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Dennis Kelly's book is witty, droll and astutely pointed.
Besides conveying real sympathy for the put-upon heroine, the script upholds Dahl's implicit critique of the disheartening anti-int…
[...] the wacky world of professional wrestling invades Stages with the company's Houston premiere of "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity," opening Friday.
The play's central figure, and …
The reconfigured seating creates better sight lines and brings the audience closer to the actors.
Improvements throughout the building, from lobby to bar, have made it more spacious, comfor…
Though far from perfect and never completely conquering doubts about the notorious outlaw couple's suitability as musical protagonists, the show has much to recommend it.
Ivan Menchell's bo…
Artistic director Gregory Boyd faced a tough decision with the Alley Theatre's eagerly anticipated reopening after its yearlong, $46.5 million renovation.
With his oft-demonstrated love of …
The trick to adapting one of Roald Dahl's classic children's books for the stage or screen is finding just the right tone and corresponding visual profile.
The 1996 film "James and the Gian…
Holbrook will appear "in conversation" with Alley artistic director Gregory Boyd, launching the series of interviews with notable writers, actors and directors.
Holbrook is best known for h…
With its bleak worldview, arbitrary devices and bizarre flourishes, the play is catnip for the artistes of Catastrophic Theatre, Houston's foremost alternative theater company.
[...] direct…
Gypsy Snider, who devised the acrobatic and aerial movement for the tour, was in Houston last week to lead the periodic brush-up rehearsal of the show's physical feats.
Snider created the c…
The touring tent-show presentation of J.M. Barrie's classic has been doing sufficiently strong business to extend its run - originally announced through Oct. 4 - through Oct. 25.
For more t…
The play sets out to portray the romance of African-American Freeman and Latina Angelita, and the challenges generated chiefly by prejudices and preconceptions of friends and family - and pe…
They're young. They're in love. They rob banks. They kill people.
And now, they sing.
What's more, they sing Frank Wildhorn songs - to Broadway critics, apparently the most heinous crime of…
The Alley Theatre, the first of Houston's arts companies to forge a national reputation, has been central to the city's claims as an arts mecca. Recently, though, the theater has fallen behi…
Houston will get an authentic taste of New York's downtown arts scene with the Joe's Pub Series at Midtown Arts and Theatre Center (MATCH). The series launches in November with performances …
Free tours will allow the public a first look at the renovated theater complex, its backstage area and public spaces.
Mayor Annise Parker, along with cultural and civic leaders, will partic…
In the play, Angelita and Freeman, both college students in New York, find their relationship challenged by the prejudices and misconceptions of family and friends.
First staged at a small …
"The HGO family is devastated by the sudden accidental death of Tim Tull," the company said in a statement, noting that his job title did not adequately describe the "joyous place" Tull held…
With Jennifer Gilbert's winning performance as its irrepressible heroine, "Bells Are Ringing" works like a dream in Bayou City Concert Musicals' production - "better than a dream," to borrow…
Director Tina Landau already answered that question when she helmed the delightful 2001 revival of "Bells Are Ringing," the show about switchboard operator Ella Peterson, who can't resist me…
Yet the real surprise, and probably the biggest relief, about this novel treatment is that it remains essentially faithful to both the narrative and the spirit of J.M. Barrie's classic fanta…
Film does this all the time, but it's relatively rare in live theater.
Because intimacy is so crucial to the play, Tobin-Lehl says Studio 101, where Stark Naked Theatre performs, is an idea…
There was the fleet, colorful Disney animated movie with the exhilarating "You Can Fly!" scene as Peter led the three Darling children out of their nursery window and over the rooftops of Lo…
Along with Rose's neat premise of building a play solely from a jury's deliberations, the prickly interplay between the diverse characters keeps the action interesting.
Yet even if time and…
Playwright Reginald Rose's 1954 stint in the jury room at New York's Foley Square courthouse brought a much greater reward.
Rose's stage adaptation also won acclaim through the years, no mo…
"All students deserve access to high-quality arts education," said Mario Rossero, the center's senior vice president of education.
Currently, only 29 percent of the district's elementary an…
