For leading lady, Tracie Bennett, the role of Judy Garland was not a new one. But it must be said her performance in the just concluded Broadway run of End of the Rainbow was certainly a tou…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:21AM[ NOTE: The PEOPLE'S CRITIC column below from August 17, 2000, is reprinted here in memory of brilliant Broadway and film composer, Marvin Hamlisch, who died today. ] It was a warm night in …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:07PMMy story could have been called A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but I understand that title has already been used. But dreamlike it was, to see an audience of nearly ten thousand people of all …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:01AMThere may have been those who questioned the investment of some twelve million dollars in building a state-of-the-art theatre complex for the Lone Star College / Tomball campus. All such que…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:41PMIt is no secret that when the Class Act Productions company puts on a show, they pull out all the stops. As Director/Founder/Producer Keith Brumfield comments in his opening remarks for the …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:49PMVisits to Conroe, Texas continue to be full of surprises for this part-time New Yorker to discover. New shops, galleries, and festivals continue to pop up around the central square and court…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:20PMConroe_COURIER_7-13-2012 Texans have long been proud of their multi-talented state bird, the Mockingbird, with its countless lovely songs. Now they have another reason to be proud with the c…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 09:17AMIt was no surprise that the Houston Symphony’s annual Fourth of July Eve concert at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion was everything residents of The Woodlands area have come to expect, …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:07PMIn the case of the current Texas Repertory Theatre production of BEEHIVE The 60’s Musical, I hope my readers will forgive me if I depart from my usual habit of sequential reporting. Let’…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 08:06PMIt was a bumpy ride to be sure, and it was more than a year in the making for the Lone Star Lyric Theater Festival 2012 here in Houston. Celebrating its sixth exciting season under the leade…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 04:05AM…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 01:02PMThere 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 11:57AMI’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 11:18AMThere 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 09:51AMYourHoustonNews.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 01:58AMI 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 05:43AMYourHoustonNews.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 02:47AMIn 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 03:11AMPublished 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 11:41AMThere 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 05:38PMThere 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 10:29AMConroe_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 11:45AMI’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 11:19AMHereHouston.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 05:17PM[ 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 01:08AMCOURIER_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 01:58AMIt 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 01:34AMATTN: 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 12:04PMResidents 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 01:51AMIn 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 03:03AMI 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…
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