Houston Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 16

BWW Review: THIS IS MODERN ART at The Landing Theatre Company
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - October 31, 2016

BWW Review: THIS IS MODERN ART Sheds Light On The World Of Graffiti...

BWW Review: WOLF HALL Plays Devil's Advocate at Main Street Theater
by Katricia Lang - October 28, 2016

Main Street Theater gives WOLF HALL, a political thriller set in the court of Tudor ruler and serial spouse King Henry VIII, the same grab and intensity of a popcorn flick....

BWW Review: DRY LAND at Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company
by Alexander Garza - October 25, 2016

This play is dark, sweet, and shocking. It is graphic and may be offensive to some people. But if you enjoy theatre that pushes boundaries and not easily offended by sensitive topics, then you will enjoy this story....

BWW Review: THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS, THE MUSICAL! Spoofs Musicals at Theater LaB Houston
by Brett Cullum - October 12, 2016

THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS, THE MUSICAL! Is as much of a self-explanatory title as any theater-goer could ever want or pine for. It's definitely a musical about musicals that has musical number after musical number, and its own sardonic take on the form over the past fifty or so years....

BWW Review: THE BEAR and THE PROPOSAL Delight Audiences at CTC
by Alexander Garza - October 10, 2016

Classical Theatre Company tackles Russian Master Anton Chekhov once again. This time, the 9-year-old theatre company presents two of Chekhov's one-act vaudevillian comedies, THE BEAR & THE PROPOSAL and an essay of THE EVILS OF TOBACCO. The production is directed by John Johnston and stars Mark Rober...

BWW Review: Honey, Honey! MAMMA MIA! Is Sticky Sweetness Wrapped Around Abba's Tunes
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - October 08, 2016

BWW Review: MAMMA MIA! Gives A Farewell Tour At The Hobby Center...

BWW Review: Banks Brothers Let It Rip in THE COUSIN CLEOTHA WAR
by Guest Blogger: Gary Laird - October 03, 2016

Hide your children; it's going to be a bumpy night....

BWW Review: There's No Excuse Not to See Obsidian Theater's THE MOTHERF*#CKER WITH THE HAT
by Natalie de la Garza - September 30, 2016

There's no doubt that Obsidian Theater's THE MOTHERF*#CKER WITH THE HAT wins the award for most attention-grabbing title of the season, but does James Belcher's production live up to the promise of that title? Is it as honest and unapologetically in-your-face as that title would have you believe? Wh...

BWW Review: Houston Ballet Showcases Sumptuous MADAME BUTTERFLY and Spare SON OF CHAMBER SYMPHONY
by Guest Blogger: Gary Laird - September 29, 2016

The current offering from the Houston Ballet, MADAME BUTTERFLY with SON OF CHAMBER SYMPHONY, is a study of contrasts - economy and luxury....

BWW Review: SASSY MAMAS Seduce at Ensemble Theatre
by Brett Cullum - September 28, 2016

A widower, a divorcee, and a 'permanently single' political figure all end up going for younger guys in this hilarious look at what pop culture lovingly calls 'cougars'. It feels familiar, but it also brings something touching and new to the table....

BWW Review: QUEEN of KATWE Deserves the Trophy, Pennant, Belt, and Title
by Katricia Lang - September 27, 2016

QUEEN OF KATWE is a genuinely moving sports film directed by Mira Nair, starring David Oyelowo and Lupita Nyong'o, and introducing Madina Nalwanga, who plays real life underdog and chess champion Phiona Mutesi....

BWW Review: IN THE HEIGHTS Is The Hottest Ticket In Town
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - September 16, 2016

BWW Review: IN THE HEIGHTS Is An Exuberant Must-See At Theatre Under The Stars...

BWW Review: The Dark Side of TRUE WEST
by Alexander Garza - September 15, 2016

4th Wall Theatre Company has hit the ground running this season with its opening production of Sam Shepard's Tony-nominated play, TRUE WEST. The piece explores a dualism of personalities, sibling rivalry, art as commerce, and what defines a man. Sometimes funny, sad, and frightening, the play never ...

BWW Review: BURIED CHILD Reinvented at Catastrophic Theatre
by Brett Cullum - September 14, 2016

They have cast the show without regard to race, perceived sexual orientation or physical types, and in the process expanded the vision of what could be a narrow exercise into a universal one. Never has the play felt so broad and borderless, and the staging reveals interesting struggles inside both A...

BWW Review: AMERICAN INGENUITY Showcases Powerful Performances From Houston Ballet
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - September 09, 2016

BWW Review: AMERICAN INGENUITY Showcases Powerful Performances From Houston Ballet...

BWW Review: THE REVOLUTIONISTS Serve Girl Power at Main Street Theater
by Brett Cullum - September 06, 2016

The author claims it is 'mostly a comedy', and it is certainly not a musical about a barricade with people singing the songs of angry men. No, this one is the words of enraged women as they struggle to be recognized as the vehicles of liberation....

BWW Review: The Alley Theatre's HAND TO GOD Is Funny (Hand to God)
by Guest Blogger: Gary Laird - August 30, 2016

Laugh out loud, tears-in-your-eyes, dangerously close to wetting your pants funny....

BWW Review: A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN Brings Down the House
by Guest Blogger: Gary Laird - August 24, 2016

Janis Joplin was a force of nature. She was a candle in the wind. She was brash, vulgar, hard-drinking, hard-drugging, hard-living and fatally flawed....

BWW Review: The Landing Theatre Company's GAMBRELS OF THE SKY Dwells in Possibility
by Natalie de la Garza - August 19, 2016

Described as an 'urban biblical fairy tale,' GAMBRELS OF THE SKY, the Landing Theatre Company's current production, catches us up with Eve (I did say biblical, didn't I?), six thousand years removed from the garden. She now works in a high-rise, specializing in office-based hedonism, with Rose, the ...

BWW Review: After Fledgling Start PETE'S DRAGON Spreads Massive Wings & Soars!
by Katricia Lang - August 17, 2016

PETE'S DRAGON is a movie for children, not adults, but grown-ups will still find themselves enchanted by Pete, an orphaned 11-year-old struggling to hold on to his best friend, a dragon named Elliott....

BWW Review: THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES: DREAM ON at Stages Repertory Theatre
by Brett Cullum - August 11, 2016

You can feel the standing ovation building the second they start working their way through 30 hit songs that the audience sings along with gleefully. I saw the production the second weekend, and already audience members were proclaiming to others 'This is my THIRD time!'...

BWW Review: RFK: A PORTRAIT OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY Campaigns at Main Street Theater
by Brett Cullum - August 01, 2016

If you're wrestling with the current election, or wondering how we have gotten to this point in America's history, this is a powerful, informed piece. It incorporates the civil rights movement at the time when Martin Luther King was taken from his mission and asks hard questions about what all of th...

BWW Review: THE MAIDS Misses the Mark at Mildred's Umbrella
by Jenny Taylor Moodie - July 29, 2016

BWW Review: Mildred's Umbrella Present Jean Genet's THE MAIDS...

BWW Review: SHREK Brings Laughs Both Big and Small
by Alexander Garza - July 29, 2016

The show is genuinely moving, entertaining, and a fast-paced, all around fun time for the entire family. Don't be quick to assume you can't take your date to see SHREK just because the production is part of Main Street Theater's Theatre for Youth program. The performance is open to the public, and t...

BWW Review: Gilbert and Sullivan's PRINCESS IDA - Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History
by Guest Blogger: Gary Laird - July 27, 2016

'Gilbert and Sullivan?', you might say. 'Who are they? What are their last names? Are they some kind of alternative rock band, or perhaps a rap duo?'...