Category Archives: Theater Under the Stars

TUTS Offers an Unusual Trip with Its Tropical “ISLAND”

Posted on February 24, 2020 by The People's Critic

By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III     “The People’s Critic” [Click any photo to enlarge] I don’t usually assign my readers “homework” in advance of seeing a show, but it seems appropriate in connection with Theater Under the Stars’ current offering of … Continue reading →

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A Complex SPRING AWAKENING from TUTS

Posted on October 14, 2019 by The People's Critic

By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III   “The People’s Critic” Let’s be clear right out of the box. The current offering from Houston’s Theater Under the Stars is NOT your grandma’s Broadway musical. For all of its theatrical dimensions and explorations of … Continue reading →

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Electrifying CHORUS LINE Rocks the Room at TUTS

Posted on September 16, 2019 by The People's Critic

    By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III     “The People’s Critic” [All photos of this current TUTS production of A Chorus Line by MELISSA TAYOR] ***Click Any Photo to Enlarge*** By way of full disclosure, let me first declare that the … Continue reading →

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“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 →

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Splendid Music & Dance Highlight “AN AMERICAN IN PARIS” at TUTS

Posted on February 26, 2017 by The People's Critic

[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 clear in the Broadway national tour of … Continue reading →

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HOW TO SUCCEED …With Broadway Fun!

Posted on October 30, 2016 by The People's Critic

[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 the corporate world of big business … Continue reading →

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Fine Voices Highlight TUTS “OLIVER!”

Posted on April 13, 2016 by The People's Critic

[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, Oliver, finishes the humble bowl of gruel he has … Continue reading →

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A Truly Wonderful WIZARD OF OZ from TUTS

Posted on March 6, 2014 by The People's Critic

What a magical wonderland of joy awaits those lucky Theater Under the Stars patrons who have the good fortune to scoop up the remaining tickets for the current run of the new musical stage adaptation of The Wizard of Oz … Continue reading →

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