Monthly Archives: October 2018

“W I Z” Fans Ease on Down the Road to TUTS

Posted on October 31, 2018 by The People's Critic

By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III   http://www.ThePeoplesCritic.com It was just before curtain time when Dan Knechtges, the very enthusiastic Artistic Director of Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars, stepped on stage to welcome the audience of the current run of the new … Continue reading →

Posted in American Theatre Critics Association, AMERICANTHEATRECRITICS.ORG, ATCA, Broadway, BroadwayStars.com, Hobby Center Houston, Houston Chronicle online, The Courier Columns, Theater Reviews, Theater Under the Stars, ThePeoplesCritic.com, TUTS | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Stage Right’s Enchanting Journey INTO THE WOODS

Posted on October 23, 2018 by The People's Critic

The music of Broadway composer, Stephen Sondheim, is unusually complex and sophisticated, but sometimes considerably dark as well. It would never be confused with the cheerful Rodgers & Hammerstein tunes that you might hum on the way home from a … Continue reading →

Posted in Broadway, BroadwayStars.com, Crighton Theatre, Houston Chronicle online, Stage Right Productions, The Courier Columns, Theater Reviews, ThePeoplesCritic.com | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Dancing is the star of Class Act’s THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE

Posted on October 18, 2018 by The People's Critic

By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III     http://www.ThePeoplesCritic.com [All photos by Tracy Robinson/spryART. Click any photo to enlarge.] It would be another terrific musical offering from Montgomery County’s treasured youth theatre group, Class Act Productions. Last weekend in the Nancy Bock Performing … Continue reading →

Posted in Broadway, BroadwayStars.com, Class Act Productions, Houston Chronicle online, Nancy Bock Center for the Performing Arts, The Courier Columns, Theater Reviews, ThePeoplesCritic.com | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

The Wondrous Blend of Houston Symphony, ABBA, and RAJATON

Posted on October 10, 2018 by The People's Critic

By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III   http://www.ThePeoplesCritic.com It was a night of music that I dare say will not be soon forgotten by those of us blessed to be in the Jones Hall audience for the Houston Symphony’s celebration of what … Continue reading →

Posted in ABBA, BroadwayStars.com, Classical Music, Concert Reviews, Houston Chronicle online, Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Rajaton, The Courier Columns, ThePeoplesCritic.com | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments