Landing Theatre Company Presents Off-Broadway Hit TEN WAYS ON A GUN
The Landing Theatre Company, Houston's professional company dedicated to advancing American Playwriting continues their season with Dylan Lamb's Ten Ways On a Gun, based on The Ballad of Tommy Freely conceived by Jessica Person & The Soul Motion Architects, that recently had a successful run off-Broadway this past October.
Landing Theatre Company Presents Off-Broadway Hit TEN WAYS ON A GUN
The Landing Theatre Company, Houston's professional company dedicated to advancing American Playwriting continues their season with Dylan Lamb's Ten Ways On a Gun, based on The Ballad of Tommy Freely conceived by Jessica Person & The Soul Motion Architects, that recently had a successful run off-Broadway this past October.
Main Street Theater to Continue 2015-16 Season with HARRIET THE SPY
Main Street Theater continues its 2015-2016 Theater for Youth season with Harriet the Spy. Based on Louise Fitzhugh's classic written in 1964, the play tells the story of curious and intelligent Harriet M. Welsch, an 11-year-old determined to become a writer - who gets herself into a fair amount of mischief! Main Street's production is set in the 70's with super fun costumes and music.
The Texas Repertory Theatre Co. Presents A. MY NAME IS ALICE
The Texas Repertory Theatre Co., Houston's Uptown Classic Theatre, continues its 11th Anniversary "Emerging Visions" Season with a new staging of the all girl musical review A...My Name is Alice, opening October 15th and playing 4 performances a week through November 8th.
BWW Review: SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS Resounds Through Houston
As each of us seeks to carve our own path, we yearn to connect with someone that understands us. This is why SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS resonates with audiences, and why presenting it with very little sound is relevant in today's fast-paced and technologically connected society, where silence and real human connection is scarce.
Stark Naked Theatre Company's SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS to Open 9/11
Stark Naked Theatre Company opens its fifth season with the Regional premiere of Bess Wohl's Small Mouth Sounds. Critics praised Small Mouth Sounds in its world premiere earlier this year, calling it "wry and observant" and "long on emotions."
Main Street Theater to Host Staged Reading of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, 7/18-19
Main Street Theater presents a staged reading of a new musical adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, adapted by Jon Jory and with an original score by Peter Ekstrom. There are two performances: Saturday, July 18 at 7:30pm and Sunday, July 19 at 3pm at Chelsea Market, 4617 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX 77006. All tickets are $10; seating is general admission. Tickets are on sale in person at the Main Street Theater Box Office, 2540 Times Blvd., via phone at 713.524.6706, or online at MainStreetTheater.com.
Main Street Theater to Celebrate World Day With THE MUSICAL ADVENTURES OF FLAT STANLEY, 3/20
World Day for Theatre of Children and Young People (World Day) is an ASSITEJ (International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People) campaign, promoted and celebrated through the message 'Take a Child to the Theatre Today'. This year World Day will be Friday, March 20, 2015. World Day is a global campaign: ASSITEJ has more than 80 members as well as Networks with affiliates across 100 countries.
BWW Reviews: Main Street Theater's INTO THE WOODS is Splendidly Beautiful
When it comes to modern musical theatre, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's INTO THE WOODS is definitely among the most beloved. The show had its world premiere in 1986, opened on Broadway in 1987, and won the 1988 Tony Awards for Best Score, Best Book, and Best Actress in a Musical in a year that was otherwise dominated by Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. With a handful of revivals and countless regional productions, INTO THE WOODS is a show that both audiences and theater companies love, and Main Street Theater's beautiful production of the classic perfectly illustrates why.
INTO THE WOODS Begins Tonight at Main Street Theater
Main Street Theater begins 2014 with Into the Woods, James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's exploration of everyone's favorite fairytale characters. Main Street Theater's production will return the material to its storytelling roots with a small company and simple accompaniment on its intimate Rice Village stage.
INTO THE WOODS to Begin 1/11 at Main Street Theater
Main Street Theater begins 2014 with Into the Woods, James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's exploration of everyone's favorite fairytale characters. Main Street Theater's production will return the material to its storytelling roots with a small company and simple accompaniment on its intimate Rice Village stage.
BWW Reviews: Classical Theatre Company's Edward Snowden Inspired HAMLET Works
Even after interviewing Classical Theatre Company's Artistic Director and Director of William Shakespeare's HAMLET JJ Johnston, I was highly skeptical about this production. HAMLET set in the post September 11th world with inspiration from Edward Snowden sounded like a gaggle of confused metaphors looking for destruction. For whatever reason, I couldn't wrap my head around this vision for the piece. Walking into the theatre didn't allay those concerns. The set looks more like a modern prison than a castle, with stark grays, dull blues, and a splash of orange in its color palette. Surveillance cameras are positioned along the top of the structure. There are corrugated Plexiglass windows, rivets, rust, and fencing to be seen as well. "Denmark's a prison," says Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Act II, Scene 2 of the play, and Jodi Bobrovsky's set design nailed that on a literal level.
BWW Reviews: Stark Naked Theatre's MACBETH is Gloriously Breathtaking
Stark Naked Theatre Company's production of William Shakespeare's MACBETH has been on everybody's lips for weeks, even months, now. As soon as the show was announced a gentle hum of excitement began, and turned into a blistering roar by last night's opening night performance. Co-Executive Directors Philip Lehl and Kim Tobin set the bar high for intimate, independent theatre and consistently surpass audiences' expectations with their astounding productions. Their MACBETH is no different as it splendidly thrilled and delighted last night's eager audience with ease.
BWW Reviews: A LITTLE HOUSE CHRISTMAS is a Feel Good Holiday Show
Based on the endearing Little House on the Prairie book series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Main Street Theater's Theater for Youth is presenting a feel good children's holiday show that the whole family can enjoy. A LITTLE HOUSE CHRISTMAS, adapted by James DeVita, is inspired by the Christmas happenings in Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie, and borrows Mrs. Oleson and Nellie Oleson from On the Banks of Plum Creek. The plot of the play revolves around a pre-Christmas party that is being thrown at the Ingalls' home. An unexpected storm threatens to cut off everybody's access to town, so the guests have to make a hurried departure and cut the party short. Continued rains and a ruined bridge threaten to ruin Christmas for Laura and Mary, until they come up with their own plan to preserve the magic of the holiday.
