Alton Brown Live! The Edible Inevitable Tour promises to be full of the same insane and wonderful madness that spawned creations on Brown’s long-running hit show Good Eats such as yeast puppets and chocolate pushers. In an emailed response to questions from the Houston Press, he says audiences can expect “A culinary variety show complete with live music, puppets, audience participation, comedy, and some very large, very strange, potentially dangerous culinary demonstrations.”
So you have been warned. If you’re sitting in the front rows, don’t wear anything you care about, as things are going to get messy. Attendees in the strike zone will be offered rain ponchos, and might also be called upon to be culinary assistants.
Brown asked his Twitter followers for dining suggestions for each city he’s visiting. Did he get any good ones for Houston? Brown wrote, “I never think about whether they’ll be good or not. I just go where the fans send me.” He says his best moment on the tour so far was “selling out the Fox Theater in Atlanta, my hometown.”
That’s not the only show he has sold out. The original 7 p.m. show in Houston sold out. An additional 3 p.m. show has been added to the schedule. Cullen Performance Hall, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun. For information, visit altonbrowntour.com/shows/houston. $55.
Sat., April 4, 3 & 7 p.m., 2015
This article appears in Apr 2-8, 2015.