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Capsule Stage Reviews: April 23, 2015

By D. L. Groover
Apr 23, 2015

The Cherry Orchard Recently Houston's theater scene has been blessed with some very fine Chekhov knockoffs: last season's superlative rendition of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at the Alley; and, recently, a regional premiere, also superlatively produced, of Aaron Posner's stupid f*****g bird from Stages Rep...
Capsule Art Reviews: April 23, 2015

By Randy Tibbits and Susie Tommaney
Apr 23, 2015

"AT the Core of the Algorithm" Upon entering Hiram Butler Gallery to see Michael Petry's "AT the Core of the Algorithm" installation, one might quickly decide that everything could be seen within five seconds. However, if a visitor looks beyond the simple beauty of hanging glass globes, the piece becomes...
Capsule Art Reviews: April 16, 2015

By Susie Tommaney
Apr 16, 2015

"AT the Core of the Algorithm" Upon entering Hiram Butler Gallery to see Michael Petry's "AT the Core of the Algorithm" installation, one might quickly decide that everything could be seen within five seconds. However, if a visitor looks beyond the simple beauty of hanging glass globes, the piece becomes...
Capsule Stage Reviews: April 16, 2015

By Jessica Goldman and D. L. Groover
Apr 16, 2015

The Cherry Orchard Recently Houston's theater scene has been blessed with some very fine Chekhov knockoffs: last season's superlative rendition of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at the Alley; and, recently, a regional premiere, also superlatively produced, of Aaron Posner's stupid f*****g bird from Stages Rep...
Capsule Stage Reviews: April 9, 2015

By D. L. Groover
Apr 9, 2015

Shadowlands Not since Barbara Stanwyck, as self-sacrificing mother Stella Dallas (1937), who peered into that upper-crust window to see her daughter finally find happiness, has there been such a weepie as William Nicholson's love story Shadowlands. Perhaps Erich Segal's Love Story, the curse of the early '70s, might be next,...
Capsule Art Reviews: April 9, 2015

By Joelle Jameson, Randy Tibbits and Susie Tommaney
Apr 9, 2015

Capsule reviews by Joelle Jameson, Randy Tibbits and Susie Tommaney "Barnett Newman: The Late Works" "Barnett Newman: The Late Works," which recently opened at The Menil Collection, is the venue's major show of the spring season. It's the first close look at the late-career works of one of the most...
Capsule Art Reviews: April 2, 2015

By Susie Tommaney
Mar 31, 2015

"The Nature of Forms," "Intentionally Dirty" The current dual exhibitions at Nicole Longnecker Gallery — photographer Frank Sherwood White's "The Nature of Forms" and Julian Lorber's "Intentionally Dirty" — both illustrate the erosion of nature through thoughtful and captivating imagery, though the resemblance ends there. White plays with the shapes...
Capsule Stage Reviews: April 2, 2015

By D. L. Groover
Mar 31, 2015

Shadowlands Not since Barbara Stanwyck, as self-sacrificing mother Stella Dallas (1937), who peered into that upper-crust window to see her daughter finally find happiness, has there been such a weepie as William Nicholson's love story Shadowlands. Perhaps Erich Segal's Love Story, the curse of the early '70s, might be next,...
Capsule Art Reviews: March 26, 2015

By Randy Tibbits and Susie Tommaney
Mar 24, 2015

"Paintings" In his new "Paintings" exhibit at Hiram Butler Gallery, acrylic artist Brooke Stroud calls upon both the known and the unknown, producing rectangular nature-inspired abstracts with saturated gradations of hue, punctuated by blocks of color. Two of his strongest pieces, 2015's Blue Standard and last year's Star Nursery, are...
Capsule Stage Reviews: March 26, 2015

By D. L. Groover
Mar 24, 2015

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat If you're feeling a bit sleepy when Joseph begins, don't worry, the show will slap you awake fast. And hard. This is the most frenetic show in memory, fast-paced, constantly on the go and terrifically cheesy. Nobody and nothing stops. Ever. It's the siege...
Capsule Art Reviews: March 19, 2015

By Randy Tibbits and Susie Tommaney
Mar 17, 2015

"Mel Chin: Rematch" For the next few months, Houston-born and raised Mel Chin will be taking up practically the whole art atmosphere of the city with his 40-year retrospective. It's a progressive art feast so big that it takes four museums to hold it all. And as a special treat...
Capsule Stage Review: March 19, 2015

By D. L. Groover
Mar 17, 2015

A Midsummer Night's Dream Written circa 1595, probably immediately after Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream is Shakespeare at his most magical. Full of moonbeams and gossamer, it seems written on cobweb. Combining ancient myth, folklore and pastoral romance, the master weaves a fantastic story all about love, which,...
Capsule Art Reviews: March 12, 2015

By Randy Tibbits and Susie Tommaney
Mar 10, 2015

"Mel Chin: Rematch" For the next few months, Houston-born and raised Mel Chin will be taking up practically the whole art atmosphere of the city with his 40-year retrospective. It's a progressive art feast so big that it takes four museums to hold it all. And as a special treat...
Capsule Stage Review: March 12, 2015

By D. L. Groover
Mar 10, 2015

The Skin of Our Teeth How much poorer would the American theater be without the riches of Thornton Wilder? A world without Our Town or The Matchmaker is unthinkable. A place without The Skin of Our Teeth (1942) would be darker still. Wilder called Skin — the flip side to...
Capsule Art Reviews: March 5, 2015

By Randy Tibbits and Susie Tommaney
Mar 3, 2015

The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden There is a hidden treasure tucked away next to a parking lot, a remarkable collection of majestic sculptures by internationally famed artists, on display behind attractive stone walls in an open-air park; it is the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Lillie and...
Capsule Stage Reviews: March 5, 2015

By Jessica Goldman and D. L. Groover
Mar 3, 2015

The Blackest Shore Catastrophic Theatre brings the work of New York-based up-and-coming playwright Mark Schultz to us twice this season. Closing out the year is Schultz's play Everything Will Be Different: A Brief History of Helen of Troy, a show about teen girl anguish. On offer now is the premiere...
Capsule Art Reviews: February 26, 2015

By Randy Tibbits and Susie Tommaney
Feb 24, 2015

"Mel Chin: Rematch" For the next few months, Houston-born and raised Mel Chin will be taking up practically the whole art atmosphere of the city with his 40-year retrospective. It's a progressive art feast so big that it takes four museums to hold it all. And as a special treat...
Capsule Stage Reviews: February 26, 2015

By Jessica Goldman and D. L. Groover
Feb 24, 2015

The Blackest Shore Catastrophic Theatre brings the work of New York-based up-and-coming playwright Mark Schulz to us twice this season. Closing out the year is Schultz's play Everything Will Be Different: A Brief History of Helen of Troy, a show about teen girl anguish. On offer now is the premiere...
Capsule Stage Reviews: February 19, 2015

By Jessica Goldman and D. L. Groover
Feb 12, 2015

The Blackest Shore Catastrophic Theatre brings the work of New York-based up-and-coming playwright Mark Schulz to us twice this season. Closing out the year is Schultz's play Everything Will Be Different: A Brief History of Helen of Troy, a show about teen girl anguish. On offer now is the premiere...
Capsule Art Reviews: February 19, 2015

By Randy Tibbits and Susie Tommaney
Feb 12, 2015

"Mel Chin: Rematch" For the next few months, Houston-born and raised Mel Chin will be taking up practically the whole art atmosphere of the city with his 40-year retrospective. It's a progressive art feast so big that it takes four museums to hold it all. And as a special treat...
Capsule Art Reviews: February 12, 2015

By Randy Tibbits and Susie Tommaney
Feb 10, 2015

"Field of Light" The stars have fallen on Discovery Green courtesy of British artist Bruce Munro and his "Field of Light" installation of illuminated fiber optics. For those of us who live in the nation's fourth-largest city, light pollution has made it impossible to see the more than 2,500 stars...
Capsule Stage Reviews: February 12, 2015

By Jessica Goldman and D. L. Groover
Feb 10, 2015

Character Man Jim Brochu's one-man musical tribute to those unsung supporting players of Broadway's golden age radiates such a warm autumnal glow, you want to rush right out and buy every original Broadway cast album of the shows Brochu so lovingly remembers. (If you're already a Broadway baby, you have...

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