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Torn Apart By History: Leopoldstadt at Main Street Theater
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (876+ words) The play takes place in one room in Vienna. The time span: more than 50 years as we look at the fortunes of Hermann Merz and his extended family whose comfort and prosperity wax and wane through two world wars and…...
The Importance of Being Earnest Opens at Alley Theatre
1+ week, 3+ day ago (584+ words) It's the story of two friends in Victorian England who evade society's responsibilities, one by inventing an imaginary younger brother named Ernest and the other by conjuring up a sickly friend he must go visit whenever he wants to dodge…...
Reviews For The Easily Distracted: Dracula
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (243+ words) Reviews For The Easily Distracted: Dracula'Houston Press Tagline: "Love never dies." "Critical" Analysis: By my estimation, there are an average of ten Dracula movies released every year. No need to check my math, I'm a professional. Recent films of note…...
Ella McCay and the Return of James L. Brooks
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (134+ words) Contributor Brad Gilmore is a host for ESPN Radio, CW39 and Reality of Wrestling. As a member of the Critic's Choice Association, Brad keeps a close eye on Movies, TV and Streaming. Written and directed by James L. Brooks, Ella McKay marks…...
Houston Theater’s Ode to Tom Stoppard
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (792+ words) D.L. Groover has contributed to countless reputable publications including the Houston Press since 2003. His theater criticism has earned him a national award from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) as well as three statewide Lone Star Press Awards for the same....
Scottish comic Kevin Bridges picks quite the time for his American debut
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (782+ words) At least people need a laugh right now," the Scottish joker Kevin Bridges sighs when asked why he chose now to make his North American debut. I always considered coming over," Bridges continues. I even joked about it a bit…...
John Cleese Brings Not Dead Yet! Tour to Texas: Monty Python, Laughter, and Lone Star Crowds
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (46+ words) Comics Film and TV Brad Gilmore September 15, 2025 4:00AM Reviews For The Easily Distracted: Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Reviews For The Easily Distracted: The Long Walk By Pete Vonder Haar Fan Theory: K-Pop Demon Hunters is a Prequel to Rock & Rule...
End Game at Catastrophic Theatre: Despair Not. There is Hope and Comedy in This Samuel Beckett Work.
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (53+ words) Margaret Downing September 16, 2025 5:00AM On Our Streaming Radar: The Morning Show, Tulsa King, Love Island Games, and Futurama's Grand Returns John Cleese Brings Not Dead Yet! Tour to Texas: Monty Python, Laughter, and Lone Star Crowds Purlie Victorious Still Triumphs at…...
The 39 Steps is an Entertaining, Fast-Paced Farce at Main Street
8+ mon, 6+ day ago (242+ words) Stage Things To Do Natalie de la Garza July 13, 2025 11:16AM For some shows, criticism is just beside the point. The 39 Steps, now playing at Main Street Theater, is one of those shows. The whodunit, adapted by Patrick Barlow in 2006 from Alfred…...
Noël Coward's Private Lives Relocates to South America and Opens at Alley Theatre
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (139+ words) No matter what the rest of the world might think, as far as Hugo'E. Carbajal'sees it, Elyot Chase in Private Lives has good intentions all round. "The thing is that, my approach to him, is that he's always coming from…...