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Ethel Merman

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    March 14, 2012

    Gothic Council Sings Your Kids to Sleep

    We hate you, Peter Murphy. Well, OK. Not really. Murphy is a good guy who is a joy to interview and who still puts out amazing music. That being said, we are getting thoroughly sick of his trademark voice. Our two-year-old daughter requests his song "The Line Between the Devil's Teeth (And That Wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Cowboys Are Weird: 10 Odd, Often Kinky, Vintage Comic Book Covers

    Cowboys & Aliens was the latest failed attempt to bring back the Western in any form possible, but even if the movie had succeeded it wouldn't have ushered in a cowboy-loving era like before 1970. Cowboys were everywhere, including comic books. And some of those comic book covers were, well, a litt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Rocks Off's Musical 2011 Texas Football Preview

    buckaroosfunnypictures.comHook 'em Horns...​You wouldn't know it from walking around outdoors, but fall is just around the corner, and in Texas that means two things: We no longer have to consume our body weight in water for shows at the Pavilion, and it's almost time for college football. An ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Annise Parker Says Fear Not Tthe Continental/United Merger

    Continental -- just a memory now​Houston's Continental Airlines is seemingly about to be taken over by the Yankee corporation of United Airlines in a $3 billion merger than will create the world's largest airline.That airline will not be named Continental.Bad news for Houston? Not necessarily so, ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 30, 2009

    Fresh Producers

    With this musical, the Masquerade Theatre gets everything right.

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    For Continental's 75th Anniversary: Five Not-So-Great Highlights

    Houston's Continental Airlines announced today it's taking delivery of a plane done up in "retro livery," which to the rest of us means an old-school paint job and decoration, to celebrate the 75th anniversary.It's "The Blue Skyway" design from 1947, in case you're interested, and was chosen by curr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Houston Doesn't Get Any Sondheim Shows, But It Does Get Sondheim

    Photo courtesy SPAWe've written before at the disappointment, the dreary malaise, the gloomy oppression that comes with learning Houston theatergoers will endure yet another season of Broadway warhorses like Sound of Music without getting to hear any Stephen Sondheim.While Houston won't likely be he ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 13, 2007

    Bobbindoctrin’s Fourth Annual Puppet Festival

    A group of local puppeteers show off their latest, strangest works

  • Culture

    November 23, 2006

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    February 10, 2005

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Music

    October 7, 2004

    Follow Your Snows

    The Final Straw breaks the camel's back of Snow Patrol's obscurity

  • Culture

    April 10, 2003

    Are You There, Ethel?

    The creators of The Last Session bring The Big Voice to Stages

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2003

    Good Folk

    Caroline Herring shows her South side

  • Film

    January 27, 2000

    Valley of the Dull

    Susann biopic isn't Great, not by a long shot

  • Music

    January 9, 1997

    Rotation

    Susann biopic isn't Great, not by a long shot

  • News

    December 14, 1995

    Clash of the Caterers

    Was it one too many chicken empanadas? It's Jackson vs. Jerry in the battle of the high-society foodmeisters.

  • Culture

    June 1, 1995

    Stage Notes

    Re-Viewing the Classics

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