251 stories from Houston Chronicle
The show is back for its second Houston stand - the first was in 2006 - in a refreshed edition that adds numbers, sets and costumes, and state-of-the-art technical effects - while retaining …
"Ho Ho Humbug," Scott Burkell's comedy based on his Macy's experience first as an elf, then as the big guy himself, makes its world premiere Friday at Stark Naked Theatre.
The setup may hav…
The ultimate splashy holiday variety show has become an institution since it premiered at New York's Radio City Music Hall in 1933.
The company has been presenting Michael Wilson's adaptati…
The singing Sanders family is performing the last of its gospel shows before the eldest son departs for service in World War II - but the characters' quirky humor and bluegrass stylings keep…
While "Dirty Dancing" is no autobiography, a lot of Bergstein can be found in its heroine, including a feisty feminist streak.
In "Dirty Dancing," 17-year-old Frances "Baby" Houseman spends…
The "Merchant Ivory" brand indicates a specific type of cinema: literate, elegant, sumptuously appointed and impeccably played, usually derived from a distinguished novel, classic or modern.…
With a flexible format and movable walls, ACE Center Sugar Land will be able to expand to 6,400 seats for rock concerts and stadium-style events and shrink to 3,300 seats to accommodate tour…
Hungarian Nobel Prize laureate Imre Kertesz's novel "Kaddish for an Unborn Child" would not seem the most likely candidate for stage adaptation.
Taking its title from the Jewish prayer of m…
"Nina Vance and the Alley Theatre: A Life's Work," an exhibition at University of Houston's M.D. Anderson Library, chronicles Vance's life and achievements through items drawn from the Nina …
Running the gamut from profligate frivolity to stark tragedy, Neves rises triumphantly to the juicy opportunities of the title role in Stages' "Marie Antoinette."
A resident company member …
[...] he doesn't mean Pinter the playwright, master of the pregnant pause and the comedy of menace, renowned for a string of modern classics including "The Birthday Party," "The Caretaker," …
Migrant farm workers in Depression-era California, they drift from job to job - dreaming of one day having their own ranch.
Steinbeck's hapless heroes have journeyed on through two TV films…
Presented as a contemporary riff on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," the play makes several references to the classic horror story.
Besides the title, it presents a key char…
The quintessential 1930s musical comedy became a hit all over again in its Tony-winning 2011 revival.
Sean McKnight and Jennifer Savelli have re-created Kathleen Marshall's shrewd direction…
Women talk about their clothes, particularly what key articles of apparel mean to them and how they mark the major events and transitions of their lives.
"Love, Loss and What I Wore" began …
Audiences will not only be taken by Neves' Marie Antoinette, but also by Adjmi's cleverly constructed script and director Leslie Swackhamer's ingenious production, which makes this multiface…
No one has done more in recent years to keep classic musical comedy sparkling on Broadway than director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall.
While the prevailing trend in musicals for more …
[...] we're at that point in the relatively young 2014-15 season when some theaters are announcing changes for the near horizon - specifically, two shows that were to play this fall.
Catast…
The Alley has taken its lead from the celebrated 1977 Broadway revival, re-creating famed artist Edward Gorey's award-winning sets and costumes that so revitalized the warhorse on that occas…
The un-dead hotties of "True Blood" and "Twilight" may have given vampires a sexy rep, but no one can hold a flickering candle to the original bat man, Count Dracula. With the Alley Theatre'…
In a series of monologues (and some group recitations), various women describe how they view themselves in relation to their clothes, and vice versa, and discuss the significance of key arti…
Stages unveils the legend's newest avatar Friday with its regional premiere of "Marie Antoinette," playwright David Adjmi's post-modern, 21st-century take on the ill-fated 18th-century queen…
Released in 1936 (under its original title "Tell Your Children"), the movie illustrated how even one puff of "the devil's weed" could lead clean-cut teens to sexual degradation, auto theft, …
Ben has recently lost his job as a bank loan officer, but is establishing his own online business as a financial planning consultant.
For now, Kenny stocks shelves in a warehouse and Sharon…
