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2007 Stories by Lee Williams

• Altar Boyz

  published December 27, 2007

  There's no accounting for taste. No show makes that clearer than the award-­winning, audience-pleasing sugar cube now causing cavities at... More >>

• Caroline or Change

  published December 27, 2007

  The Civil Rights Movement makes mighty fodder for musical theater in Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner’s Caroline, or Change, a... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: A Christmas Carol, Christmas Tree-O, Mr. Pim Passes By, Sister's Christmas Catechism, The Twelve Ways of Christmas, A Wonderful Life

  published December 20, 2007

  A Christmas Carol Among the charms of December in Houston is the Alley Theatre's annual production of A Christmas Carol, Charles... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: Annie, Christmas Tree-O, A Fertle Holiday, Sister's Christmas Catechism, The Twelve Ways of Christmas

  published December 13, 2007

  Annie This wonderfully tuneful throwback to '50s Broadway hit the jackpot when it opened in 1977 and has been a moneymaking... More >>

• Coal Miser A Christmas Carol

  published December 13, 2007

  Among the charms of December in Houston is the Alley Theatre's annual production of A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens's amusing,... More >>

• Cantare Houston

  published December 13, 2007

  Since carolers don’t come door to door anymore, anyone who wants some good holiday music has to venture out to find it. Cantare Houston is... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: Mr. Pim Passes By, Over the River and Through the Woods, Sister's Christmas Catechism, The Twelve Ways of Christmas

  published December 6, 2007

  Mr. Pim Passes By Winnie the Pooh's dapper creator A. A. Milne wrote for grown-ups, too. His 1919 featherweight farce Mr. Pim... More >>

• A Tuna Christmas

  published December 6, 2007

  Tuna is not exactly Christmas fare, unless you’re Joe Sears and Jaston Williams. The pair of cross-dressing, fun-loving knuckleheads, who... More >>

• Mr. Pim Passes By

  published November 29, 2007

  All the gentle souls who remember dear Christopher Robin and his forest full of furry friends will be thrilled to learn that Winnie the... More >>

• Playback Theatre

  published November 29, 2007

  An evening with Houston’s Playback Theatre might not change your life, but it sure can make your night. The often hysterically funny... More >>

• Julie Andrews

  published November 29, 2007

  She might come from modest English roots, but most of us think of Julie Andrews as true acting royalty. She started singing for her supper when... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: Christmas Tree-O, Over the River and Through the Woods and The Scene

  published November 22, 2007

  Christmas Tree-O In a world that seems overwhelmed by ever-encroaching secular progressiveness, it's refreshing to find Christ... More >>

• King Solomon Lives: A Nubian Love Story

  published November 22, 2007

  Apparently King Solomon has a lot to teach us here in the modern age — at least, that’s the premise behind local playwright/director... More >>

• Sister’s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi’s Gold

  published November 22, 2007

  Banking on the success of Late Nite Catechism!, the one-woman show featuring a wisecracking nun that ran throughout the fall, Stages... More >>

• Stage Capsule Reviews: Fools, The Marriage of Figaro, Over the River and Through the Woods, Rough Night at the Remo Room, The Scene

  published November 15, 2007

  Fools Community theater gets a bad rap, but Theatre Southwest proves it can be wonderfully charming with its latest production of... More >>

• Stage Capsule Reviews: The Daughter of the Regiment, Dracula, Fools, Rough Night at the Remo Room

  published November 8, 2007

  The Daughter of the Regiment Been a while since you laughed out loud at the opera? Then Houston Grand Opera's The Daughter of the... More >>

• The Scene

  published November 8, 2007

  Theresa Rebeck's The Scene is a searing tragedy. The fact that the story, now playing at the Alley Theatre, is packaged up into a... More >>

• Shackin’ Up

  published November 8, 2007

  A girl never really knows her man until she starts living with him – at least that’s what Chastity Moore discovers in Je’Caryous... More >>

• Stage Capsule Reviews: Arsenic and Old Lace, Black Pearl Sings, The Daughter of the Regiment, Fools and Rumors

  published November 1, 2007

  Arsenic and Old Lace It may be old, but it's certainly not weary — Joseph Kesselring's murderous comedy premiered on Broadway... More >>

• Avenue Q

  published November 1, 2007

  Calling all Gen-X, Y and Zers. Many Muppets have grown up and moved off of Sesame Street. They now reside in Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx and Jeff... More >>

• The Woman in Black

  published November 1, 2007

  Stephen Mallatratt’s The Woman in Black is famously terrifying. Based on Susan Hill’s novel, the gloomy tale features spooky... More >>

• Stage Capsule Reviews: Arsenic and Old Lace, Rough Night at the Remo Room, Rumors, Sleeping Beauty and A Streetcar Named Desire

  published October 25, 2007

  Arsenic and Old Lace It may be old, but it's certainly not weary — Joseph Kesselring's murderous comedy premiered on Broadway... More >>

• The Houston Cellar Classic

  published October 25, 2007

  Foodies and wine lovers are in for a fabulous treat this week. Tonight marks the beginning of seven — that’s right, seven — days of... More >>

• Dances for the Seasons of Life

  published October 25, 2007

  Contemporary dance becomes a very serious matter this weekend with Ad Deum Dance Company’s presentation of Dances for the Seasons of... More >>

• Stage Capsule Reviews: Blue, Dreamgirls, Rumors, Sordid Lives and A Streetcar Named Desire

  published October 18, 2007

  Blue Playwright Charles Randolph-Wright creates an indomitable character in his black family drama from 2001. Elegant Peggy Clark... More >>