Susan Smith

In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)

Comment of the Day: A Race-Baiting Genius Gets His Comeuppance

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

Sonia and Suzy

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

Narjes Modarresi, Accused Of Burying Her Two-Year-Old Son, Pins Hopes On Andrea Yates' Lawyer

Photo courtesy HCSOAn expert on postpartum depression tells us Modarresi may not have known right from wrong​Many observers believe that attorney George Parnham is planning an insanity defense for Narjes Modarresi, the 28-year-old mother accused of burying alive her two-year-old son Masih Golabba ... More >>

Pot o' Gold

Riches await Houston theatergoers

Setting the Stage

August is over, and a new theater season is upon us

Dada's Little Dividend

August is over, and a new theater season is upon us

Cliche Positive

Do good intentions make for good plays? Not necessarily.

Less Than Skillful

Stages struggles to save a weak import from England

Memory Down the Hole

At Stages, Hotel Oubliette's tale of two hostages locks out the world