Tag Archives: Theatre Under the Stars

CHER SHOW Splendor Shines at Hobby Center

Posted on April 18, 2024 by The People's Critic

[All photos by Meredith Mashburn Photography. Click any photo to enlarge] By David Dow Bentley III   “The People’s Critic” I don’t think I have seen so many smiling  faces at Houston’s Hobby Center since the last time I attended a … Continue reading →

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A Winning “RENT” Production for Some, But Not For All

Posted on May 23, 2023 by The People's Critic

[All Photos by Melissa Taylor. Click any photo to enlarge.] By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” It was bold. It was brassy. It was rowdy. It was brazen. It was “in-your-face.” And for much of the time, it … 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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Hobby Center’s Latest “MAMMA MIA!” tops them all!

Posted on February 28, 2019 by The People's Critic

By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III     “The People’s Critic” [All Photos by Melissa Taylor. Click any photo to enlarge.] Regular readers of this column may recall that when it comes to reviewing productions of the longtime Broadway hit musical, MAMMA MIA!, … Continue reading →

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Twin Pleasures Illuminate TUTS Production of OKLAHOMA!

Posted on September 14, 2018 by The People's Critic

[ All Photos by MELISSA TAYLOR.  Click any photo to enlarge ] There is bittersweet irony in the fact that the supremely joyful current OKLAHOMA! production from Theatre Under the Stars began its run at Houston’s Hobby Center on this … Continue reading →

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Stellar Ensemble Illuminates TUTS Production of BRIGHT STAR

Posted on March 19, 2018 by The People's Critic

With claims of being “inspired by real events,” and with fine direction from Walter Bobbie, the current Theatre Under the Stars production of the Broadway musical, BRIGHT STAR, has no shortage of charms. A delightful collaboration of music and story … Continue reading →

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A Soaring DREAMGIRLS Triumphs in Houston

Posted on April 9, 2017 by The People's Critic

[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 Way. With the often-thrilling music of Henry … 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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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 →

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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 →

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