Theater
First-Hand: Shakespeare in Print and Performance at the Harry Ransom Center
In 1616, William Shakespeare was buried at Holy Trinity church, Stratford-Upon-Avon. A prayer was inscribed on his grave, asking that his bones never be removed from the church and cursing any who might attempt to do so.
The Rat King has Spoken: Holiday Foes Pick Faves
I was blindfolded, thrown into a car and driven for hours before we reached their secret lair, which I now believe might be a sub, sub basement floor underneath Houston Galleria Macy’s or inside a volcano, whichever.
Fictional Nebraska: Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s The Totalitarians at Kitchen Dog Theater
A charismatic political candidate with memorable hair who relies more on passion than facts — sound familiar?
Global Theater: The Texas/Prague Partnership
There is no commercial nonstop flight from any city in Texas to any city in the Czech Republic, including the country’s lovely and historic capital, Prague.
Drama in the House: Matt Hune’s Living Room Series
Matt Hune's Living Room Series
Tumbling Through Time and Memory: Sharr White’s The Other Place at the Alley Theatre
Somewhat lost amid all the hullabaloo and celebrations surrounding the Alley Theatre’s grand reopening and the major renovation of the Hubbard Stage was the little-fanfared return of performances to the smaller Neuhaus Stage, where many of the Alley’s more quirky and contemporary play picks are placed each season.
Theater Imitates Art: McNay Museum Exhibition Highlights Influence of Art on Theater
If you were asked to design sets and costumes evoking 16th century Italy, where would you start?
Curtain Up: Houston’s Main Street Theater Celebrates 40 Years and a Newly Renovated Space
“This is a real milestone!” Main Street Theater executive artistic director Rebecca Greene Udden offers a wide smile, somewhere between extreme pride and a sense of wonder. “It’s our 40th year, and it’s a time to move forward and try new things.”
Theatre LaB Houston at The MATCH
A + C theater writer John DeMers caught up with TLH founder Gerald LaBita to talk about the company’s beginnings and its bright future at the MATCH.
Ringside Emotional Head Butt: Stages Repertory Theatre’s The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
I have a (admittedly unoriginal) theory that sooner or later, no matter what the perceived subject matter, every writer ends up writing about the act of storytelling, and every playwright ends up writing about acting during the act of storytelling.
String & Shadows: Puppets Across the Lone Star State
Creating strange beings and bringing them to life only to discover that not only will they not obey you, they seem determined to thwart you...