Category Archives: YourHoustonNews.com

ADDAMS FAMILY’s Spooky Hilarity Launches Halloween Season at Crighton

Posted on October 26, 2016 by The People's Critic

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 hysterics while enjoying Stage Right’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Addams Family, Broadway, BroadwayStars.com, The Courier Columns, ThePeoplesCritic.com, YourHoustonNews.com | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

A True “MADE IN TEXAS” Family Affair at Music Box

Posted on October 10, 2016 by The People's Critic

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, MADE IN TEXAS. Rebekah Dahl, the company’s … Continue reading →

Posted in BroadwayStars.com, Music Box Theater, The Courier Columns, The Villager Columns, ThePeoplesCritic.com, YourConroeNews.com, YourHoustonNews.com | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

GLAMOROUS OPENING NIGHT FOR KINGSLEY & HOUSTON SYMPHONY

Posted on September 27, 2016 by The People's Critic

  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 brilliant film composer, John Williams, earlier this summer. … Continue reading →

Posted in American Film Institute, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, BroadwayStars.com, Concert Reviews, Der Rosenkavalier, Gioachino Rossini, Houston Symphony, John Williams, La gazza ladra, Peter and the Wolf, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sir Ben Kingsley, The Villager Columns, ThePeoplesCritic.com, Uncategorized, YourHoustonNews.com | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

TUTS Delights from IN THE HEIGHTS

Posted on September 21, 2016 by The People's Critic

[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 countless tours of the production that … Continue reading →

Posted in Broadway, BroadwayStars.com, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Smithsonian National Museum of African History and Culture, The Courier Columns, The Villager Columns, Theater Reviews, Theatre Under the Stars, ThePeoplesCritic.com, YourHoustonNews.com | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Music and Youthful Enthusiasm Take Flight on Crighton Stage

Posted on May 12, 2016 by The People's Critic

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 popular local singer/actor, Victor Suarez, who had … Continue reading →

Posted in BroadwayStars.com, Concert Reviews, Crighton Theatre, Frank Sinatra, Lone Star College-Montgomery, The Courier Columns, Theater Reviews, ThePeoplesCritic.com, YourHoustonNews.com | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Merry Mayhem from a “GENTLEMAN” at the Hobby Center

Posted on May 8, 2016 by The People's Critic

[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 & Murder,” somehow reminded me of the advertising slogan from … Continue reading →

Posted in Broadway, BroadwayStars.com, Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, Houston's Hobby Center, The Courier Columns, The Villager Columns, Theater Reviews, ThePeoplesCritic.com, YourHoustonNews.com | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Houston “…roads take me home…” to the Music Box

Posted on April 27, 2016 by The People's Critic

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 the Music Box Theater. Now fast approaching recognition in the city’s … Continue reading →

Posted in BroadwayStars.com, Music Box Theater, The Courier Columns, YourHoustonNews.com | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

“RUMORS” Leaves Farce Fans Laughing at Crighton

Posted on April 19, 2016 by The People's Critic

[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 Right production of the zany comedy, “Rumors,” now playing at Conroe’s historic Crighton … Continue reading →

Posted in "Rumors", Broadway, BroadwayStars.com, Crighton Theatre, Neil Simon, Stage Right Players, The Courier Columns, Theater Reviews, ThePeoplesCritic.com, YourHoustonNews.com | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

A “CABARET” Miracle for Houston

Posted on March 27, 2016 by The People's Critic

 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 rise of the Nazi party is not far off. Before … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrea Goss, Broadway, BROADWAY at the Hobby Center, BroadwayStars.com, Cabaret, Conroe Courier, Fred Ebb, Houston Community Newspapers online, Houston's Hobby Center, John Kander, Lee Aaron Rosen, Randy Harrison, Roundabout Theatre Company, The Courier Columns, ThePeoplesCritic.com, YourHoustonNews.com | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Frothy Fun from “SWEET POTATO QUEENS” at TUTS

Posted on March 23, 2016 by The People's Critic

By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III http://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 cheerful answer may have arrived via the latest offering from … Continue reading →

Posted in Batson Children’s Hospital, BroadwayStars.com, Houston's Hobby Center, Jill Conner Browne, Melissa Manchester, Rupert Holmes, Sharon Vaughn, Sweet Potato Queens, The Villager Columns, Theater Reviews, ThePeoplesCritic.com, TUTS Underground, YourHoustonNews.com, Zilkha Hall, Zippity Doo Dah Parade | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment