View the fashions that have kept their timeless value now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Photo by Paul Hurschmann
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
5601 Main
From Hollywood icons to bona fide royalty and more than one First Lady, Dominican fashion designer Oscar de la Renta had women clamoring for the privilege of wearing his clothes. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is showcasing his life and work through almost 70 ensembles, with a local connection here in Houston. “There are works from our own collection as well as loans from local Houstonians,” says Cindi Strauss, Sara and Bill Morgan Curator of Decorative Arts, Craft and Design, who collaborated with former editor-at-large for Vogue magazine André Leon Talley, and others, in curating the show. This jewel of an exhibit sparkles with antique furniture, paintings and clips of celebrities wearing his clothes. For information, call 713-639-7300 or visit mfah.org. Free to $25.
Mrs. Warren’s Profession at Classical Theatre Company
Sunday, 2:30 p.m.
4617 Montrose
Houston director Julia Traber’s new take on the George Bernard Shaw classic Mrs. Warren’s Profession comes from a place of frustration. “It’s certainly an indictment on the social conditions of women, the labor market and prostitution,” she says. “What’s immoral? There’s still the wage gap and there’s the prejudice of women choosing to have children. In an indirect way, this play is still very relevant.” Traber admits to having trouble setting this Classical Theatre Company production of Shaw’s 1894 play in modern times, but with its timely applicability, she has decided to bring life to this production right here in Houston. For information, call 713-963-9665 or visit classicaltheatre.org. $10 to $25.
Evening at the Talk House at The MATCH
Sunday, 2:30 p.m.
3400 Main
The characters in Wallace Shawn’s Evening at the Talk House gather for a reunion in some unspecified country at some unspecified time in the future. All were involved with a certain unsuccessful play ten years before. They are there to catch up on the usual stuff of countless high school and college reunions. But in what co-director Kyle Sturdivant (Best Actor, 2017 Houston Theater Awards) calls one of Shawn’s “more accessible” plays, what soon develops in this one-act is a far darker — while still comedic — story line of how politics, survival instincts and compromise can take over the lives of even the most idealistic members of the citizenry. For information, call 713-521-4533 or visit catasrophictheatre.com. Suggested ticket price $35.
Natalie de la Garza, Margaret Downing, Chris Gray, Vic Shuttee and Susie Tommaney contributed to this post.
