[Click any photo to enlarge] For the ever-growing Big Apple fan base of the musically gifted young Anderson Twins (Peter & Will), it will come as no surprise that they are now in the mid…
It was yet another coup for the magnificently restored 1930 Paramount Theater in the quaint Hudson Valley town of Peekskill, and it graced that stage on the recent afternoon of Father's D…
Earlier this season the Houston Symphony returned from it first major European tour in two decades. There had been triumphant performances in such cities as Brussels, Warsaw, Vienna, …
Fans of the historic Crighton Theatre in Conroe, Texas, are well-acquainted with the high quality work of its resident company, STAGE RIGHT PRODUCTIONS, all under the guidance of producers, …
Yes, it’s happily that time again. Spring is here, and Houston’s evermore popular MUSIC BOX cabaret is presenting its 2018 edition of “Broadway at the Box.” This litt…
With claims of being "inspired by real events," and with fine direction from Walter Bobbie, the current Theatre Under the Stars production of the Broadway musical, BRIGHT STAR, has no shorta…
[Click any photo to enlarge. All Photos courtesy of Young Texas Artists and Susan Love Fitts Communications.] The title of Thomas Wolfe's well-known novel declares, "You Can't Go Home Again,…
Perfectly timed to coincide with this month's Hollywood excitement of the Academy Awards ceremony, the recent Houston Symphony concert titled The Oscars®: Best Original Songs was surely a…
PHOTOS: Courtesy of Class Act [Click any photo to enlarge] For over two decades Class Act Productions has astonished audiences in The Woodlands, Texas with the quality of its performa…
[ Click any photo to enlarge. ] All Photos by MELISSA TAYLOR Every so often a great musical comes along with an opening number that is so spell-binding it seems like it should be a grand fin…
After a historically sad and troubling week for Americans aware of the tragic events in Florida, the abundant joy that is now being offered by the Stage Right Players production of HELLO DOL…
[ Click any photo to enlarge. All photos by Russ Rowland. ] As a modest player myself, and a frequent fan of the major tennis championships, I've been currently suffering my annual frustrati…
[Click any photo to enlarge] It is not at all unusual for something special to be going on at one of New York's most sophisticated theatrical venues, the 59E59 Theatres. That tradition is be…
[CLICK ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE] For members of America's oldest theatrical club, THE LAMBS (https://the-lambs.org/), the evening would be a highlight of the summer season as members gathered at…
[Click any photo to enlarge] It was yet another recent weekly night of "Low Jinks" fun for America's oldest theatrical club, The Lambs, established in 1874. (https://the-lambs.org/) It had b…
It was my first visit to the elegant estate of CARAMOOR. This legacy of the original owners, Walter & Lucie Rosen, became what is now the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts near Kato…
It has been more than a decade since my first enthusiastic comments about Houston's multi-talented actor/singer/director, Steven Fenley, and the treasured Texas Repertory Theatre for which h…
[Click any photo to enlarge] #ATCASF17Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â For members of the American Theatre Critics Association, (AMERICANTHEATRECRITICS.ORG) their recent national conference …
All Photos by DigiSmiles Photography [Click any photo to enlarge] Something quite remarkable is happening at the Owen Theatre in Conroe, Texas. For those within the sound of my journalistic …
[All photos courtesy of Houston Ballet. Photographer: Amitava Sarkar] Whenever I am privileged to report on an important ballet performance, I am reminded of a tender lyric in the legendary …
My two-decade journalistic journey through the delights of countless varied performances I have enjoyed at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion began when I reviewed the Houston Grand Opera p…
For a long time I have wondered if the talented quintet of players at Houston's evermore popular MUSIC BOX nightclub wouldn't eventually run out of cleverly planned and executed themes for t…
[Click any photo to enlarge] It's ShowTime again for the cheerful band of Stage Right Players at Conroe's Crighton Theatre as they present another of the numerous comedies from Jessie Jones,…
[Click any photo to enlarge.] When I first saw the musical, DREAMGIRLS, back in 1982, the Broadway blockbuster was at the beginning of what would become a four-year run on The Great White Wa…
Many years ago in New York I reviewed the opening night of a new musical titled, "The Devil of Delancey Street. I opened my report with these lines: Richard Nixon famously remarked, "I am no…