295 stories by "David Dow Bentley III"
[All photos by Meredith Mashburn Photography. Click any photo to enlarge] By David Dow Bentley III  "The People's Critic" I don't think I have seen so many smiling faces at Housto…
By David Dow Bentley III "The People's Critic" In the year 2001 author, Amanda Brown, published her novel, "Legally Blonde," based, in part, on her own experiences as a blonde at Stanford La…
By David Dow Bentley III    "The People's Critic" Conroe COURIER 3-31-2024 [PHOTOS: Courtesy of The Music Box. Click any photo to enlarge] It may sound a bit bold, but I…
By David Dow Bentley IIIÂ Â Â Â "The People's Critic" Conroe COURIER March 17, 2024Â Â [Click any photo to enlarge] It was a wondrous spring evening in Texas as classical music…
One of my proudest moments as a Performing Arts critic took place two decades ago in 2003, when I received a Houston Grand Opera invitation to attend the preview performance in Texas of the …
It is sad to report the recent death of Broadway actress, Sheila Smith. In New York, at America's oldest theatrical organization, THE LAMBS, Sheila was the beloved longtime partner of Lambs …
[Click Any Photo to Enlarge] By David Dow Bentley IIIÂ Â Â Â "The People's Critic" Houston's MUSIC BOX THEATER continues to amaze audiences with their seemingly bottomless reservoir…
[PHOTOS Courtesy of Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Click any photo to enlarge] By David Dow Bentley IIIÂ Â Â Â "The People's Critic" They say that "Seeing is Believing," but for l…
[All photos by SPRY ART PHOTOGRAPHY. Click any photo to enlarge.] By David Dow Bentley IIIÂ Â Â Â "The People's Critic" Those familiar with the witty short stories of newspaper colu…
By David Dow Bentley IIIÂ Â Â Â "The People's Critic" [Click Any Photo to Enlarge] They say, "Time Flies When You're Having Fun," and when I think back over the many times during th…
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY IIIÂ Â Â Â "The People's Critic" [Click any photo to enlarge] As one of the world's premier outdoor amphitheaters since Frank Sinatra was its Grand Opening star…
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY IIIÂ Â Â Â "The People's Critic" [Click any photo to enlarge] An assortment of out-of-town commitments had taken me away from Texas for just over two years, so …
[All photos by SPRY ART PHOTOGRAPHY. Click any photo to enlarge.] By DAVID DOW BENTLEY IIIÂ Â Â Â "The People's Critic" It was exactly one quarter-century ago when I had the first o…
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY IIIÂ Â Â Â "The People's Critic" [Click any photo to enlarge.] A brief transportation delay in reaching the new location may have caused me to miss the first mo…
[All Photos by Melissa Taylor. Click any photo to enlarge.] By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III "The People's Critic" It was bold. It was brassy. It was rowdy. It was brazen. It was "in-your-face." And…
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY IIIÂ Â Â Â "The People's Critic" [Photo by Spry Art Photography] It was Thomas Wolfe who famously wrote, "You Can't Go Home Again." But I'm thinking that maybe …
Only rarely do I venture into the realm of film criticism, preferring as I do, reviewing live performances of all kinds, from theatre to symphony, ballet to opera, and assorted concerts as w…
By David Dow Bentley III "The People's Critic" It was an electrifying way to start the Fall Season at Peekskill's magnificent 1920's movie palace, The Paramount. The main event would be the …
[Click any photo to enlarge] By David Dow Bentley III "The People's Critic" It was an electrifying way to start the Fall Season at Peekskill's magnificent 1920's movie palace, The Paramount.…
 A VERY WONDERFUL SEASON… …of very wonderful American Jazz music, has recently gotten under way from New York's renowned jazz virtuosos, Peter & Will Anderson. I had the pleasure…
The month began with a miserable April Fool's Day on Friday, and wintry weather had been delaying spring's arrival for too long. But 24 hours later, Saturday began to warm things up with ple…
It was a concert long in the planning, but who could have known the added significance Mozart's "REQUIEM" would take on amid the swirl of cataclysmic world events that would surround Sunday'…
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III "The People's Critic" As the world mourns the recent loss of legendary musical genius, Stephen Sondheim, I was moved to look back over the many times in the last two…
Anderson Twins + Vince Giordano & Friends = Return of Musical Joy By DAVID DOW BENTLEY IIIÂ Â Â Â "The People's Critic" It had been nearly two Pandemic years since I had the ple…
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY IIIÂ Â "The People's Critic" They say that "timing is everything," but after a pandemic year-and-a-half of being unable to fly back east from Texas to visit the bul…
