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1998 Stories by Lee Williams

• Gutsy George

  published December 17, 1998

  Sunday in the Park with George, inspired by the life and art of George Seurat, is one of Stephen Sondheim's most ambitious pieces. Musicals rarely... More >>

• Christmas Casts

  published December 10, 1998

  Charles Dickens's crotchety old Scrooge is the quintessential capitalist. He works hard, saves his money and gets very, very rich. But everyone... More >>

• Absurdly Funny

  published December 10, 1998

  Jason Nodler's King Ubu Is King may be the silliest, most absurd and irreverent show that the folks at Infernal Bridegroom Productions have put... More >>

• Not-so Funny Girl

  published December 3, 1998

  Reviving old musicals is hard work. Those antiquated Broadway warhorses are filled with outdated politics, sentimental songs and flat-out... More >>

• Uncertain Angels

  published November 26, 1998

  The warm fuzzies of the holiday season have arrived a week early with Main Street Theater's newest production, My Three Angels, by Sam and Bella... More >>

• Teenaged Terror

  published November 19, 1998

  Today's kids live in a world rich with violent images. Every tot-friendly character, from studly Nintendo kick-boxers to the utterly ironic Itchy... More >>

• Weak Robber

  published November 12, 1998

  The folks at Masquerade Theatre produced some of the best tiny-budget, small-cast, head-shaking wow-what-a-wicked-good-show-that-was sort of... More >>

• Malice in Wonderland

  published October 29, 1998

  If you're looking for an interesting Halloween evening, consider starting off the ghoulish night with a trek into the bowels of Houston's... More >>

• And The Band Plays On

  published October 29, 1998

  The Boys in the Band, one of the first popular modern-day plays about gay life, opened in New York City in April 1968. To celebrate the play's... More >>

• Twin Freaks

  published October 22, 1998

  Some people call it metaphysical dread, that deep-in-the-night, creepy kind of useless terror that can send shivers up the spines of slumbering... More >>

• Gay-Theater Gains

  published October 15, 1998

  Ask most anybody familiar with Houston stage about the state of gay theater here, and they'll tell you, "Talk to Joe Watts." He admits a... More >>

• One Fine Drive

  published October 15, 1998

  There are several good and right reasons to see Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned to Drive, currently playing on the... More >>

• Bright Blues

  published October 8, 1998

  The Ensemble Theatre has gotten its '98'99 season off to a very steamy start with Blues for an Alabama Sky. Even with its rather inexplicable... More >>

• A Winning War

  published September 24, 1998

  One of the true ironies of gorgeous theater is that it often blooms from a dark soil of deeply felt grief and great human tragedy. More than... More >>

• Playing Politics

  published September 17, 1998

  With three major works by playwright Wendy Wasserstein having graced its stage in seasons past, it's not surprising that Wasserstein's An American... More >>

• Outdated Dinner

  published September 3, 1998

  Once upon a time, many moons ago, long before performance art, videos, and like, way cool coffee bars, there was a sweet homely kind of live... More >>

• Blue and Gray Musical

  published September 3, 1998

  When Gregory Boyd, artistic director of the Alley Theatre, decides to do a brand-new musical, he doesn't tap-dance around. Getting right... More >>

• Texan Turnoff

  published August 27, 1998

  Sordid Lives, playing at the Paradox Theater, brings some interesting baggage to the comedy stage. First off, Del Shores, who was well into his... More >>

• Still Going Strong

  published August 27, 1998

  It's been almost two and a half years since Robert Henry died. But the Houston Ebony Opera Guild is surviving, even thriving, despite the passing... More >>

• Party Hearty

  published August 20, 1998

  Infernal Bridegroom Productions calls its red-haired, voluptuous, sassy-lipped actress Tamarie Cooper the "Lucille Ball of the Houston theater... More >>

• Windy City Wonder

  published August 13, 1998

  The much ballyhooed, award-winning revival of Chicago has finally come to Houston in all its glitzy, gorgeous, black-lace and bare-skin glory.... More >>

• In the Thicke of Life

  published August 13, 1998

  Most of us past the age of 15 remember Alan Thicke as the tender-loving psychiatrist/father from Growing Pains. More recently, he did a convincing... More >>

• Shakespeare with a Twist

  published August 6, 1998

  Every flaming hot summer for close to a quarter of a century, the University of Houston has been bringing Shakespeare to the public. It's a fine... More >>

• Kids' Night Out

  published July 30, 1998

  Scapino, the newest offering from Actors Theatre, together with Raven Productions, is "silly, childish and adolescent." The title character,... More >>

• Sweeney's a Sweet Success

  published July 23, 1998

  Phillip Duggins, Masquerade Theatre's founder and producer, has lots of chutzpah -- you have to give him that. How else can you explain the... More >>