By Randall Jobe Stages Repertory Theatre presents Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, directed by Katie Barton with music direction by Ben Hope. The iconic songbook of Johnny Cash comes to life in this unique musical about struggle and success, love and faith, rowdiness and redemption and home and family. It features more
By Randall Jobe Stages Repertory Theatre presents Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, directed by Katie Barton with music Direction by Ben Hope. The iconic songbook of Johnny Cash comes to life in this unique musical about struggle and success, love and faith, rowdiness and redemption and home and family. It features more
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday, all you lovely people! I would like to take this opportunity to announce the coming of Cannafest 2018! Cannabis Open Carry Walks (COCW) is hosting. If you care about your Cannabis freedoms, come out to learn how you can help change laws in our state. COCW has been active all
By Randall Jobe Bayou City Theatre Company presents Kill Move Paradise, an interactive theatrical experience set in Purgatory. Four black men prematurely ripped from Earth by police brutality are imbued with strict instructions from God and must share their stories in order to ascend into Heaven. It is an innovative theatrical love letter for those
By Chris Azzopardi | After changing TV for LGBTQ people in 1998, the actor is at it again, as ‘part of the chorus of the movement’ Where would our queer world be without _Will & Grace_? That’s where my head was just before Sean Hayes phoned, recalling my lonely teen years, when gay white men
By Randall Jobe The Alley Theatre presents The Cake. Della’s cakes are the best! She’s going to compete on the “Great American Baking Show†— no big deal. And she is overjoyed to make Jen’s wedding …until she realizes there isn’t just one bride, but two. She can’t really bake a cake for such a
By Randall Jobe | Main Street Theatre presents Daddy Long Legs, based on the novel by Jean Webster, with music and lyrics by Paul Gorden and book by John Caird. This two-person musical is the “rags-to-riches†love story of a bright young woman and her mysterious benefactor. Through June 17. Wednesday through Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
By Randall Jobe The Alley Theatre presents Picasso at the Lapin Agile, comedian, actor and writer Steve Martin’s hilarious imagining of Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein’s meeting in a Parisian café in 1904. The play is surprising and provocative, jumping from the notion that these two great men were close in age and in Paris
By Randall Jobe | Music Box Theatre wants to take you back to the 1950s with its high-energy production of Shake, Rattle and Roll. This nostalgic blend of ’50s music stars ensemble members Rebekah Dahl, Brad Scarborough, Cay Taylor and Luke Wrobel, with special guest John Gremillion. Through June 10. Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
Playwright Lawrence Wright joins director Bob Balaban to stage Cleo, chronicling the titanic love affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton that started during the filming of the 1963 movie Cleopatra, and the worldwide scandal that followed. Cleo plays at the Alley Theatre’s Hubbard Theatre April 6 through April 29, 2018. Taylor and Burton’s relationship
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![Person in a yellow dress with a bob haircut and bold makeup, lounging against a colorful backdrop featuring Egyptian motifs, including snakes and a sun disk—reminiscent of the world premiere of 'Cleo,' which explores an ancient history sex scandal.]({"jaw_blog-16_9-small":{"file":"https:\/\/montrosestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cleo_screenshot-170x95.jpg","width":170,"filesize":0},"jaw_blog-16_9-middle":{"file":"https:\/\/montrosestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cleo_screenshot-270x152.jpg","width":270,"filesize":0},"jaw_blog-16_9":{"file":"https:\/\/montrosestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cleo_screenshot-475x267.jpg","width":475,"filesize":0},"jaw_blog-16_9-big":{"file":"https:\/\/montrosestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cleo_screenshot-878x494.jpg","width":878,"filesize":0},"large":{"file":"https:\/\/montrosestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cleo_screenshot-1024x369.jpg","width":1024,"filesize":0}})