Review: THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND at Main Street Theater
by Brett Cullum - Jul 21, 2022
Tom Stoppard’s THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND captures an urbane wittiness that is simultaneously droll and accessible. It’s a rare script that works on all levels with enough to analyze for the academic, and then slapstick humor to keep the childlike engaged fully. In short, it’s smart fun. It is the kind of piece that MAIN STREET THEATER handles particularly well.
BWW Review: A.D. Players' GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER Is Both Hopeful & Honest
by Audrey Morabito - Feb 4, 2020
The year is 1967, the place is San Francisco, and the conflict? A young and optimistic mixed-race couple has just announced their upcoming plans of marriage to unsuspecting parents. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner extracts the nuances and subtleties of prejudice and plops them center stage, both literally and figuratively, in the living room of the liberal, upper-class Drayton family.
THE BOOK OF WILL Opens At MST, Today
by BWW
News Desk - Sep 22, 2018
Main Street Theater (MST) will open its 43rd Season with the Regional Premiere of Lauren Gunderson's The Book of Will. This compelling play tells the tale of how Shakespeare's First Folio came into existence thanks to the loyalty and love of his dear friends, particularly John Heminges and Henry Condell. "As the Folger Shakespeare Library put it, the First Folio is 'the book that gave us Shakespeare,'" shares Book of Will director and MST Artistic Director Rebecca Greene Udden. "That being so, it can then be said that Heminges and Condell gave us the book that gave us Shakespeare." "[THE BOOK OF WILL] serves as homage to those who sacrificed to make the first folio happen and to Shakespeare's magnificent words." - Westword (Denver, CO).
THE BOOK OF WILL Opens At MST, 9/22
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 7, 2018
Main Street Theater (MST) will open its 43rd Season with the Regional Premiere of Lauren Gunderson's The Book of Will. This compelling play tells the tale of how Shakespeare's First Folio came into existence thanks to the loyalty and love of his dear friends, particularly John Heminges and Henry Condell. "As the Folger Shakespeare Library put it, the First Folio is 'the book that gave us Shakespeare,'" shares Book of Will director and MST Artistic Director Rebecca Greene Udden. "That being so, it can then be said that Heminges and Condell gave us the book that gave us Shakespeare." "[THE BOOK OF WILL] serves as homage to those who sacrificed to make the first folio happen and to Shakespeare's magnificent words." - Westword (Denver, CO).
Main Street Theater Announces Casting for THE BOOK OF WILL
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 20, 2018
Main Street Theater (MST) will open its 43rd Season with the Regional Premiere of Lauren Gunderson's The Book of Will. This beautiful play tells the tale of how Shakespeare's First Folio came into existence thanks to the loyalty and love of his dear friends. Gunderson "has peopled the stage with lively, historically based characters... She paints a vivid portrait of the times in language sometimes formal, sometimes poetic and often...contemporary... [THE BOOK OF WILL] serves as homage to those who sacrificed to make the first folio happen and to Shakespeare's magnificent words." - Westword (Denver, CO).
BWW Review: REPLICA creates a great copy at Stages Repertory Theatre
by Brett Cullum - May 29, 2018
In this age of whiz bang computer generated spectacles like STAR WARS or the AVENGERS, it's nice to sit down and take science fiction back to its roots. REPLICA aims at the human condition, and recreates it a little too perfectly to make anybody comfortable.
Stages Repertory Theatre Presents The World Premiere Of Mickey Fishers' REPLICA
by Julie Musbach - May 8, 2018
For the final production of its 40th Anniversary Season, Stages Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Mickey Fisher's Replica, running May 23 - June 10, 2018. Replica is the fourth world premiere Stages has produced this season (in addition to Balls, A Midnight Clear: A Musical Tale of Christmas and Purple Eyes). A television writer and producer as well as a playwright, Fisher is best known as the creator of the television series Extant (CBS, starring Halle Berry), Mars (National Geographic) and the upcoming Reverie (NBC), which premieres May 30.
RECKLESS By Craig Lucas Comes to 4th Wall Theatre Co.
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 1, 2017
Join 4th Wall Theatre for Reckless, the classic American, dark holiday comedy by Craig Lucas. This reimagining of the company's 2010 Houston production once again stars Kim Tobin-Lehl as the put-upon protagonist, Rachel, and features a strong ensemble cast including former Alley Theatre company member John Feltch; 4th Wall favorites Jennifer Dean and Nick Farco; and Deborah Hope, Kathleen Teodoro, and Zac Kelty in their 4th Wall debuts. Directed by Philip Lehl, Reckless previews November 30th and runs December 1st - 16th at STUDIO 101, Spring Street Studios.
BWW Review: AN ACT OF GOD Descends at the Alley
by Gary Laird - Mar 27, 2017
For those of you who may have been wondering about God's whereabouts, or worrying about his well-being, I can now report that he's alive and well and doing stand-up at the Alley Theatre.
David Javerbaum's Comedy AN ACT OF GOD Arrives at Alley Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 8, 2017
Gregory Boyd, Artistic Director of the Alley Theatre, announces the cast and creative team for Broadway comedy An Act of God. The production begins preview performances March 17, opens March 22 and continues through April 16, 2017 in the Neuhaus Theatre. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at alleytheatre.org.
Playwrights, Directors and Actors Arrive for ALLEY ALL NEW Festival
by BWW
News Desk - Feb 2, 2017
The Alley Theatre's Alley All New Festival, February 2 - February 12, features seven playwrights and more than 30 actors from the Alley and around the country presenting new work through a series of readings and workshop performances, and a premiere production.
Playwrights, Directors and Actors Arrive for ALLEY ALL NEW Festival
by BWW News Desk - Jan 30, 2017
The Alley Theatre's Alley All New Festival, February 2 - February 12, features seven playwrights and more than 30 actors from the Alley and around the country presenting new work through a series of readings and workshop performances, and a premiere production.
New Play DRY POWDER to Make Texas Premiere at Alley Theatre; Cast, Creatives Announced!
by BWW
News Desk - Jan 20, 2017
Gregory Boyd, Artistic Director of the Alley Theatre, announces the cast and creative team of Sarah Burgess's new play DRY POWDER. Burgess's intriguing play is set amongst those who try to shape, and skewer, the American economy - but it's also a tale about the price of success, and the real cost of 'getting the deal done.'
New Play DRY POWDER to Make Texas Premiere at Alley Theatre; Cast, Creatives Announced!
by BWW News Desk - Dec 20, 2016
Gregory Boyd, Artistic Director of the Alley Theatre, announces the cast and creative team of Sarah Burgess's new play DRY POWDER. Burgess's intriguing play is set amongst those who try to shape, and skewer, the American economy - but it's also a tale about the price of success, and the real cost of 'getting the deal done.'