Stages Repertory Theatre presents Road Show

Stages Repertory Theatre

05.22.13 - 06.30.13

Stephen Sondheim's latest musical masterpiece, Road Show, is based on the true story of brothers Addison and Wilson Mizner, whose unchecked pioneer spirit fueled their epic adventure across Ame

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Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events — with the Golden Pig Trophy

By Joel Luks

04.11.13 | 9:58 am

On the itinerary this week are stylish homes, international festivals, an al fresco bash and a hot hog competition. Try this: Click on the links below each event to find a page teeming with hel ...

A Wild 1970s Party

A glam 1970s party draws John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and white horses to Houston

By Joel Luks

04.08.13 | 1:16 pm

John Travolta was in the house — straight out of Saturday Night Fever. And so were a handful of disco versions of Michael Jackson, Olivia Newton-John and a coterie of bitchin' cool cats f ...

Shelby about town

Partying with the Houston Astros new big hire and with Secretaries of State keeps the scene rocking

By Shelby Hodge

03.27.13 | 1:46 pm

We've seldom seen a more formidable group of Houston women than that gathered at the home of Franci and Jim Crane on Monday when Franci and Terri Havens hosted a welcome lunch for Meg Vaillanco ...

Stages Repertory Theatre 2013 Gala and Auction "1978: Glitter & Glam!"

Stages Repertory Theatre

04.06.13

Stages Repertory Theatre is celebrating its 35th year in Houston by taking a little trip back to the year it was born — 1978. Disco fever was raging, Annie Hall won Best Picture, Ly

Stages Repertory Theatre presents Dollhouse

Stages Repertory Theatre

04.03.13 - 04.28.13

Set at the cusp of the economic downturn of the past decade, Dollhouse explores the economy of a relationship in America. The play is particularly poignant in the after-math of the mortgage crisis

Cultural Tourism Lives Here

New music festival to put Houston on the early music map as it draws national attention, curiosity

By Joel Luks

03.04.13 | 4:58 pm

Ask and you shall receive, so they say. In a nutshell, that's how the first annual Texas Early Music Festival was born. With a healthy dose of planning and a pinch of serendipity, the weeke ...

The Arthropologist

The halfway point: Houston performing artists experience the joys of mid-career careers

By Nancy Wozny

02.22.13 | 8:00 am

When Houston Ballet first soloist Kelly Myernick dons her harem pants and takes the stage as Gamzatti, the mysterious murderess of La Bayadere through March 3, she will complete ...

The Arthropologist

Stages Repertory Theatre takes you inside the director's lab, a creative breeding ground

By Nancy Wozny

02.13.13 | 3:00 pm

When the curtain went up on Julia Cho's The Language Archive at Stages Repertory Theatre, running through March 3, it was not only the first time this Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning play h ...

Stages Repertory Theatre presents Always...Patsy Cline: The 25th Anniversary Production

Stages Repertory Theatre

03.13.13 - 06.23.13

In honor of the show's 25th anniversary, Stages Repertory Theatre is reviving one of the most requested productions in its history. Penned by Stages' founding artistic director Ted Swindley