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Krajewski Returns Amid Musical & Acrobatic Splendor at Jones Hall
The Aerial Duo By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” All Photos Courtesy of HSO and Cirque de la Symphonie [Click any photo to enlarge] The fun at Houston Symphony’s Jones Hall began as...
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HOUSTON BALLET Brings the Calm after the Storm to the Woodlands Pavilion
Artists of the Houston Ballet perform, “THE LADIES”Photo: Amitava Sarkar By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” Miraculously, after several days of violent storms across much of Texas and...
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Cinematic Fun at the Music Box Theater
Cast at The Music Box Theatre (L-R) Luke Wrobel, Cay Taylor, Rebecca Dahl & Brad Scarborough By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” It’s that time again. Time to get out and enjoy the...
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Houston Symphony Commemorates the Heroes of 9/11 and Beyond
Arriving youngsters mingled with superheroes at the CONCERT FOR HEROES [All photos courtesy of Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Click any photo to enlarge.] By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s...
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Electrifying CHORUS LINE Rocks the Room at TUTS
Cast of the current TUTS production of A CHORUS LINEPhoto: Melissa Taylor By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [All photos of this current TUTS production of A Chorus Line by MELISSA...
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Stage Right’s Comical WILD WOMEN Reveal Our Unspoken Dilemma
Cast of THE WILD WOMEN OF WINEDALEPhoto: Michael Pittman By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” Preparing to destroy a treasured family Hummel figurine. (L-R) Renée Poe, Lisa Schofield,...
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A “BRASSY” ENCORE FOR THE MUSIC BOX THEATER
Cast of THE MUSIC BOX THEATER [All Photos by ThePeoplesCritic.com. Click any photo to enlarge] By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” If The Music Box Theater was revisiting some familiar...
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A Complex SPRING AWAKENING from TUTS
The Cast of TUTS “Spring Awakening”PHOTO: Melissa Taylor By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” Let’s be clear right out of the box. The current offering from Houston’s Theater Under the...
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A Symphonic Tour of Europe from Rick Steves & Houston Symphony
RICK STEVESAll photos courtesy of Rick Steves & Houston Symphony It was like an exquisite fairytale tour of the continent for lucky audiences at last weekend’s Houston Symphony concert titled,...
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Costumes and Sets Crown Crighton’s Joyful CINDERELLA
The Cast of Stage Right’s CINDERELLA –All Photos: Dave W Clements & DWC Photography[Click any photo to enlarge] By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” Kathleen Baker as CINDERELLA Lucas...
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YTA Event Brings Music and Elegance to THE GLADE
Grammy Award-Winning Soprano, JESSICA E. JONES, entertained YTA guests at The Glade. By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” [All Photos by ThePeoplesCritic.com. Click any photo to enlarge]...
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A Holiday Appetizer from Lone Star Lyric at Ovations
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [All photos by ThePeoplesCritic.com. Click any photo to enlarge] KELLI ESTES takes center stage at Ovations Night Club No, it wasn’t a Christmas show....
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Crighton’s Pleasant “MILLIE” Avoids Near Calamity
Cast of Crighton Theater’s THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [Click any photo to enlarge] Lizzie Camp as Millie & Cain Hamilton as...
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TUTS Offers an Unusual Trip with Its Tropical “ISLAND”
The company of the North American tour of “Once on This Island” PHOTO: Joan Marcus By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [Click any photo to enlarge] I don’t usually assign my readers...
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Unforgettable Celebration of a “KING,” from Houston Symphony
Steven Reineke with the Houston Symphony Orchestra By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” Of the countless hit recordings left to us by legendary vocalist, NAT KING COLE, the song...
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Swing Into Spring with BROADWAY AT THE BOX!
THE MUSIC BOX CAST(L-R) Kristina Sullivan, Luke Wrobel, Cay Taylor, Brad Scarborough, Rebekah Dahl By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” It seems that each year at this time I am confronted...
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An Icy and Magical Wonderland in Class Act’s FROZEN
Cast members of the Class Act Production of FROZEN JR. [Special Thanks to Class Act’s Kristi Tabor for the photo above, and for the six additional new cast photos we now include at the end of this...
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Pandemic Relief from Houston’s MUSIC BOX THEATER
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [Click Any Photo to Enlarge] (L-R) Luke Wrobel, Kristina Sullivan, Cay Taylor, Rebekah Dahl, Brad ScarboroughPHOTO: Courtesy of Music Box TheaterOTHER...
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ODD COUPLE Offers Theatrical Light at the End of Pandemic Tunnel
(L-R) Robert Faber as Felix, Mandy Hall as Cecily, Sarah Wilkins as Gwendolyn, and John Barton as Oscar, in the Stage Right production of THE ODD COUPLE. By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic”...
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“FOOTLOOSE” Brings Joyous Revival to the Owen Theatre
The cast of FOOTLOOSE at the Owen Theatre By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [All photos by Trevor Hall Photography. Click any photo to enlarge.] It seems to be happening bit by bit. The...
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