Email Author D.L. Groover

Awards

• 2006 - Lone Star Awards, published March 10, 2005

  "Imperfect Score"

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2010 Stories by D.L. Groover

• Yves Klein, la révolution bleue

  published March 18, 2010

  French artist Yves Klein had a love affair with the color blue. As we see in the outdoor screening of the documentary Yves Klein, la... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: The Flu Season, Machinal, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, The Women

  published March 11, 2010

  The Flu Season We got our first savory taste of writer extraordinaire Will Eno last year with Nova Arts Project's Thom Paine:... More >>

• Fault Lines

  published March 11, 2010

  Horse Head Theatre Company's a big tease. Their productions come few and far between, which makes each one special and eagerly awaited. The... More >>

• 6th Annual Jewish Film Festival: Never Stop Swinging

  published March 11, 2010

  Julie Cohen's short film Never Stop Swinging, one of many intriguing works screening during the 6th Annual Jewish Film Festival,... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: Big Love, The Flu Season, Machinal

  published March 4, 2010

  Big Love Charles Mee's Big Love, a wild ride of experimental theater currently running at the University of Houston's School... More >>

• Last Year at Marienbad

  published March 4, 2010

  Exquisitely dressed by Coco Chanel herself, a character simply known as Woman (Delphine Seyrig) is pursued through the equally dazzling... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: Camelot, True Love Lies, The Women

  published February 25, 2010

  Camelot Lerner and Loewe's 1960 musical is as unwieldy as they come. Burdened with expectations of whether the creators of the... More >>

• The New Century

  published February 25, 2010

  "The one-liners fly like rockets...and hit their targets smoking," lauded The New York Times at the premiere of Paul Rudnick's gay... More >>

• Shadowbox Cinema

  published February 25, 2010

  Directing duo Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion produce Web-based ads for clients such as GE, Sprint and Disney. Their YouTube sensation Rapcat... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: Almost, Maine, American Menu, I Hate Hamlet, True Love Lies

  published February 18, 2010

  Almost, Maine Watching this whimsical play about love gained and lost by people in an almost town (hence the title) in the far north... More >>

• Ang Lee Retrospective

  published February 18, 2010

  It's always fascinating (and informative) to see the early steps of master filmmakers. The great Taiwanese director Ang Lee - Sense and... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: I Hate Hamlet, Mrs. Mannerly, Pig Farm

  published February 11, 2010

  I Hate Hamlet When was the last time you saw a play and eagerly awaited each character's entrance, knowing that whoever came on next... More >>

• The Eyes of Me

  published February 11, 2010

  "I still see, just not with my eyes," says teenage Meagan, one of four students at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired... More >>

• Pomegranate Film Festival

  published February 11, 2010

  If you're interested in the younger generation and what fires their synapses into overdrive, go to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, where the... More >>

• "Perspectives 169: Odili Donald Odita"

  published February 11, 2010

  Nigerian-born, Philadelphia-based artist Odili Donald Odita is a professor of painting at Temple University, so his insights are tinged by... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: Un ballo in maschera, A Picasso, Thunder Rock

  published February 4, 2010

  Un ballo in maschera If Puccini's Tosca is the early 20th century's most compact opera, then Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in... More >>

• Good Turn

  published February 4, 2010

  There's sex and violence of a more interior nature in Benjamin Britten's adaptation of Henry James's classic ghost story The Turn of the... More >>

• A Toast to Tosca

  published February 4, 2010

  International soprano Patricia Racette, a Houston favorite for many seasons, has taken on the juicy title role in Giacomo Puccini's meaty... More >>

• American Menu

  published February 4, 2010

  If you can't stand the heat...you know the rest. So do the five women sweating away in the airless kitchen of Don Wilson Glenn's American... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: Rent, Thunder Rock

  published January 28, 2010

  Rent Paper globe moon, graffiti-covered brick wall, chain-link fence, industrial pipes, corner phone booth: There's only one great... More >>

• Enter at Your Own Risk

  published January 28, 2010

  The Alley Theatre's production of Wonderland, the latest musical from Frank Wildhorn, is billed as a world premiere. But the... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: The Honeymoon Period Is Officially Over, Master Class, Rent

  published January 21, 2010

  The Honeymoon Period Is Officially Over Houstonians owe Gerald LaBita, producing director of Theater LaB, a great big high-five for... More >>

• Soul Night 2

  published January 21, 2010

  Dust off your afro, rearrange that Jheri curl and get your groove on, cause it's time for Soul Night 2. Brought to you by Aurora... More >>

• Greg Berger: Amor en tiempos de influenza (Love in the Time of Flu) and La rebeldia bajo sitio (Rebellion Under Siege)

  published January 21, 2010

  Sometimes to get his Mexican documentaries screened in the U.S., and sometimes just to be provocative, filmmaker Greg Berger resorts to free... More >>

• 17th Iranian Film Festival

  published January 21, 2010

  While turbulent Iran struggles through its "worst of times," its film output celebrates a golden age. The beauty, depth and courage within that... More >>