Movies Are My Life

The 10 Summer Movies you need to see: A guide to avoiding horrible flicks

By Joe Leydon

05.28.13 | 12:27 pm

The big news at the megaplexes during the long Memorial Day weekend was the box-office faceoff between two highly hyped sequels: Fast & Furious 6, yet another guilty-pleasure installment in the ...

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Mad Max, Poltergeist and Shakespeare merge: Opera in the Heights embraces the supernatural

By Joel Luks

01.31.13 | 1:36 pm

It's quite possible that Giuseppe Verdi didn't understand one word of William Shakespeare's Macbeth when he saw it for the first time. Scholars say that the Italian Romantic c ...

Main Street Theater and the Prague Shakespeare Festival present Shakespeare's Henry V

Main Street Theater

03.16.13 - 04.28.13

In the early 15th century, and King Henry V has just assumed the throne. When the Dauphin sends Henry an insulting message in response to England's claims to certain parts of France, Henry deci

Domestic drama in the park

The "real housewives" of Houston Shakespeare Festival mix it up in Hamlet & Comedy of Errors

By Joseph Campana

08.02.12 | 7:30 pm

What’s better than a little theater in the park? Domestic drama in the park, and no one was better at stirring up a little trouble at home than William Shakespeare. Why drive to Winedale? ...

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As universal as Shakespeare: Ars Lyrica goes to hell & back in a heart wrenching, timeless concert

By Joel Luks

06.08.12 | 2:18 pm

Ingrained in poetic Shakespearean texts, notwithstanding their archaic yet delicious patois, there are themes that reach beyond their setting and generation. No one denies that his stories of unful ...

Shakespeare on the Green: A Midsummer's Night Dream

Discovery Green

04.20.12 - 04.22.12

The University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance presents a fun and family-friendly production of Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer's Night Dream. Magic, love and much hilarity tumble f

Rienzi Twilight Talk: Embodying Shakespeare – A backstage pass to the actor's process

Rienzi

02.09.12

Spend an evening in one of Houston's most treasured homes and explore the process that allows actors to embody Shakespeare's characters. Vocal coach Sara Becker, assistant professor of