231 stories by "Everett Evans"
[...] The Curious Incident" follows the same path as "War Horse," another memorable National Theatre production, which transferred to Broadway after London success and won the 2011 Tony.
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Canadian pianist, playwright, actor and singer Hershey Felder makes a surprisingly reasonable facsimile in his solo show "George Gershwin Alone," presented by the Alley Theatre in its interi…
Expectations were sky-high for this Lincoln Center Theater production, as it reunites key talents, including director Bartlett Sher and star Kelli O'Hara, responsible for the unforgettable 2…
Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" is back - with a difference, in the lavish and enjoyable touring production of the recent Broadway hit.
Yet she's acquired a social conscience and mor…
When composer George Gershwin died of a brain tumor in 1937 at the age of 38, the loss felt like a body blow to American culture.
Yet almost 80 years later, the legacy of one of the 20th ce…
With ingenious direction by Kenn McLaughlin, high-stepping choreography by Kristin Warren, strong performances by leads Tom Frey and Bridget Beirne, and the entire company entering wholehear…
Broadway version debuting at Hobby Center gives heroine a social conscience while staying true to Rodgers and Hammerstein
"Cinderella" has been retold innumerable ways - but only one boasts…
Striking newsboys in 1899 New York are the focal point of "Newsies," but every musical needs a leading lady.
In the national tour of the recent Broadway hit, Styles plays Katherine, the plu…
Disney Theatrical's 2012 Broadway hit, making its Houston premiere with the vibrantly performed touring production at Hobby Center, boasts the additional satisfaction of salvaging a great pr…
Substantially retooled for the stage, the show arrived on Broadway in 2012 to favorable press and adoring, capacity audiences.
"Newsies" began as a screenplay by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White…
Stages offers cult favorite 'Mack and Mabel'
Since its premiere in 1974, "Mack and Mabel" has been a favorite hard-luck show, a production with so much going for it it should have been a sm…
Yet the beloved Meredith Willson musical holds up amazingly well, demonstrated by Theatre Under The Stars' current production.
Life was (or seemed) all barbershop quartets, Fourth of July c…
The play depicts two senior gents who once competed for the love of the same (now deceased) woman and still can't get along - yet wind up on the same park bench each day, irritating yet some…
"The Spiritualist" benefits from a fascinating premise - always a head start for any play, and a bit of insurance along the way, should the idea's realization prove imperfect.
In the case o…
Ah, but the recurring use of the famous "Liebestod" - the ever-resolving but never quite resolved "Love-Death" music of the opera's final scene - clues us in that, for all the shenanigans, K…
Gunn has returned to Houston Grand Opera for his much-anticipated role debut as the titular "demon barber" in "Sweeney Todd," composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim's chef d'oeuvre.
Yet ons…
With Houston Grand Opera's thrilling production of "Sweeney Todd," one of the musical theater's greatest works has come full circle.
Yet with the scope of its story, the scale of its passio…
Houston premieres of the recent off-Broadway hits "Dogfight" and "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity," plus the Judy Garland bio-play "End of the Rainbow," are among the highlights of Stag…
The Alley is playing host, presenting the Houston debut of the admired British troupe Kneehigh Theatre, in "Tristan & Yseult," one of the company's signature productions, opening Wednesday a…
Director Carlus Padrissa's arresting visuals often dovetail nicely with the mood and meaning of the music, especially the splashy projections on ever-shifting panels, the production's primar…
Stunning critics and audiences alike is nothing new for "Sweeney Todd," the audacious musical thriller widely regarded as composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece.
The remarkabl…
Anton Chekhov's final classic is an acknowledged masterpiece of world theater - but like all his works, poses tricky challenges.
The play centers on Lubov and Gaev, a middle-aged sister and…
The fifth Maher play produced by Houston's Catastrophic Theatre, "The Hunchback Variations" takes the form of a panel discussion on theatrical sound effects.
Quasimodo re-creates the variou…
Say "opera" to many people and the first image that comes to mind will be a formidable blond woman, wearing a winged helmet, carrying a spear and singing her lungs out.
Given that Wonder Wo…
Whatever the peculiar mystique, Jack Heifner's three-woman comedy "Vanities" - a sort of "Three Little Cheerleaders and How They Grew" - became a surprise success in the late 1970s.
Concurr…
