By Randall Jobe The Alley Theatre presents the world premier of The Carpenter, a new comedy of mistaken identities and family secrets. Dan is a self-made man from blue collar Houston, while his fiancé is from Dallas—Highland Park, to be exact. As they arrive at her father’s palatial mansion for her wedding, Dan starts to

The Ensemble Theatre presents Too Heavy for Your Pocket, by Jiréh Breon Holder and directed by Eileen J. Morris. The play is a beautifully written look at the personal cost and private struggles behind public events and speaks powerfully about the bonds of friendship and what defines true family.   Holder, inspired by the movies Selma and The Butler, began

A.D. Players at The George is pleased to open the new year with Tuesdays With Morrie, a story of friendship, love and what it means to truly live. A.D. Players is thrilled to present this play with two Broadway veterans helming the two-person script, Kevin Cooney and Jake Speck. Mitch Albom’s book, Tuesdays With Morrie

By Randall Jobe It’s 2019, the beginning of a new year, but local theaters are in mid-season and are continuing to bring you the best in professionally presented productions. Houston has a strong reputation throughout the country for quality theater and we are lucky to have easy access to many wonderful venues and exciting shows.

By Randall Jobe Although we are about to start a new year, the 2018-2019 theater season is in full swing and promising audiences delights, frights and innovations. The past year was full of wonderful productions from the large, established venues as well as the mighty, if often struggling, smaller theater troupes. Houston can proudly extoll

By Colby Etherton A few nights ago, I had the pleasure of viewing the AD Players’ production of It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play at the Jeanette & LM George Theater. As someone who’s (somehow!) not seen the classic film, I went into the experience not knowing what to expect or even what the general

By Randall Jobe Final weekend. Obsidian Theater offers a unique holiday experience with A Drag Christmas Carol. A hard-hearted politician experiences a change of heart with the help of some drag queen ghosts in this jukebox Christmas musical. This original work is sure to be a fun and surprising wrapped gift for the adventurous. Through

Tis the season to be jolly, as Broadway baritone Jared Bradshaw celebrates American icon Bing Crosby performing A Bing Crosby Christmas at The George Theater. A mainstay of the “Great White Way,” Bradshaw appeared in multiple roles in Jersey Boys and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. As a crooner and storyteller, Bradshaw exudes the timeless warmth Crosby fans adore. Bradshaw was in

By Randall Jobe The Alley Theatre kicks off its 2018-19 season with Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s comedy classic of unrequited love, gender-bending hijinks and quick wit. Directed by Jonathan Mascone, this hilarious tale finds Viola assuming the disguise of a page boy for Duke Orsino, placing her at the center of an explosive love triangle in

Longtime home for cutting-edge live performances, 4th Wall Theatre Company is thrilled to follow the success of September’s Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train with another Houston premiere, Pride and Prejudice. Kate Hamill’s new adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen reframes the classic inside a modern lens, creating a playful comedy that feels as timely today