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Cowboys, mortality and a nun
By Randall Jobe
Theatre Suburbia presents She Was Only Marginally Modest or Have You No Shame?, a summer mellerdrammer by Vern Harden. Elvin Moriarty directs. Friday through Sunday, through August 25. 4106 Way Out West Drive. Tickets: TheatreSuburbia.org or 713-682-3525.
Caduceus Theater Arts Company presents Porcelain, written by Chay Yew and directed by Bonnie Hewitt. Triply scorned as an Asian, a homosexual and now a murderer, a young man stands on trial for a crime of passion. Through August 26, 8 p.m. MATCH 1, 3400 Main St. Tickets: boxoffice@MatcHouston.org or 713-521-4533.
The Secret Group and Horse Head Theatre Company presents We’re All Gonna Die, by Young Jean Lee. Somewhere between a play and a concert with an open-mic vibe, performer Alli Villines shares a collection of real-life stories about tragedy, isolation and mortality — that alone, in-pain feeling we all experience, often more than we would like to. Alli brings us together through song. This life-affirming concert is about the one thing we all have in common: we’re gonna die, a thought that ironically becomes comforting, if we embrace it together. Through September 1. 201 Polk Street. Tickets: 832-786-0994.
Alley Theatre presents the longest running show in world theatre history, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. Part of the Exxon Mobile Summer Chills, this classic whodunit recently celebrated its 66th anniversary on London’s West End and still thrills audiences today. A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a British boarding house during a snowstorm with a murderer afoot. It’s an Agatha Christie plot twist finish that you won’t want to miss. Suitable for ages 12 and up. Through September 2. 615 Texas Avenue. Tickets: AlleyTheatre.org.
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 than two dozen classic hits including “I Walk The Lineâ€, “A Boy Named Sueâ€, “Folsom Prison Blues†and “Ring of Fire.†It’s a foot-stompin’, crowd-pleasin’ musical portrait of The Man in Black. Through September 2.
Stages also presents the return of extremely popular and talented Denise Fennell in Sister’s Summer School Catechism: God Never Takes A Vacation. The diocese has decided to offer summer school for those who need additional classroom time. Sister leads hysterical discussions about whether Jesus had to go to summer school and appropriate summer vacations for practicing Catholics. Classroom participation is a must, but being Catholic is not! Through September 9. 3201Allen Parkway. Tickets: StagesTheatre.com or 713-527-0123.
Mildred’s Umbrella presents The Moors by Jan Silverman. On the bleak Moors
of Yorkshire two spinster sisters, an unassuming governess, and a mischievous maid make plays for love and power in a world that limits them all. Who will be left standing at the end? Can they truly shake off their position and role? Can a mastiff love a moorhen? August 30 though September 15. Chelsea Market Theater, 4617 Montrose Blvd. Pay-what-you-can, all performances. Tickets: info@MildredsUmbrella.com or 830-463-0219.
Theatre Under the Stars, in collaboration with Houston Ballet, opens its 50th season with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! Based on Lynn Rigg’s 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs and set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand, Jud Fry. Oklahoma! was originally choreographed by Agnes DeMille, who created rousing, funny and beautiful dances including a show stopping dream ballet that lifted the show into new territory. TUTS’ production is choreographed by Stanton Welch AM, artistic director of Houston Ballet. September 11 through 23. Hobby Center, 800 Bagby. Tickets: 713-558-.8887
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