The Alley Theater has announced its 2009-10 season; it includes productions of recent Broadway comedies Boeing, Boeing and Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, which should be fun.But the announcement also contains much more ominous news, consisting of just five words: Yet. Another. Frank. Wildhorn. Musical.For some odd reason, Houston has been a dedicated incubator of Wildhorn's bland, overblown musicals which have baffled Broadway critics for years. TUTS and the Alley can share blame for, say, Jek
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Brian Brynes (left) demonstrates stage combat on the Alley Theatre's Hubbard Stage.All you people out there who've spent years fencing with empty paper towel rolls and plastic swords, this is your chance to pick up techniques and strategies from the real players -- actors who fence on stage at the Alley Theatre.
Actor Brian Byrnes -- who has employed his love of fighting into roles at the Alley's Cyrano de Bergerac, Othello and The Pillowman -- wil