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 …
 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 yea…
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." Those prod…
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 Awards pr…
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 car…
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…
 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 …
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 laug…
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. Th…
[ 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 Mu…
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 Prod…
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 moment t…
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…
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…
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 the …
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 …
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 n…
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 Christmas. Fi…
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 recall t…
 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 arri…
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…
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…
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." The audien…
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…
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 pond.…