Houston Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 24

BWW Reviews: TUTS Underground's Production of REEFER MADNESS is HIGH-lariously Good
by Nyderah Williams - September 28, 2014

The story focuses on two All-American and clean cut high school sweethearts Jimmy (Sean McGee) and Mary Lane (Taylor Beyer). They want to grow up together, have babies, lots of friends and end up happily ever after like their favorite couple “Romeo and Juliet” (a story in which they don't know the ...

BWW Reviews: Bayou City Theatrics' LORD OF THE FLIES Terrifies
by Katricia Lang - September 24, 2014

Bayou City Theatrics' grisly production knocked the wind out of me....

BWW Reviews: SFNY's NSFW '80s IN OUR UNDIES Is Pretty In Pink, Ebony, and Ivory
by Katricia Lang - September 22, 2014

I am not an '80s fan. (Why the shoulder pads and clashing colors, '80s?) But, '80s IN OUR UNDIES' Judy Garland-esque mix of funny anecdotes and virtuosic vocals is appealing....

BWW Reviews: Denise O'Neal's JUST A FEW FEET AWAY is Thrilling
by Nyderah Williams - September 22, 2014

JUST A FEW FEET AWAY is one of those stories that reminds people just how interconnecting our lives really are. Through a series of monologues, it examines the interlocking stories of 12 very different characters who lives are unknowingly intertwined. There's cheating, scandals and mystery galore a...

BWW Reviews: Houston Ballet's Dreamy A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Katricia Lang - September 19, 2014

Toto, we're not in Athens anymore....

BWW Reviews: It's A Hit! TUTS' VICTOR VICTORIA Is A Winning Gem
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - September 19, 2014

BWW: TUTS' VICTOR VICTORY Is A Winning Gem...

BWW Reviews: Stage Door Inc.'s SPRING AWAKENING Brings on the Angst and Emotional Turmoil of Suppressed Adolescent Youth
by Nyderah Williams - September 16, 2014

Following a group of kids growing up in a pious community in late-19th-century Germany, SPRING AWAKENING explores the lust and confusion of the adolescents discovering their budding sexuality while being repressed by their parents and teachers. Wendla's mother is too inhibited to give her daughter a...

BWW Reviews: BRING IT ON: Fun and On Fire at TUTS
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - September 13, 2014

BWW Reviews: BRING IT ON: Fun and On Fire...

BWW Reviews: Bayou City Theatrics' THE LAST 5 YEARS is Beautifully Well-done
by Nyderah Williams - September 10, 2014

It's intimate, poignant and raw. There's only one weekend left to see Bayou City Theatrics' limited engagement of THE LAST 5 YEARS. Created by Jason Robert Brown, with some inspiration from his personal life story, the 2 character musical chronicles the beginning and ending of a young couple's relat...

BWW Reviews: WAITING FOR OTHELLO and DESDEMONA: Two Plays, Two Acts, and One Hit
by Katricia Lang - September 09, 2014

The Trebuchet Players' production of DESDEMONA: A PLAY ABOUT A HANDKERCHIEF features top-notch acting and an emotional depth so luxurious you could get lost in it. Homegrown talent Bryan Maynard's silly, self-aware, but not self-serious, play WAITING FOR OTHELLO features equally talented performers ...

BWW Reviews: The Texas Rep. Hits All of the Right Notes as a Hilarious Crowd-pleaser
by Nyderah Williams - September 09, 2014

THE FOREIGNER takes places in a cozy fishing lodge in rural Tilghman County, Georgia. There we meet two Englishmen Froggy and Charlie. Staff Sergeant Froggy has come to do some official military business near the area and forced his friend Charlie to join for a change of scenery. Plagued by marital ...

BWW Reviews: Stark Naked Theatre Company Presents THE GOD GAME, For Better, For Worse
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - September 07, 2014

BWW Reviews: THE GOD GAME, For Better, For Worse at Stark Naked Theatre Company...

BWW Reports: GREASE Is The Word At The Pearl Theater
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - September 01, 2014

BWW Reports: GREASE Is The Word...

BWW Reviews: The Alley Theatre Presents THE OLD FRIENDS or The Old Foes?
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - August 25, 2014

BWW REVIEWS: THE OLD FRIENDS At The Alley Theatre...

BWW Reviews: Sunny Thompson and MARILYN: FOREVER BLONDE! are More Than Wonderful
by Katricia Lang - August 23, 2014

Marilyn wiggles, flirts, giggles and quips her way right into your heart in MARILYN: FOREVER BLONDE. In this one woman show with more drinking than an O'Neill play, Sunny Thompson, playing Marilyn, takes us on a trip through Monroe's life of sex, storybook romances (if you judge a book by its cover)...

BWW Reviews: PMT Productions Presents MIDTOWN LIVE: A Concert Experience That Breaks The Mold
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - August 21, 2014

BWW Reviews: MIDTOWN LIVE: A Concert Experience That Breaks The Mold...

BWW Reviews: BAD MEDICINE Or GOOD TO THE LAST DROP?
by Katricia Lang - August 20, 2014

There is something for everyone. Kids from 1 to 92 can 'boo', 'hiss', and toss popcorn at the villains. Adolescents can moon, if kids still moon these days, over the love story. And if you're too old and crotchety to care about love stories like me, then you can witness the other characters getting ...

BWW Reviews: Music Box Musicals' NEXT TO NORMAL Stands Next to Greatness
by Katricia Lang - August 13, 2014

NEXT TO NORMAL chronicles one family's struggles with its demons and the specter of Bipolar disorder. It gives some comic relief and a rock music soundtrack to the untenable situation that people with a mental illness and their loved ones find themselves in. That alone is enough reason to see Music ...

BWW Reviews: Sally Edmundson Channels A Fashionable Legend in FULL GALLOP
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - August 10, 2014

BWW Reviews: FULL GALLOP Offers An Intimate View of a Fashionable Legend...

BWW Reviews: Stage Door Inc.'s A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE is First-class Enjoyment
by Nyderah Williams - August 05, 2014

Stage Door Inc.'s production of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE does complete justice to Tennessee Williams' classic American masterpiece about fantasy versus reality. Created in 1947 during a time where, it was deemed downright scandalous, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE grew into America's heart....

BWW Reviews: Mildred's Umbrella Presents a Deep and Thoughtful Premiere of POLLYWOG
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - August 04, 2014

BWW Reviews: Top Notch Actors in Keian McKee's POLLYWOG...

BWW Reviews: Inspiration Stage's LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is a Bloody, Good Show
by Katricia Lang - July 30, 2014

Good job, Inspiration Stage. Good job....

BWW Reviews: Matthew C. Logan's Production of EQUUS is Intense and Beautifully Poignant
by Nyderah Williams - July 27, 2014

Director Matthew C. Logan and his stellar cast delve into English playwright Peter Shaffer's pyschodramatic play about a disturbed youth's fanatical obsession with horses. Written in 1973 and inspired by true events, EQUUS is certainly challenging material concerning the heavy themes of religion, se...

BWW Reviews: FESTIVAL OF ORIGINALS At Theatre Southwest: A Gift For Houston Theatre
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - July 28, 2014

BWW Reviews: FESTIVAL OF ORIGINALS: Fresh and Interesting...

BWW Reviews: Dance Theatre Of Harlem is Soul En Pointe
by Katricia Lang - July 28, 2014

Last week, The Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) presented a classic but eclectic program of four ballets at the Miller Outdoor Theatre. To my surprise, they gave me something I could feel. The performance reminded me that ballet can be fun, art should be communal and a coloratura soprano singing 'Domin...