The concertmaster traditionally plays a leadership role with any orchestra - guiding the violins, the orchestra's largest section, and is crucial to the overall ensemble's cohesiveness and e…
"The Hunchback Variations" - starring none other than Quasimodo, Victor Hugo's immortal bell-ringer of Notre Dame - makes its Houston premiere Friday. The play's author is Mickle Maher, a f…
An island community faces a censorship crisis because, as letters begin to fall from an inscription on the town monument, the governing council begins banning the letters one by one - from b…
The transatlantic comedy hit "One Man, Two Guvnors," the sci-fi thriller "The Nether" and the medical drama "The Other Place" will make their Houston premieres in the Alley Theatre's 2015-16…
Astutely staged by playwright Theresa Rebeck in her directing debut and artfully acted by a uniformly fine cast, "All My Sons" remains impressive in sheer human impact as an understanding po…
Was it THE Robert Durst? -the notorious and eccentric gazillionaire who once again stands accused of foul play? If the absent donor was indeed THE Robert Durst, missing Saturday's event wou…
'All My Sons' probes ethics, consequences Since 2015 is the centenary of Arthur Miller, America's pre-eminent dramatist of ethical issues and social conscience, Alley Theatre artistic direc…
Acclaimed song stylist Hilary Kole, who has won an avid following in New York's jazz and cabaret scene, says she never would have become a singer if not for Judy Garland. Kole gratefully re…
For children who are hospitalized or undergoing treatment, anything that provides momentary diversion and lifts the spirit is welcome. Through its Healing Arts program, Young Audiences of H…
[...] under Stages Repertory Theatre artistic director Kenn McLaughlin's inventive and theatrically invigorating direction, a terrific seven-actor cast makes the most of the script's humor, …
"What I Learned" is not a political play, but a romantic comedy set among campaign staffers as they relish their victory and anticipate remaining part of the team that will bring a new day t…
The presenter of chamber music and jazz will continue its trademark multimedia programs exploring connections between arts disciplines, as in a Marcel Proust Project combining excerpts from …
[...] with eager-to-please direction and choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, and genial leads in husband-and-wife "American Idol" alumni Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo, the production is relat…
ABC's pre-broadcast description describes the show thus: "With unprecedented access, Sawyer goes behind-the-scenes to show viewers what happened beyond the frame in those famous movie scenes…
Bayou City Theatrics, a small and relatively new company, has taken on a big challenge by tackling a beloved, large-scale classic in Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" - especially wi…
The title may sound irreverent - dismissive even - but don't think playwright Aaron Posner is giving the bird to Anton Chekhov's seminal classic "The Seagull" with his acclaimed 21st-century…
Based on the 2007 film of the same title, the folk-style musical makes its Houston debut with the touring company at Hobby Center, with personable leads Stuart Ward and Dani de Waal heading …
Broadway legend Audra McDonald was in spectacular voice for her concert Tuesday night at Wortham Theater Center, a gala inaugurating the University of Houston Moores School of Music's Madiso…
Part of the fun in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is just how monumentally un-smoothly things run, not only for the play's four bewildered young lovers but for its crew of bumbling craftsmen tu…
[...] like many recent popular movies, "Once" has found a second life on stage. The show makes its Houston premiere with the national touring company, opening Tuesday at Hobby Center. Writ…
Through the struggles and triumphs of one family, held together by several generations of formidable women, the play chronicles Croatia's tumultuous history - from the remnants of monarchy, …
"Troubled" is too mild a word for Stuart, the 16-year-old protagonist of "The Blackest Shore," Mark Schultz's play making its world premiere at Catastrophic Theatre. Yet a friendship that d…
Renowned as author of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Twain also was a beloved presence on the lecture circuit. Twain's years on the lecture circuit cue…
Latest of the Montreal company's spectacles to reach Houston, "Amaluna" represents considerable advances in giving each the traveling tent shows (the company has got quite a few) a distincti…
[...] committed to participate are opera great Bryn Terfel (April 26, 2016) and concert pianist Lang Lang (Sept. 15, 2016). Since emerging from the Juilliard School, McDonald has been an in…