[Click Any Photo to Enlarge]Â There was an atmosphere of celebration last weekend here in Texas. As folks looked forward to the end of winter's dark days and the arrival of Daylight Savin…
[Click any photo to enlarge.] It's that time again. Now entering its 20th season with this 60th production, it seems that every six or seven years Class Act Productions mounts another brilli…
I was just beginning to experience withdrawal symptoms after my recent out-of-town travels, but all is well now following my recent return to The Music Box Theatre for the current delightful…
[CLICK ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE] It comes as no surprise that the treasured music and lyrics of George & Ira Gershwin can still produce a winner for Broadway. That fact is made abundantly cl…
[ Click Any Photo to Enlarge ] It's literally "off to the races," for another Stage Right blockbuster with the arrival of the current production of MY FAIR LADY at the Crighton Theatre. Dire…
It was an extraordinary one-night-only event at Jones Hall last Thursday when the Houston Symphony took its place on stage below a large movie screen that was about to display a sensational …
It was a holiday season event that had been long in the planning by Shepherd of The Lambs, Marc Baron. As the titular leader of America's oldest theatrical club, Baron wanted to share Frank …
[ All Photos by Jeremy Daniel. Click any photo to enlarge. ] It has been more than a decade now since I had the pleasure of seeing the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit, JERSEY BOYS, in the Bi…
 They say "seeing is believing," but for those lucky enough to attend Opening Night of this weekend's Houston Symphony Pops concert, "I Love a Piano," the astonishing performance of pop …
Music fans who enjoy science fiction may be reminded of H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" during their next visit to Houston's popular Music Box Theatre. The company's current production of "Th…
[Click any photo to enlarge. All photos by Os Galindo] Ever since its opening on The Great White Way more than half a century ago in 1961, composer Frank Loesser's witty musical satire on th…
I think it can be safely said that in my many pleasant years of reviewing productions at the Crighton Theatre, I have never laughed harder than I did last Saturday night when doubled up in h…
It was a night to showcase the singers & songwriters of the Lone Star State, and the stars of Houston's Music Box Theater were certainly up to the challenge with their latest production,…
There is a certain buzz of energy, excitement and enthusiasm before the curtain goes up on a high school theatrical production. I remember it well from my schooldays as a young actor in New …
 It would be a day full of exquisite music. In the afternoon I had the pleasure of viewing a telecast of the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award, a presentation honoring bri…
[Click any photo to enlarge] In 2008 a musical called IN THE HEIGHTS exploded on Broadway to begin what would become a three-year run on the Great White Way that has been followed with count…
[Click any photo to enlarge] After a pleasant summer visiting family and friends in the generally cooler northeast regions of New York and New England, and despite the lingering summer heat …
When Christina Bianco (Missy), Diana Degarmo (Suzy), Jenna Leigh Green (Cindy Lou), and Sally Schwab (Betty Jean) come bouncing onto the stage of Off-Broadway's intimate 100-seat Kirk Theatr…
On a pleasant Conroe Saturday night last weekend a parade of young area talent was spotlighted at the Crighton Theatre in a show aptly titled, "Come Fly with Me." Hosting the program was pop…
[Click any photo to enlarge] My recent trip to Houston's Hobby Center to view the current national tour production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love &#…
Yes, John Denver's old country classic, "Country Roads," is still buzzing around in my brain after last weekend's pleasant opportunity to reacquaint myself with the popular Houston venue of …
[Photos by David Clements-DWC Photography] Followers of the comic genius of playwright, Neil Simon, have another chance to sample his oft-times hilarious repertoire with the current Stage Ri…
[All Photos by Christian Brown – Click any photo to enlarge] There is a pivotal moment in the Charles Dickens classic tale, "Oliver Twist," when the hungry and naïve young orphan, O…
 All photos by Joan Marcus from the 2016 National Touring cast of Roundabout Theatre Company's CABARET. [Click any photo to enlarge] It is the early 1930's in Berlin and the powerful r…
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III www.ThePeoplesCritic.com [Click any photo to enlarge] For those seeking relief from the seemingly endless woes that newscasters assault us with on a daily basis, the…