Thursday, December 17, 2015
For those of us fortunate enough to have become familiar with the brilliant musical talents of the Anderson Twins (via their previous successes with Le Jazz Hot and Those Fabulous Dorseys at…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:55PMWednesday, December 9, 2015
[Click any photo to enlarge.] For those lucky enough to have been part of last Sunday’s packed house at the PARAMOUNT Hudson Valley Theater in Peekskill, New York, the Christmas season got…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 04:16AMThursday, November 19, 2015
[ Click any photo to enlarge. ] As much as I enjoy my work reviewing professional performing arts productions of all kinds, there is something refreshing about now and then getting back to b…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 09:40PMMonday, November 16, 2015
I had a wonderful surprise last Saturday night at Conroe’s elegant Crighton Theatre. It had been just exactly one week since my reviewing a sensational Sinatra Centennial concert at Housto…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 12:26AMThursday, November 12, 2015
The consistent excellence of musical performances from Class Act Productions are well known here in Montgomery County and The Woodlands, Texas. Over at the Nancy Bock Center for the Performi…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:50AMTuesday, November 3, 2015
The Houston Symphony certainly started off this month of November with a sensational concert in Jones Hall. Titled, SINATRA’S CENTENNIAL, the program was a wonderful look back at the count…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:40PMFriday, October 30, 2015
I always enjoy it when my trips to Texas coincide with scheduled productions of the Texas Repertory Theatre. The company’s current cheerful offering of Joan Micklin Silver & Julianne B…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:18AMThursday, October 29, 2015
It was arguably the most dismal, rainy and dreary weekend in recent Montgomery County memory, but on the stage of the Crighton Theater in Conroe, Texas, the angelic voices and beaming faces …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:10PMThursday, October 22, 2015
Until the current BROADWAY at the Hobby Center offering, I had somehow never managed to actually see a production of the longtime hit musical, PIPPIN. I recall once reading a lengthy plot su…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:53AMLast Saturday it was Opening Night for the 37th season of the Montgomery County Performing Arts Society, and the five dazzling stars of the evening comprise the rhythm & blues singing gr…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 12:00AMThursday, October 8, 2015
[ Click Any Photo to Enlarge ] In these half dozen years since its World Premiere in La Jolla, California, composer Frank Wildhorn’s ambitious musical, BONNIE & CLYDE, has had numerou…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 06:15AMThursday, October 1, 2015
Last week at Houston’s Wortham Theatre Center I had the privilege of attending Thursday’s Opening Night of Houston Ballet’s FALL MIXED REPERTORY, presented in advance of the company’…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:42AMThursday, September 24, 2015
[Click any photo to enlarge ] As I put pen to paper for this review, I am reminded of that wise old expression: “Better late than never.” As a critic, I have never been fond of reviewing…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 06:25AMThursday, September 17, 2015
[ Editor’s Note: Click any photo to enlarge ] There was a special kind of warmth and intimacy coming across the footlights when director, Jim Walker, stepped out on the Crighton Theatr…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:25AMSaturday, September 12, 2015
For those of us fortunate to have homes in The Woodlands, Texas, there have been countless opportunities through the years to enjoy the wonderful concerts of the Houston Symphony Orchestra a…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:32PMSunday, September 6, 2015
As I close in on completion of two decades of work as a critic, I feel compelled to weigh in on what is surely destined to be one of the great New York City engineering projects of our gener…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 10:38PMMonday, July 20, 2015
[Click any photo to enlarge] There are rare times in the world of the theatre that all the elements just seem to come together perfectly. The current Goodspeed Opera House production of La C…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:04PMWednesday, July 15, 2015
[ Click on any photo to enlarge ] It doesn’t get much better than this for residents of the once Sandy-ravaged Rockaway Beach. The pleasantly warm summer weather and low humidity have the …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:10AMTuesday, June 16, 2015
From time to time my occasional work as a performing arts critic in Texas causes me to miss some important event here in New York. That was never truer than on last March 9th when Marc Bar…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 08:44PMSunday, June 14, 2015
She is a member of America’s oldest theatrical club, The Lambs established in 1874, and those fellow Lambs who have been fortunate enough to hear talented singer and cabaret performer,…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 08:10PMThursday, May 14, 2015
[ CLICK ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE ] Anthony Crane as Harold Hill and Sara Jean Ford as Marian Paroo with cast. Photo by Bruce Bennett, courtesy of Theatre Under The Stars. Like the seasons…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:02AMSunday, May 3, 2015
CHICAGO lights up stage at Lone Star College-Montgomery *Courtesy Photo* [ CLICK ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE ] Last weekend approached with ominous Houston-area Friday morning thunderstorms that …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:57AMSunday, April 26, 2015
Whenever he was distressed about disturbing current events in the news, it was not uncommon for my late father to announce, “The world is going to hell in a handbasket!” If he could have…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:23AMThursday, April 23, 2015
For those who witnessed the stunning Opening and Closing ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics hosted by China in Beijing, the artistic talent and cultural splendor of those memorable Chine…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:22PMFriday, April 17, 2015
It seemed more like attending some grand and joyous party than it did attending a run-of-the-mill musical. The fun began right in the elevator that took my guest and me up to the orchestra l…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:37AMSaturday, March 21, 2015
As the Young Texas Artists music competition entered its fourth decade of showcasing the very finest of our state’s young, classical musicians, it would be no surprise that last Saturday n…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 10:33PMFriday, March 20, 2015
With Spring Break underway for many in surrounding Houston areas, the Theater Under the Stars offering of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT had no opening week shortage of eager y…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:02AMThursday, March 12, 2015
It is a story of love, and it is most certainly a story of music, and when the two come together they weave a tale as sweet as the melodies that bind together all the charms of the musical…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:51PMSaturday, February 28, 2015
Even before the opening curtain, there was a ballet of sorts in the Wortham Center’s soaring lobby, with its steep and rolling escalator, towering windows, and the high walls adorned with …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 10:36PMThursday, February 26, 2015
***Click Any Photo to Enlarge*** Before curtain time at the Nancy Bock Center for the Performing Arts, the room was filled with the familiar buzz of audience excitement that one has come to …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:03AMThursday, February 19, 2015
For lovers of musical theatre there is something incredibly important and very wonderful going on at Conroe’s Crighton Theater. Brilliantly directed by Manny Cafeo, the current production …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:45AM