Friday, June 15, 2012
…And I hope readers will forgive me for beginning my story with that opening line from Jerry Herman’s very witty, “The Moon Song.” Stealing that line from Mr. Herman&…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:02PMTuesday, May 29, 2012
There was a dreamlike quality for my recent return to the exquisitely restored Paramount Theatre of my youth. A product of the Roaring Twenties built in 1929, it has been the crown jewel of …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 11:57AMTuesday, May 22, 2012
I’m old enough to remember seeing the MGM Technicolor film masterpiece, “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” in a real theater on the wide screen. That was the kind of joyful event the m…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 11:18AMSunday, May 20, 2012
There is something delightful about the spirit that sometimes embodies a local community theatre where many performers and crewmembers work hard all week at their day jobs and then spend cou…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 09:51AMThursday, May 17, 2012
YourHoustonNews.com The summer travel season is fast approaching, and if gas prices are keeping you close to home, you may want to stay local and simply head over to Houston’s reigning…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:58AMFriday, May 11, 2012
I often have the pleasure of reviewing the Houston Ballet in their Brown Theater home at the Wortham Theater Center. There, it is not surprising to see some dramatic set or staging of their …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:43AMFriday, May 4, 2012
YourHoustonNews.com_5-3-2012 I wonder how many of my readers are as tired as I of not having the family fun of musical comedy variety shows that used to be such a television treat in years…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:47AMMonday, April 30, 2012
In New York I have had the good fortune to see both the original Broadway production and the later Broadway revival of Jerry Herman’s groundbreaking musical, “La Cage Aux Folles.” Thos…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:11AMThursday, April 19, 2012
Published in 1940, the title of a Thomas Wolfe novel suggests “You Can’t Go Home Again.” But perhaps you can. It was a homecoming of sorts at the recent 10th anniversary Tommy Tune Awa…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 11:41AMThursday, April 12, 2012
There really were moments during the Houston Hobby Center’s opening night of COME FLY AWAY that we audience members felt we were being lifted heavenward. There was heavenly song with the c…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:38PMWednesday, April 4, 2012
There was the usual cheerful welcome from genial director, Phillip Duggins. But the venue was an odd location for those of us most familiar with enjoying his Masquerade Theatre productions i…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 10:29AMSunday, March 18, 2012
Conroe_COURIER_3-18-2012 It was a very special night for the Young Texas Artists Music Competition, and long in the planning by the Montgomery County Performing Arts Society. Perhaps in a …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 11:45AMFriday, March 16, 2012
I’m not much a one for making categorical statements, but let me make an exception. I’m prepared to state categorically that in fifteen years of reviewing local productions I have never …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 11:19AMWednesday, March 14, 2012
HereHouston.com_3-14-2012 If the title of Houston Ballet’s current production, ROCK, ROLL & TUTUS, seemed a bit silly, the dance artistry displayed on Opening Night certainly was not. …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:17PMThursday, March 8, 2012
[ CLICK PHOTOS ABOVE TO ENLARGE ] The hilarious show was called, OSCAR® IN THE BOX, and on a cool, clear Texas night, and under a growing moon, the crowd of customers assembling at The Musi…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:08AMFriday, March 2, 2012
COURIER_3-2-2012 There are times in a critic’s life when one can barely believe the good fortune of witnessing something so extraordinarily splendid on a stage. Last weekend’s Class Act …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:58AMThursday, March 1, 2012
It would not be until the 17th song of the evening that the audience would hear the Carl Perkins tune, “Party,” but in every other way the party for Million Dollar Quartet began the mome…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:34AMTuesday, February 28, 2012
ATTN: James Marino
James-- Once again this most recent review failed to deposit automatically at your site as in the past. Is there something I must do to correct this?
Thanks, D.D.BENTLEY…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 12:04PMSunday, February 26, 2012
Residents of the Conroe, Texas area may have been wondering about those peals of laughter rolling across North Main Street of late. Let me try to explain. On one side of the street at the Ow…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:51AMSaturday, February 4, 2012
In many ways the show begins in the elegantly decorated entryway of New York’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre. It seems a fitting tribute to the renowned artist and theatre caricaturist for whom th…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:03AMWednesday, January 18, 2012
I came late to the party, having just seen Harry Connick Jr. in On A Clear Day You Can See Forever this past weekend. But after reading a recent rather harsh New York column regarding that…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 08:01AMWednesday, December 21, 2011
HERE_Houston_12-14-2011 Many decades have passed since I had the pleasure of playing Henry Higgins in our high school production of George Bernard Shaw’s classic comedy, Pygmalion. I could…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:43AMMonday, December 12, 2011
It was a Friday evening that would begin with the unexpected at Houston’s Hobby Center for the opening weekend of this season’s staged edition of Irving Berlin’s classic, White Christm…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 12:13AMSaturday, December 10, 2011
There is Christmas joy aplenty in the current run of the Stage Right Players’ production of the Philip Grecian adaptation of Jean Shepherd’s charming, “A Christmas Story.” Many will …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 06:25PMFriday, December 9, 2011
Conroe_Courier_12-9-2011 It was a drizzly, gray Sunday afternoon in Conroe, Texas, but the reception of guests at the Owen Theatre was a warm and royal one. A handsome prince helped arrivi…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:38AMFriday, December 2, 2011
For those who have not yet had the pleasure of experiencing a John Cooper School musical production in its state-of-the-art JCS Performing Arts Center, keep your eyes peeled for the next opp…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:07AMWednesday, November 30, 2011
NUTCRACKER – Rhodes Elliott and Artists of Houston Ballet PHOTO- Amitava Sarkar [ NOTE: All included Opening Night photos by Amitava Sarkar.] From a dance company as renowned as the Ho…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:03AMTuesday, November 22, 2011
Pinch me if I’m dreaming! It was, after all, a November night that was very much like a dream, as Houston’s Gexa Energy Broadway series presented “RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles.” Th…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 06:14PMFriday, November 11, 2011
Conroe_COURIER_11-11-11 For those readers who have not yet reserved tickets to the current Christian Youth Theatre production of TOM SAWYER at the Crighton Theatre, be advised that four of t…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:34AMFriday, October 28, 2011
Now back from Europe with summer adventures behind me, and with the fall season well underway, it seems an appropriate time to catch up on a highlight of Show Business from “across the pon…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:16AMWednesday, October 19, 2011
I imagine most of we theatergoers have traveled enough to realize that a bus, like many other modes of transportation, can sometimes be a helpful conveyance, while at other times it may expe…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 09:45PM 
