell.
Theatre Under the Stars' (TUTS) Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT) introduced Houston, Texas to the 2007 stage musical adaptation of XANADU this weekend.
Joseph Kesselring wrote ARSENIC AND OLD LACE in 1939, and the darkly comic play premiered on Broadway on January 10, 1941 at the Fulton Theatre, now named the Helen Hayes Theatre.
The Houston Ballet is notorious for providing audiences with top-notch productions and a supremely talented company.
Vaslav Nijinsky was heralded as the greatest male ballet dancer of the early 20th century.
The Texas Repertory Theatre Company is opening its ninth season with Larry Shue's THE NERD, a comedic play in two acts.
On Saturday night, August 25, I had the pleasure of attending Cone Man Running Productions' annual twenty-four hour play festival, SPONTANEOUS SMATTERING.
The stage musical of TARZAN may be Disney's biggest Broadway flop.
My research indicates that the average temperature highs in July in Vermont are in the low 80s, making Annie Baker's lines about discomforting heat in THE ALIENS almost farcical during Horse Head Theatre Company's presentation of the peculiar play.
For me, the appeal of avant-garde pieces of theatre is never knowing exactly what you're in for when the houselights dim and the show begins.
One of the most fun and entertaining aspects of the summer is the big, splashy musicals that get produced all over the nation.
The Back Porch Players are dedicated to presenting theatrical works that deal with the ideas of identity and social responsibility.
When Jonathan Larson's RENT moved from the New York Theatre Workshop, its Off-Broadway home, to the long dark Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996, a swarm of hype surrounded it.
As the dog days of summer needlessly drag on in Houston, enveloping the city in oppressive heat, Michael J.
Imagine a darkly ambient realm where angular architecture rises from the shadows and is adorned with three half ovals curtained in sheer white fabric.
Since we're living in Houston, I promise I won't be upset with you if you tell me you don't know who Mary Testa is.
There really is nothing like the opening of another show, especially when that show is a World Premiere production.
In 1964, Tom Stoppard emerged from a mansion in Berlin with a one-act play called ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN MEET KING LEAR.
As usual, the summer is chockfull of mind numbing entertainment.
I'm not sure what rock I've been hiding under, but I had never heard of Maripat Donovan's LATE NITE CATECHISM shows until Stages Repertory Theatre announced this summer's offering, LATE NITE CATECHISM LAS VEGAS: SISTER ROLLS THE DICE.
A CHORUS LINE, inspired by the real stories of several Broadway dancers, first opened on Broadway on July 25, 1975.
It is generally agreed upon that the best theatre challenges audiences, and after they experience the piece they are altered.
For a third time, Rachael Logue, Chelsea Ryan McCurdy, Christina Stroup, and Holland Vavra are taking the stage as The Marvelous Wonderettes, and Houston audiences couldn't be more thrilled.
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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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Anarkali Reimagined Luxtrium (10/22-10/25) PHOTOS |
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Big Fish National Youth Theater (7/17-7/19) |
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Company OnStage: A Taste of the Season Company OnStage (8/01-8/01) |
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Ed Sheeran at AT&T Stadium AT&T Stadium (10/24-10/24) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Nell Campbell House of Blues (10/23-10/23) |
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Moulin Rouge – The Musical Sarofim Hall (7/14-7/12) |
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Xanadu MATCH (Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston) (8/14-8/30) |
