Subject: Desmond Heeley

• A Nut for Nostalgia

  Houston Ballet's Nutcracker has nothing new to say, but it's fun anyway

  December 5, 2002

• Re-visions of Sugar Plums

  December 9, 1993

• Verdi's Passion

  April 21, 1994

• Playing the Season

  December 8, 1994

• A Prince in Disguise

  December 7, 1995

• Sleeping Dream

  June 13, 1996

• A Touch of the Familiar

  December 19, 1996

• Capsule Stage Reviews: A Christmas Carol, A Fertle Holiday, The Nutcracker, Panto Cinderella, Santaland Diaries, Twelve Ways of Christmas

  December 25, 2008

• Capsule Stage Reviews: But Not Goodbye, A Fertle Holiday, The Gifts of Christmas, The Nutcracker, Panto Cinderella, Santaland Diaries, Spirits to Enforce, Twelve Ways of Christmas

  December 18, 2008

• Capsule Stage Reviews: But Not Goodbye, A Fertle Holiday, The Nutcracker, The Receptionist, Sunshine Boys

  December 11, 2008

• Capsule Stage Reviews: Beauty and the Beast, A Fertle Holiday, The Nutcracker, Sunshine Boys

  December 4, 2008

• Capsule Stage Reviews: A Christmas Carol, Christmas Tree-O, The Nutcracker, Sister's Christmas Catechism, The Twelve Ways of Christmas

  December 27, 2007

• The Nutcracker

  This ballet is what it is, and that ain't bad

  December 20, 2007

• Stage Capsule Reviews

  Our critics weigh in on local theater

  September 13, 2007

• Stage Capsule Reviews

  Our critics weigh in on local theater

  June 14, 2007

• Capsule Reviews

  Our critics weigh in on local theater

  December 21, 2006

• Capsule Reviews

  Our critics weigh in on local theater

  December 7, 2006

• Capsule Reviews

  Our critics weigh in on local theater

  November 30, 2006

• Capsule Reviews

  Our critics weigh in on local theater

  December 15, 2005

• Capsule Reviews

  Our critics weigh in on local theater

  December 8, 2005

• Family Tradition

  Dance through the Land of Nod at The Nutcracker

  December 1, 2005

• Capsule Reviews

  Our critic weighs in on theater around town

  December 23, 2004

• A Christmas Night's Dream

  Old Ebenezer shakes his chains again at the Alley Theatre

  December 16, 2004

• Surprise Party

  New blood infuses The Nutcracker with life

  December 4, 2003

• A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose

  Stay awake for Houston Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty

  September 25, 2003

• True Love Too Late

  Renée Fleming and HGO prove up to the challenge of La Traviata

  April 24, 2003

• Snow Job

  Maiden's good, just slow to warm up

  September 28, 2000

• Bolshoi Beauty

  Ballet rises on the toes of a Russian icon

  March 25, 1999