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Review: THE TAP DANCE KID at The Ensemble Theatre
This nostalgic, Tony Award–winning 1983 musical is all about family dynamics. Young Willi wants nothing more than to follow in the footsteps of her mother and Uncle Dipsey as a dancer. Her father, however, wants her to become a lawyer just like him. Meanwhile, older sister Emma dreams of being a l...
Review: INSIDE MY WALLS at Ishida Dance
Inside My Walls is a rare chance to see why dance is so magical. The intimacy of the Asia Society’s theater allows you to see every extension, and often hear even the breaths that these performers take. If you have not witnessed this company, this weekend is your chance....
Review: LET.HER.RIP. at Stages Houston
LET.HER.RIP. is the show to see this summer! It will be one we will refer back to again and again. Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly, and the Matchstick Women would be proud....
Review: PRIVATE LIVES at Alley Theatre
When divorced couple Elyot and Amanda accidentally find themselves honeymooning with their new spouses—and sharing adjacent balconies—sparks fly and tempers flare in a whirlwind of passion and humor. Director KJ Sanchez brings a fresh twist to Noël Coward’s timeless comedy, transporting us fr...
Review: KIM'S CONVENIENCE at Main Street Theater
It’s a quick hour-and-twenty-minute script that became the basis for a sitcom, and guess what? It pretty much feels like watching a taping of a television comedy. It’s light, fluffy, and fun. It’s like summer ice cream, and this one will be a natural audience pleaser to round out this company�...
Review: TOROS at Rec Room Arts
With expert direction, brilliant acting, and masterly design elements, Rec Room Arts latest outing of Danny Tejera's Toros is a production that will leave Houston audiences with complicated emotions about this coming-of-age story. While Tejera's work is a dramedy, Rec Room Arts decision to delve int...
Review: IN THE HEIGHTS at Theatre Under The Stars
This is a revival for Theatre Under the Stars, who first presented IN THE HEIGHTS in 2016. It replaced GREASE as their season opener way back then, which marked an inevitable transition in the company’s artistic direction and commitment to the evolution of musical theater. ...
Review: BUG at Dirt Dogs Theatre Company
They have managed to restage BUG for 2025, and boy, is it a doozy! You don’t want to miss this revival and reimagining of the Tracy Letts cult classic. The entire company goes for broke, and they create a fiery display of acting, visuals, and audio landscapes that will blow you back in your chair....
Review: COCONUT CAKE at The Ensemble Theatre
Written by playwright Melda Beaty and directed by The Ensemble Theatre’s Artistic Director Eileen J. Morris, this slice-of-life play shines a spotlight on the narrative of five older men, figures who are often background characters in the stories we tell. ...
Review: BEDLAM'S HAMLET at 4th Wall Theatre
And what of Wesley Whitson as Hamlet, perhaps the most challenging role in the entire canon of Shakespeare’s works? He is age-appropriate and fiercely dives into the madness for the first two-thirds, and then becomes steely and predatory for the final acts....
Review: LESSONS LEARNED: THE TIME OF MY LIFE at Stages Houston
This is the first time Denise Fennell is playing herself, and it only took fifty years to get her here into the role she was born to play. She’s most known in Houston for donning a habit and chastising audiences about major holidays as Sister in the Late Night Catechism Series. Yet this show is wh...
Review: DAS BARBECÜ at Stages Houston
A hootin’, hollerin’, good time as a heroic Germanic saga goes Texan....
Review: THE WIZ at Hobby Center For The Performing Arts
The national tour of The Wiz, currently running at Houston's Hobby Center through May 4, 2025, delivers a vocally powerful revival of the 1975 Tony Award-winning musical. ...
Review: WAITRESS at Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS)
Come and get a sweet taste of this new production of the hit musical WAITRESS from Theatre Under The Stars and The 5th Avenue Theatre. This heartwarming show celebrates female friendship, love, and pie—with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles and a book by Jessie Nelson....
Review: DIXIE'S TUPPERWARE PARTY at Stages Houston
Stages Houston has wisely brought in DIXIE’S TUPPERWARE PARTY for its last hurrah, and she is doing a mini-residency that the purveyor of plastic is in the middle of until April 20th. The simple show works well in the intimacy of the Sterling Theater space, and we’re closer to the saleswoman tha...
Review: BASKERVILLE: A SHELOCK HOLMES MYSTERY at Alley Theatre
BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY is a hilarious adaptation by playwright Ken Ludwig, of Alley’s Lend Me a Tenor fame. Read our review here!...
Review: N at Company OnStage
It’s a word that has divided people for generations, so much so that I won’t even write it in this review. Rising Houston actor Cardero Berryman thoughtfully directs N; surprisingly, this is his first time at the helm of a play. He has a wonderful cast, great technical support, and the appropria...
Review: THE FROZEN SECTION thaws at Catastrophic Theatre
It has a stunning cast, technical brilliance, and enough great poetic ideas to keep you thinking about it for days. It’s an intriguing piece that should have a long life. But in its current iteration playing at the MATCH, THE FROZEN SECTION runs long at almost two hours with no intermission, and t...
Review: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM at The Art Factory
Tragedy tomorrow, Comedy (and Camp and Farce!) tonight at The Art Factory....
Review: MEMORIAM at Main Street Theater
This show is an amazing achievement where the right script, cast, and creative team come together to produce something unique and visionary. MEMORIAM is a blend of the best of all the theatrical arts combined and sparks a fiery storm of emotions....
Review: DOUBT: A PARABLE at The Garden Theatre
Doubt is a bond as strong as certainty at The Garden Theatre...
Review: THE RIPPLE, THE WAVE THAT CARRIED ME HOME at Stages Houston
Written by Tony-nominated playwright Christina Anderson and directed by Eboni Bell Darcy, this deeply moving story follows one person’s emotional journey to rediscover their roots, heal old wounds, and find their way back home. ...
Review: HAMILTON at Broadway Across America
Let’s face it—this show is a phenomenon. It’s fascinating, and whether you love it or leave it, people are going to flock to the theatre to see it—if only just to say they have. This production, specifically, was tight, so don’t miss your shot!...
Review: THE GLASS MENAGERIE at Alley Theatre
Strong performances in a fragile world. Written in 1944, THE GLASS MENAGERIE was Tennessee Williams’ first major success, and it mirrors his own life more than any other of his works. The play’s characters are drawn from an autobiographical place....
Review: BLACKBIRD at Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.
This is a wonderfully produced version of an unflinching script, which may be the hardest part of BLACKBIRD. It feels so real that the fear factor of an abuser and a victim seething at each other or, worse, being tender to them feels too real sometimes....
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