The ceremony for Houston's Tommy Tune awards has become a high point on the local high-school drama calendar, as productions from all over the area enjoy their own version of the Tonys.Now the nominees have even more reason to get incredibly tense as the winners are announced: at stake may be a trip to New York and a four-year scholarship at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.Two big-time arts organizations -- Nederlander Presentations and the Pittsburgh Civic Light Orchestra (which, with
The all-time highlight of the night was when an older man began belting out a "Willkommen" to make anyone proud. Problem was, he wasn't on stage, but was sitting in the upper mezzanine -- part of the audience.
Theater Etiquette 101 hit a new low at last night's entertaining performance of Cabaret at the Hobby Center. The kindest way of explaining it would be that those in attendance may have gotten too caught up in the rowdy club atmosphere of the decadent Berlin nightclub scene
Photo by Bruce Bennett Photography, courtesy TUTSTheatergoers taking in TUTS's production of Cabaret (Recommended, although blue-haired TUTS's version of Weimar Republic "decadence" isn't exactly R-rated) have several seating choices -- way, way back in the depths of the cavernous Hobby Center, up a bit closer in the orchestra seats, or up really close, at tables and chairs all but onstage.The good news: You get a bottle of red and white wine at the table, unlike the poor schlubs who can't even
Photo courtesy TUTS​Good news came out today for fans of Taylor Hicks and Grease -- they no longer will have to pick certain Houston shows to be sure of seeing the former American Idol winner as the Teen Angel.
Originally, Hicks was to only appear in some shows during the two-week run in Houston -- something which caused severe displeasure among his fans, several of which also shelled us for a headline suggesting some people might opt not to see Hicks.
But in a news release today,
