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    August 21, 2009

    Free Night Of Theater Coming To Houston, If You're Fast Enough

    ​In the never-ending battle to get people to come see live theater, the Free Night of Theater project began five years ago in three cities.Now it's coming to Houston.Nationwide, over 65,000 free tickets were given away in 120 cities...which kinda makes you wonder what took Houston so long.But begg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Does Catastrophic Theatre Live Up To Its Name Too Well?

    Illustration courtesy Catastrophic TheatreCatastrophic Theatre's Hunter Gatherers, originally set to open last week, has been pushed back to tomorrow because of "technical difficulties." This comes after the company's previous show, Spirits to Enforce, was delayed a week in December due to "illness ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 1, 2009

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Always...Patsy Cline, A Fertle Holiday

    Illustration courtesy Catastrophic TheatreCatastrophic Theatre's Hunter Gatherers, originally set to open last week, has been pushed back to tomorrow because of "technical difficulties." This comes after the company's previous show, Spirits to Enforce, was delayed a week in December due to "illness ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 28, 2008

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Always...Patsy Cline, Baby with the Bathwater, Electile Dysfunction, In the Middle of the Ocean, Smoke on the Mountain: Homecoming

    Illustration courtesy Catastrophic TheatreCatastrophic Theatre's Hunter Gatherers, originally set to open last week, has been pushed back to tomorrow because of "technical difficulties." This comes after the company's previous show, Spirits to Enforce, was delayed a week in December due to "illness ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 21, 2008

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Always...Patsy Cline, Electile Dysfunction, Fine Arts Fascists, Smoke on the Mountain: Homecoming

    Illustration courtesy Catastrophic TheatreCatastrophic Theatre's Hunter Gatherers, originally set to open last week, has been pushed back to tomorrow because of "technical difficulties." This comes after the company's previous show, Spirits to Enforce, was delayed a week in December due to "illness ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 14, 2008

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Always...Patsy Cline, Company, Electile Dysfunction, Smoke on the Mountain: Homecoming

    Illustration courtesy Catastrophic TheatreCatastrophic Theatre's Hunter Gatherers, originally set to open last week, has been pushed back to tomorrow because of "technical difficulties." This comes after the company's previous show, Spirits to Enforce, was delayed a week in December due to "illness ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2008

    Always…Patsy Cline…Always

    Illustration courtesy Catastrophic TheatreCatastrophic Theatre's Hunter Gatherers, originally set to open last week, has been pushed back to tomorrow because of "technical difficulties." This comes after the company's previous show, Spirits to Enforce, was delayed a week in December due to "illness ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2008

    Radio Houstoned: Altar Boyz

    Illustration courtesy Catastrophic TheatreCatastrophic Theatre's Hunter Gatherers, originally set to open last week, has been pushed back to tomorrow because of "technical difficulties." This comes after the company's previous show, Spirits to Enforce, was delayed a week in December due to "illness ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2007

    Radio Houstoned: Black Pearl Sings at Stages Repertory Theatre

    Illustration courtesy Catastrophic TheatreCatastrophic Theatre's Hunter Gatherers, originally set to open last week, has been pushed back to tomorrow because of "technical difficulties." This comes after the company's previous show, Spirits to Enforce, was delayed a week in December due to "illness ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 27, 2007

    Stage Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    September 20, 2007

    Stage Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    March 16, 2006

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    January 12, 2006

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    October 6, 2005

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Calendar

    July 28, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    May 5, 2005

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    May 5, 2005

    Growing in Stages

    New places, faces and ideas have transformed Houston's theater scene

  • Culture

    November 4, 2004

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Ballet

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Theater Season

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Long Good-bye

    Ben Stevenson

  • Calendar

    July 10, 2003

    Always...A Fan

    Opera singer Julia Kay Laskowski takes on the role of country singer Patsy Cline

  • Culture

    March 6, 2003

    Men in Tights

    Houston Ballet buckles under the weight of Balanchine

  • Calendar

    February 13, 2003

    First Dance

    You'll be stimulated in more ways than one at Moving Bodies, Moving Minds

  • News

    December 12, 2002

    Dancing in Debt

    The cast walks after the Met gets mired in money woes

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Ballet

    Houston Ballet's Peter Pan

  • News

    April 11, 2002

    Les Passé

    A tap-dancing Tony Curtis? Yet another My Fair Lady? The shows may be aging and tired, but TUTS remains Young at heart.

  • Calendar

    February 7, 2002

    Infernal Reproduction

    Infernal Bridegroom Productions has set up shop at the old Axiom

  • Calendar

    November 29, 2001

    Risky Business

    ROI Films is aiming for the big screen

  • Culture

    November 1, 2001

    Starts and Stops

    Two of Houston's small theaters succumb to urban development

  • News

    August 2, 2001

    Forever On His Toes

    Ben Stevenson has built Houston Ballet into one of the biggest companies in the country. So why does his job often seem in jeopardy?

  • Calendar

    June 7, 2001

    Zen and the Art of Playwriting

    For Horton Foote, his process of writing is a mystery

  • News

    March 8, 2001

    Politics of the Dance

    A backstage struggle between Stevenson and a managing director splits the ballet

  • Music

    September 21, 2000

    In Good Hands

    Woody Witt takes over Cezanne, and all of Houston sighs in relief

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Kicking A

    With the world premiere of Fucking A, Infernal Bridegroom Productions may have outgrown its seedy past, but it hasn't forgotten it

  • Culture

    February 3, 2000

    Color Blind

    Ensemble's new artistic director doesn't view things in shades of black and white

  • Calendar

    July 15, 1999

    Bundy's Big Ideas

    Stages Repertory Theatre and Unhinged Productions present The Maiden's Prayer

  • Culture

    April 1, 1999

    Ensemble Reassembles

    Stages Repertory Theatre and Unhinged Productions present The Maiden's Prayer

  • Calendar

    November 26, 1998

    Night & Day

    November 26 - December 2, 1998

  • Culture

    April 24, 1997

    On the Fringe

    November 26 - December 2, 1998

  • Culture

    January 30, 1997

    For Love --or Money

    Main Street's Miser isn't as rich as it could be

  • Culture

    January 23, 1997

    Lonely, Times Three

    Main Street's Miser isn't as rich as it could be

  • News

    September 12, 1996

    Off-stage Drama

    Did the Alley's Gregory Boyd allow love to get in the way of work?

  • Culture

    February 23, 1995

    Climbing New Heights

    Did the Alley's Gregory Boyd allow love to get in the way of work?

  • Culture

    December 8, 1994

    Playing the Season

    Houston's theaters welcome Christmas with an array of dramatic gifts

  • Culture

    July 7, 1994

    New Theater on the Block

    Bill Hardy's Houston Rep hopes to give the city a fourth professional theater

  • News

    March 31, 1994

    Hard Times at the Ballet

    When the dancers of the Houston Ballet learned their artistic director, Ben Stevenson, had been forced into a medical leave, they had to wonder: were there problems ahead?

  • Culture

    March 24, 1994

    Return of the Art Bar

    When the dancers of the Houston Ballet learned their artistic director, Ben Stevenson, had been forced into a medical leave, they had to wonder: were there problems ahead?

  • Culture

    March 10, 1994

    Dance con Corazon

    The Society of the Performing Arts presents the eclectic, soulful Ballet Hispanico

  • Culture

    January 6, 1994

    A year of brave new companies, of fresh keen moments, and of Beckett and Albee evermore

    The Society of the Performing Arts presents the eclectic, soulful Ballet Hispanico

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