South Pacific

Cathy Rigby Flying High

60-year-old soars in Peter Pan.

Why You Have to See The Master in 70mm

The Master: From the Window to the Wall

You aren't expecting what Paul Thomas Anderson is giving.

From the Window to the Wall

Presidents' Sons at War: 13 Service Records, from the Mediocre to the Ultimate Sacrifice

Being the parent of someone fighting in a war is no picnic, even if you're a president. In the modern era, several future or incumbent presidents had sons in the military in wartime. Some of those sons did much, some very little, one paid the ultimate price. Let's look, building up to that ultimat ... More >>

Your 33 Black Angels Pick 10 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

​Sunday night, Notsuoh plays host to Your 33 Black Angels, a manic garage-psych group from Brooklyn, N. Y. The band sometimes boasts eight members, and reminds us of a less-pretentious Brian Jonestown Massacre or trance-driven Black Lips. And there's the "96 Tears" organ that chimes in here a ... More >>

SOPA & GoDaddy Explained

The Addams Family Resurrected in Gleeful Fun

The set-up: Don't ever bury the body before checking the pulse. After the savaging The Addams Family suffered in New York after its premiere in April 2010, who knew there was life left anywhere in it? But there is, and the touring production, after a major reworking, is like seeing Frankenstein sin ... More >>

Yet Another List of Funny (Accused) Criminal Names: Hello, Mega Matahari!

Hush, little Mega Matahari.​Every so often we furnish you with a list of some of the strangest, funniest and most awesome names we find in our daily trollings of Harris County records. Usually, we do this roughly once a quarter, but this month has been fertile, so much so that we are now bring ... More >>

9 Notable Texas Deaths of 2011: Football, Gay Rights & Fodder for JFK Conspiracists

Texas gives to the world, and eventually the people who do the giving die. Such was the case in 2011, when at least nine notable Texans joined the Choir Invisible, the Great Majority, the dead. Without them, there would no Weed-Eaters, and perhaps the greatest college football/politician scandal ev ... More >>

West Side Story's 50th Anniversary

Vintage Houston Restaurant Postcards: The Days of Wine and Roses

Brennan's has long been the cock of the walk in Houston.​Although a good handful of Houston restaurants have been around at least as long as my grandparents, the general rule of thumb in this city is that restaurants live fast and die young. And although you rarely find postcards of current r ... More >>

Vintage Cocktails: Tiki Drinks

Brittanie SheyBig Bamboo, served in vintage tall glasses.​Say "tiki drink" to someone unfamiliar with the cocktail style, and they'll often imagine a frozen daiquiri with an umbrella served at some bar where Jimmy Buffett is on repeat and all the patrons wear Tommy Bahama. But the truth is th ... More >>

Hollywood Shuffle: Thunder Soul Director Mark Landsman On His Kashmere Stage Band Documentary

​Last week, Hollywood Shuffle told you about a new documentary, Thunder Soul, featuring Houston's legendary late-'60s/early-'70s funky high schoolers, the Kashmere Stage Band. The director, Mark Landsman, is currently in Austin prepping for the world premier of the movie at SXSW Film. A couple of ... More >>

Pat Robertson: Has The Man Ever Been Wrong?

The dust had barely settled in Port-au-Prince following Tuesday's 7.0 magnitude earthquake before opportunistic Jesus-bot Pat Robertson offered his take on the tragedy. Surely a prominent religious figure like Roberts could be counted on to offer words of comfort and solace for the thousands of vict ... More >>

Maybe Miley Would Be Better Off Dead Like Selena, Kurt and These Others...

In case you missed it - and if you value your immortal soul, we're sure you did - Hannah Montana star/future tell-all memoir author Miley Cyrus unveiled a newer, more "mature" look last weekend at the only venue appropriate for such things: the Teen Choice Awards. Nothing says "successful transitio ... More >>

The Andrews Brothers

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Capsule Stage Reviews: Andrews Brothers, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Phantom of the Opera, Ps and Qs: the ABCs of Manners

Hey, Houston!! Show Off Your Fat Ass For British TV!!

Photo by Mykl RoventineDrangonfly Productions is a London company that makes documentaries. They are working one one now about morbid obesity.They're filming in Mexico, Europe, the South Pacific Islands, Africa....and Houston."We are looking for some of the world's heaviest families -- where more th ... More >>

Brazoswood High's Troy Neel Pleads Guilty To Being Deadbeat Dad

Last year we told about Troy Neel, the pride of Brazoswood High, who went on to become not only an Oakland A but, later in life, Texas' biggest deadbeat-dad fugitive. (Wonder which accomplishment leads his resume.)Neel was arrested in December at LAX as he arrived from his private South Pacific isla ... More >>

From The Oakland A's To Texas' Biggest Deadbeat Dad -- The Pride of Brazoswood High

Troy Neel, of Brazoswood High, had one good year in the majors: as an Oakland A, he batted .290 in 1993.So he was never an All-Star. Today he earned a new title: The newly arrested Biggest Deadbeat Dad in Texas.Attorney General Greg Abbott's office announced that Neel was arrested yesterday at LA In ... More >>

Tosca

Ta’u Pupu’a goes from football star to opera singer — quite a leap

Adriana Lecouvreur

Opera in the Heights mounts a production of romance and revenge

South Pacific

Summer never sounded so sweet

Reefer Madness

Musical sings of the dangers of the wacky tobaccy

Houston Press Podcast: Reefer Madness

Pacific in the Gulf

Capsule Reviews

Our critic weighs in on local theater

Thunder Rolls

A '60s British TV series gets an extreme makeover

Oh, Brother

Two siblings named Lincoln and Booth battle it out in Topdog/Underdog

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

String Beings

Bobbindoctrin's savage wit returns in The Crime

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.

Dust to Dust

Once more, a man calls upon the troops to save The Alamo, before it's gone forever

Island in the Fun

Puppets of The Mauist make a zany pursuit toward their gods

Climb Ev'ry Mountain Man

Tom Orr satirizes the gay life with his witty and wry Dirty Little Showtunes

Goodnight, Miss Moonlight

Maxine Mesinger departs for the big swankienda in the sky

Special Delivery

With Cast Away, Robert Zemeckis unearths the part of Tom Hanks we've been hoping to find: His brittle humanity

Unconventional Conflict

War films get redefined by the complex Thin Red Line

Swingin' Back

Two plays reach for that old-time musical magic

Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

Sound Check

Beat the Heat!

1996 Summer Guide

Press Picks

Hold Me, Kiss Me, Thrill Me - Kill Me?

How a Montrose romance turned into memories of the CIA, things that go bump in the night ... and an eternal commitment.

Vietnam, via Broadway

Despite its obvious flaws, Miss Saigon remains a must-see

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