Monthly Archives: September 2009

Local Actor Scores Big in Houston

In my Courier column of last March 1st I reviewed Class Act’s Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, a production that was anchored, in no small measure, by a young local actor named Aaron Boudreaux in the lead role. At the time … Continue reading

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Early Crighton Era Returns With “Vaudeville”

When Harry Crighton built his theater in Conroe back in the 1930’s, he imagined it hosting both Vaudeville shows and the films of the period. As the popularity of movies prevailed, fading Vaudeville never made it to the Crighton Theatre stage, … Continue reading

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Symphonic trilogy concludes tonight at the Pavilion

For those who love traditional classical music, tonight’s third in a series of three Houston Symphony concerts at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion will offer Chopin’s “Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Opus 21,” Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 5 in … Continue reading

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