For theatergoers looking for relief from the stresses of everyday life and the troubling reports on the evening news, relief was just a theatre ticket away. In a recent production presented …
Last Saturday night there was a Texas-style barbeque worthy of a scene in the classic motion picture, “Giant,” but it was so much more than that. One could sense the presence of …
What a magical wonderland of joy awaits those lucky Theater Under the Stars patrons who have the good fortune to scoop up the remaining tickets for the current run of the new musical stage a…
With so many of its stars having been polished by years of Broadway musical experience with Houston's legendary Masquerade Theatre, it should come as no surprise that the current offering fr…
It may have been a week early with its billing as a FAT TUESDAY FEAST subtitled, "WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS " A Musical Mardi Gras," but the latest offering from Lone Star Lyric Cabaret…
Some may recall the Sesame Street song of Kermit the frog, "It's Not Easy Being Green," and the recent Class Act Production of Disney's musical, SHREK, is a case in point. It tells the sweet…
There are moments in life when, if we are very lucky, we find ourselves in the presence of artistic brilliance of such a high order that the stunning result seems almost beyond comprehension…
On rare occasions I have the inclination to paraphrase President Richard Nixon who once infamously declared: "I am not a crook." In my own case, as I reflect on my work as a critic, allow me…
There is an explosion of local talent in town, and it is taking place at the beautifully restored, and very historic, Crighton Theatre in Conroe, Texas. No wonder it has been called the Crow…
My recent first visit to see the A.D. Players was long over-due. My friend Ray from New York had spent much time in Houston, and he had told me some time ago about this marvelous troupe whil…
It had been a long day getting to LaGuardia Airport through morning thunder-snow and rain in New York, catching the flight to Houston, and finally making it to Conroe for last Saturday night…
 For those of us fortunate enough to have seen 2012's The Anderson Twins Play the Fabulous Dorseys*, it would come as no surprise that the lads' latest offering at Manhattan's trendy 59E5…
NEW YORK 11-22-13 On this date, just exactly 50 years ago, I was a student at The University of Texas in Austin and preparing to join several friends that very afternoon for a little trip ou…
I had to be in a good mood last Friday night after a dear friend treated me to dinner at Perry's Grill where the salmon was divine and the service from our waiter, Joe, was first-class. Then…
What better time of year could there be to call forth the spirits than during this Halloween season? And what better way to do it than with the Texas Repertory Theatre Company's current spoo…
For the crowd that assembled last Saturday night at the Crighton Theatre it was to be a country music performance that will be long remembered by all those fortunate enough to be present. Co…
After a long absence from Texas, it was a special treat for me to be back in time for a very splendid The Sound of Music production presented last weekend by Class Act and its Founder/Artist…
Last Friday night at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Halloween got off to the musically spooky start that residents always look forward to from the Houston Symphony’s annual Hocus …
Country music and a sense of the Wild West are common factors of life in Houston, Texas. Now, helping to bring all that into good-humored focus comes the delightful Music Box Theatre product…
Old timers may recall a hit show of early television titled, "Queen For A Day." Houston fun-seekers may want to hurry over and join the party at the Hobby Center for what one might now desig…
YourHoustonNews.com_10-02-2013 Clearly the word had gotten around the city of Houston that Cole Porter was back in town, and better still he was in the capable hands of the ever-more popular…
The longtime reputation for excellence associated with performance offerings arranged by the Montgomery County Performing Arts Society (MCPAS) was certainly enhanced by last Sunday evening's…
Fans of the legendary Broadway musical A Chorus Line will recall the song and lyric line announcing that, "Everything is beautiful At the Ballet." That may never have been truer than at the …
Until recently some important family matters had kept me away from the delights of the Conroe theatre scene for over a year. What a pleasure to discover, upon my return, that sold-out houses…
It was back in the 1980′s of another century that I had the good fortune to spend two pleasant summers visiting the cliff side home of a good friend on the southern coast of Spain, sur…