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  Houston Playwrights Rarely Seen On Houston Stages, But That Might Be Changing

  February 24 at 4 a.m.

  It was January 2016 and Houston playwright Brendan Bourque-Sheil was on top of the world. Stages Repertory Theatre, one of the biggest companies in town, was opening his new play, The Book of Maggie, with a full bells and whistles production. A mainstage show at a prestigious theater is a...

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  Dead Eye Boy Fails To Disturb

  February 23 at 7:25 a.m.

  There are shows where the performances are so superb, they distract, making a less than stellar play seem better than it is. Conversely, a decent enough play may be made less palatable by a weak performance. Both of these scenarios are present in Dirt Dogs Theatre’s production of Angus MacLachlan’s,...

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  Middle East Peace Gets The Fly On the Wall Treatment In Camp David

  February 21 at 6:04 a.m.

  About ten minutes into Lawrence Wright's, Camp David, we find President Jimmy Carter, on his knees, praying. "Please don't let me screw this up," Carter beseeches God, while acknowledging that the road ahead will be challenging. So challenging in fact, it could cost him his already shaky Presidency. An Arab...

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  Best Bets This Weekend: Communists in Texas, Women Rockers, and Acrobats

  February 20 at 5 a.m.

  Whether you’re interested in a heavy family drama or a toe-tapping musical, punk rock or Beethoven, vampires or acrobats, we’ve got you covered this weekend.

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  Stunning Once on This Island A Perfect Distraction From the Book at TUTS

  February 19 at 7:03 a.m.

  The French Antilles serves as the setting for the retelling of a mermaid-centric fable in Once on This Island, now playing courtesy of Theatre Under the Stars.

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  The New Black Magic of Paul Hope & Co. at Ovations

  February 19 at 4 a.m.

  What is it that make a Paul Hope Cabaret revue so damn delicious? Its latest revue, That Old Black Magic, the '40s Songs of Harold Arlen is about as tasty as you would want. In the intimate space of Ovations Night Club, you sit snuggled up against other patrons in...