Tuesday, May 2, 2017
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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 04:54AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 29, 2017
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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 18, 2017
[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,…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 07:24AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 9, 2017
[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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 09:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 5, 2017
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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:24AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 16, 2017
[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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 06:02AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 8, 2017
[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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:54AM[SHARE]Monday, March 6, 2017
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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 08:12AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 26, 2017
[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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 11:54PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 15, 2017
[ 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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 06:54AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 11, 2017
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 …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 8, 2016
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 …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:54PM[SHARE]Friday, November 18, 2016
[ 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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 10:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 13, 2016
 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 …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:48AM[SHARE]Monday, November 7, 2016
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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 06:54AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 30, 2016
[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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 10:18PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 26, 2016
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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:57AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 11, 2016
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,…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 6, 2016
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 …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:16AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 27, 2016
 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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:42PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 21, 2016
[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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 09:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 14, 2016
[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 …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 08:10PM[SHARE]Monday, June 13, 2016
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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 12:25AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 12, 2016
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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 08:20PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 8, 2016
[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 &#…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 27, 2016
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 …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 09:58PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 19, 2016
[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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 07:20AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 13, 2016
[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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:13AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 27, 2016
 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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 24, 2016
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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 04:01AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 20, 2016
[Click any photo to enlarge] There are those rare occasions in life when it seems the stars are fully in alignment. Such was the case on Saturday night last weekend in Conroe, Texas, when af…
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