Love Crises, Stage Surprises
Amorous relations inspired identity crises on two local stages last week. At Amphibian Stage Productions, local playwright Kathleen Culebro debuted her new play, Smart...
A Landslide Victory for Ann
We thought we’d never chuckle at politics again, and then Ann (The Ann Richards Play) landed at Stage West Theatre –– our sides splintered...
9-to-5’in
Based on a book by radio legend Studs Terkel, Working: A Musical was the first play that Jubilee Theatre Director William Earl Ray ever...
TBT: On Pointe
Taking on two hefty contemporary works for its season-opening program in Bass Performance Hall last weekend – Carlos Acosta’s Carmen and Christopher Wheeldon’s DGV:...
Persevering for the Public
It definitely wasn’t Bass Hall.
As cool and rocking and rolling as Shipping & Receiving is, it’s not where you’d expect to hear music of...
Two at Stage West
Since my other duties at this publication leave me too busy to go to stage shows on a weekly basis, I thought I’d take...
Favorite Things
The triumph of the human spirit sounds uninspiring after having been sung by the same characters with the same voices for over half a...
Madrileños Locos
A little more than a month ago, the news dropped that Adam Adolfo was leaving his job as artistic director of Artes de la...
Park Bench Plays
This is not a play about Donald Trump’s wall, Brexit, or any government office involving a row of disgruntled, time-pressed people.
But it could be....
I’ve Been Played
Oh, goody. Another play satirizing the world of the theatuh and the pretensions of the brilliant egomaniacs and thin-skinned artisans who inhabit it. If...
