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A “DREAMCOAT” Dream Come True from Class Act
Cast members of Class Act’s JOSEPH & the AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOATPhoto: By Len Bates [Click any photo to enlarge.] It’s that time again. Now entering its 20th season with this 60th production,...
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A Breathtaking WEST SIDE STORY Dances Into the Owen Theatre
Cara Cavenaugh Woodward as Maria and Jordie Viscarri as Tony, in the Owen Theatre’s WEST SIDE STORY All Photos by DigiSmiles Photography [Click any photo to enlarge] Something quite remarkable is...
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Theatrical Whirlwind for ATCA San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO BAYas viewed from the Hilton Union SquarePHOTO: ThePeoplesCritic.com [Click any photo to enlarge] #ATCASF17 For members of the American Theatre Critics Association,...
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SUTTON FOSTER Highlights Caramoor Summer Festival
It was my first visit to the elegant estate of CARAMOOR. This legacy of the original owners, Walter & Lucie Rosen, became what is now the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts near Katonah, New...
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Carolyn Wong Triumphs in Crighton’s “DOLLY”
Carolyn Corsano Wong stars in HELLO DOLLY at Crighton TheatrePHOTO: Michael Pittman After a historically sad and troubling week for Americans aware of the tragic events in Florida, the abundant joy...
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A Broadway-Worthy MEMPHIS from Houston’s TUTS
Warren G. Nolan Jr as Delray, Simone Gundy as Felicia, and the Cast of MEMPHIS [ Click any photo to enlarge. ] All Photos by MELISSA TAYLOR Every so often a great musical comes along with an opening...
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Class Act’s HUNCHBACK Takes on Amazing Challenges
Class Act Productions Cast of HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME PHOTOS: Courtesy of Class Act [Click any photo to enlarge] For over two decades Class Act Productions has astonished audiences in The Woodlands,...
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“BROADWAY” Returns to Houston at the Music Box
Cast of THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE (L-R) Kristina Sullivan, Luke Wrobel, Cay Taylor, Brad Scarborough & Rebekah Dahl. Yes, it’s happily that time again. Spring is here, and Houston’s evermore popular...
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ELEPHANT MAN a Courageous Departure for Crighton Theatre
(L-R) Brian Heaton as Treves with Caleb Glass as Merrick and Patrice Kentimenos as Mrs. KendalPHOTO by Denton Florian Fans of the historic Crighton Theatre in Conroe, Texas, are well-acquainted with...
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Twin Pleasures Illuminate TUTS Production of OKLAHOMA!
The Cast of Theatre Under the Stars production of OKLAHOMA! [ All Photos by MELISSA TAYLOR. Click any photo to enlarge ] There is bittersweet irony in the fact that the supremely joyful current...
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Dancing is the star of Class Act’s THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
Portia Durant and the Cast of Class Act Productions’ THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III www.ThePeoplesCritic.com [All photos by Tracy Robinson/spryART. Click any photo to enlarge.]...
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Stage Right’s Enchanting Journey INTO THE WOODS
The Cast of INTO THE WOODSAll Photos by Dave Clements / DWC Photography. Click any photo to enlarge. The music of Broadway composer, Stephen Sondheim, is unusually complex and sophisticated, but...
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“W I Z” Fans Ease on Down the Road to TUTS
The Cast of THE WIZ[All Photos by Melissa Taylor. Click any photo to enlarge] By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III www.ThePeoplesCritic.com It was just before curtain time when Dan Knechtges, the very...
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LONE STAR LYRIC and Kelli Estes Are a Perfect Match for Broadway Music
The Cast of BROADWAY LIGHTS(L-R) Alan Simmons, Joseph Li, Kelli Estes, Carol Daubert By David Dow Bentley III www.ThePeoplesCritic.com [Click any photo to enlarge] Kelli Estes And speaking of...
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Musical Soap Opera a New 80’s Twist at the Music Box
THE MUSIC BOX CAST (L-R)Kristina Sullivan, Rebekah Dahl, Luke Wrobel, Cay Taylor, Brad Scarborough By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III Regular customers of The Music Box Theatre (and there are plenty of them...
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Courageous and Shattering NORMAL HEART from Lone Star College
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III www.ThePeoplesCritic.com For weeks Americans across this land have been virtually paralyzed with a sense of desperation and hopeless despair as they watch reports of the...
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A Dazzling “42nd STREET” Thunders on to Crighton’s Stage
Sara Preisler plays rising star, Peggy Sawyer, in Stage Right’s “42nd STREET” at Crighton Theatre. [All Photos by David W. Clements / DWC Photography. Click any photo to enlarge] (L-R) Cain Hamilton,...
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MUSIC BOX Offers Another Lullaby to Old Broadway
Cast of the MUSIC BOX THEATRE (L-R) Kristina Sullivan, Luke Wrobel, Cay Taylor, Brad Scarborough, and Rebekah Dahl. By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” The Texas-sized excitement of our...
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Mystical Manifestation of SINATRA at Woodlands Pavilion
BOB ANDERSON as Frank Sinatra at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell PavilionCOURTESY PHOTO By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” They say that “seeing is believing,” but there are magical times...
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Stage Right’s DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Arrives at Crighton Theatre
The Cast of Stage Right’s DIARY OF ANNE FRANK at the Crighton Theatre. By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [All Photos by Dave Clements/DWC Photography* Click any photo to enlarge] The...
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