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His woman has left him, he’s flat broke, and it’s almost five o’clock in the morning. Suddenly Nomax finds Big Moe, Four-Eyed Moe, Eat Moe, No Moe, and Little Moe emerging from his 1930s style radio to comfort, cajole, wheedle and jazz him with the hit songs of songwriter and saxophonist, Louis Jordan, one of the most revered talents of the 20th century. With more than 50 top 10 singles and instantly recognizable classics such as “Early in the Morning,” “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying” and “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby,” Louis Jordan the great composer brought a popular new slant to jazz that paved the way for the rock-and-roll of the 1950s. FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE is a musical revue by American writer / actor Clarke Peters. The show originated in the UK in 1990 where it ran for several years on the West End and won the Lawrence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment. Check out the interview with Anthony Boggess-Glover who plays one of the Moes at FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE. For tickets and seating availability call ph. 713-520-0055 or visit the Ensemble Theatre at 3535 Main Street, Houston, Texas or at www.ensemblehouston.com.
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THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE 2009 - 2010 SEASON
The Ensemble Theatre presents STICK FLY written by Lydia R. Diamond and directed by Artistic Director Eileen J. Morris. The LeVays, an affluent African American family, gather in their vacation home on Martha's Vineyard. Dr. Joseph LeVay (played by Wayne DeHart) a respected neurosurgeon and hopeless philanderer, has two sons: one that has followed in his footsteps, and the other, who is a struggling novelist. Each son brings along his girlfriend to meet the family for the first time, resulting in confrontations about race, the economy and politics. The family ties rapidly unravel as tensions rise when secrets are revealed. Through lively exchanges and simmering wit, they tackle the challenges of family life and the changing world around them. STICK FLY is Now Playing through May 2nd, 2010 at The Ensemble Theatre at 3535 Main Street, Houston Texas USA. THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE Presents the CONSTANT STAR Directed by RON JONES and written by Tazewell Thompson. CONSTANT STAR is presented from March 14th thru April 12th, 2009 with Special Performances at Lone Star College Cy-Fair April 16th-19th, 2009. THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE is located at 3535 Main Street, Houston, Texas. Please call phone 713-520-0055 for Tickets and Information. THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE Presents the 2007 SEASON. JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE Directed by THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE'S Artistic Director EILEEN J. MORRIS and written by the Great American Playwright AUGUST WILSON is presented thru April 8th, 2007. THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE is located at 3535 Main Street, Houston, Texas. Please call phone 713-520-0055 for Tickets and Information. INTERVIEW WITH EILEEN J. MORRIS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE AND DIRECTOR OF JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE. THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE Presents the 2004 - 2005 SEASON. THAT SERIOUS HE - MAN BALL by Alonzo D. Lamont, Jr. is presented thru October 17, 2004. THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE is located at 3535 Main Street, Houston, Texas.
Welcome to AMERICAN MENU! It's May 1968, shortly after the murder of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and a month before the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. Five Black Kitchen Workers at a segregated lunch counter are forced to engage in painful self-examination brought about by yet another senseless death in their town. Through passionate conversations, these women face the realities of life on the cusp of change. Jammed in a hot airless room they must battle prejudice, poverty, ignorance and each other as they search for inspiration. Yet in the midst of this seeming endless time, they manage to find humor that helps bridge the gaps and reconnects them to their humanism. In Celebration of Black History Month AMERICAN MENU is showing at THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE through February 28th, 2010. For tickets and information please call phone 713-520-0055. Visit THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE at 3535 Main Street, Houston Texas 77002 USA.
After breaking
box office records and selling out in record time in 2005 and 2007,
WICKED,
the smash-hit musical, will return to
With music and lyrics by Stephen
Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Academy Award-winner for Pocahontas and The Prince
of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman (“My So Called Life,” “Once And Again” and
“thirtysomething”),
WICKED,
the untold story of the witches of Oz, is directed by two-time Tony Award winner
Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Vagina Monologues) and
features musical staging by Tony® Award winner Wayne Cilento (Aida, The Who’s
Tommy, How To Succeed…).
Based on the best-selling 1995
novel by Gregory Maguire,
WICKED,
winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy® and three Tony® Awards, is the
untold story of the witches of Oz. It is produced by Marc Platt, Universal
Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone. Presented by Broadway Across America Houston, Tickets Are On Sale Now at the Hobby Center Box Office (800 Bagby), all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 1-800-982-ARTS (2787) or online at www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com.
The classic Mel Brooks movie is ALIVE...and it's headed here! You'll have a monstrously good time at this spectacular production of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, winner of the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award and the Broadway.com Audience Award for BEST MUSICAL! Don't miss the sensational cast delivering all your favorite moments from the classic film, plus brand-new show-stopping numbers for the stage, including "Transylvania Mania," "He Vas My Boyfriend" and “Puttin' on the Ritz." This wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend follows bright young Dr. Frankenstein (that's Fronkensteen) as he attempts to create a monster--but not without scary and hilarious complications. The brains behind the laughter is mad genius and three- time Tony® winner Mel Brooks himself--who wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the book- along with his record-breaking team from The Producers: five-time Tony®-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman and three-time Tony®-winning writer, Thomas Meehan. BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA - HOUSTON: 2010 SEASON Gexa Energy Broadway Across America Houston welcomes the new year 2010 with the award winning musical A CHORUS LINE presented from January 5 - 17, 2010. Winner of 9 Tony Awards, including "Best Musical" and the Pulitzer Prize for drama, the singular sensation is the longest - running American Broadway musical ever. CIRQUE DREAMS ILLUMINATION is showing from February 23 - March 7, 2010. From the creators of the groundbreaking Broadway Hit, Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy comes an all new journey of nighttime dreamers whose imaginations are ignited within a landscape of towering buildings and infinite possibilities. WICKED, A New Musical is showing from June 30 - July 25, 2010. On Broadway and around the world, WICKED has worked its magic on critics and audiences alike. Winner of 26 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, WICKED is “Broadway’s biggest blockbuster” (The New York Times). Check out A BRUSH WITH GREATNESS 2010 AD, a chance encounter with the 41st President of the United States in A CHORUS LINE. Broadway Across America musicals are held at the Hobby Center Sarofim Hall at 800 Bagby Street, Houston Texas, USA.
The New Production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical A CHORUS LINE comes to the Hobby Center in Houston for a limited two-week engagement January 5 - 17, 2010. Presented by Gexa Energy Broadway Across America Houston, Tickets Are On Sale Now at the Hobby Center Box Office (800 Bagby), all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 1-800-982-ARTS (2787) or online at www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com.
Gexa Energy Broadway Across America Houston welcomes the new year 2010 with the award winning musical A CHORUS LINE presented from January 5 - 17, 2010. Winner of 9 Tony Awards, including "Best Musical" and the Pulitzer Prize for drama, the singular sensation is the longest - running American Broadway musical ever. CIRQUE DREAMS ILLUMINATION is showing from February 23 - March 7, 2010. From the creators of the groundbreaking Broadway Hit, Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy comes an all new journey of nighttime dreamers whose imaginations are ignited within a landscape of towering buildings and infinite possibilities. Created and Directed by Neil Goldberg, CIRQUE DREAMS ILLUMINATION has been hailed as "Dazzling!...a reason to stand up and cheer" by the New York Daily News. Audiences of all ages will marvel and experience a journey of city dwellers who reinvent everyday objects, balance beyond belief, delicately dangle from wires, leap tall buildings and redefine the risks of flight in an array of astounding occurrences that transform the ordinary into extraordinary. SO MUCH HAPPENED BEFORE DOROTHY DROPPED IN. WICKED, A New Musical is showing from June 30 - July 25, 2010. Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One - born with emerald green skin - is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for “the most completely satisfying new musical in a long time” (USA Today). On Broadway and around the world, WICKED has worked its magic on critics and audiences alike. Winner of 26 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, WICKED is “Broadway’s biggest blockbuster” (The New York Times). Broadway Across America musicals are held at the Hobby Center Sarofim Hall at 800 Bagby Street, Houston Texas, USA.
BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA - HOUSTON: PAST SEASONS
Have some HOT Summer Fun with 3 Respectable Airline Stewardesses who turn out to be psycho, sexual maniacs in BOEING BOEING Now Showing on the The Alley Theatre's Hubbard Stage. The World Premiere of Kenneth Lin's INTELLIGENCE SLAVE tells the story of Curt Herzstark, a concentration camp prisoner who is being kept alive by the Nazis because he has invented the world's first hand-held four function calculator. Recommended for mature audiences due to language and subject matter, INTELLIGENCE SLAVE runs through June 20, 2010. Beginning July 2010 the Alley Theatre will produce the most famous Stage Mystery ever AGATHA CHRISTIE'S THE MOUSETRAP during its popular ExxonMobile Summer Chills series. The Alley Theatre offers a Second Summer Play ST. NICHOLAS, a Vampire Story for Mature Audiences. ST. NICHOLAS by Conor McPherson will run July 15 - August 8, 2010 on the Neuhaus Stage this summer opposite AGATHA CHRISTIE'S THE MOUSETRAP. Tickets for all performances are available for purchase at www.alleytheatre.org at the Alley Theatre Box Office, 615 Texas Avenue or by calling 713-220-5700.
THE ALLEY THEATRE'S 2009 - 2010 SEASON Bold, Imaginative, Uplifting Plays. A Visionary, Theatrical Style of Production and ALLEY THEATRE'S Amazing Resident Actors and Artists. OUR TOWN by Thornton Wilder, the World Premiere of GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES starring SELMA BLAIR; the World Premiere Musical WONDERLAND with Music by Frank Wildhorn, Book and Lyrics by Jack Murphy; the Regional Premiere of MRS. MANNERLY by Jeffrey Hatcher, the Tony Award-Winning Comedy of Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS, adapted by Patrick Barlow, the Classic Comedy HARVEY by Mary Chase; the World Premiere of INTELLIGENCE-SLAVE by Kenneth Lin and last but not least the Tony Award-Winning Comedy BOEING BOEING by Marc Camoletti. The Most Famous Stage Mystery Ever, AGATHA CHRISTIE'S THE MOUSETRAP begins performances Thursday July 8th and runs through August 8th, 2010 on the Hubbard Stage. Season subscriptions may be purchased at www.alleytheatre.org, by phone at 713-220-5700, or in person at the Alley Theatre Box Office, 615 Texas Avenue Houston Texas. AGATHA CHRISTIE'S THE MOUSETRAP Most Famous Stage Mystery Ever, AGATHA CHRISTIE'S THE MOUSETRAP, slated for Alley Theatre's Annual ExxonMobil Summer Chills. Written by the undisputed mistress of the thriller genre, THE MOUSETRAP follows a group of strangers - one of whom is a murderer - trapped in a boarding house during a snow storm. Is it the newlyweds whose rampant suspicions nearly wreck their marriage, or the spinster with the curious background? Perhaps it is the architect, the retired Army major, or the odd man who claims his car overturned in a snow drift? AGATHA CHRISTIE's THE MOUSETRAP begins performances Thursday July 8th and runs through Sunday August 8th, 2010 at The Alley Theatre's Hubbard Stage.
THE ALLEY THEATRE offers Second Summer Play ST. NICHOLAS, a Vampire Story for Mature Audiences. ST. NICHOLAS by Conor McPherson will run July 15 - August 8, 2010 on the Neuhaus Stage this summer opposite AGATHA CHRISTIE's THE MOUSETRAP. In the vampire story, ST. NICHOLAS Tony Award-winning Irish playwright Conor McPherson weaves a mesmerizing tale about a theatre critic who falls in love with an actress and becomes a servant to the vampires. The New York Times says "Like the best of fairy tales, spooky campfire recitations and the self-aggrandizing myths spun in barrooms, this shaggy vampire story touches on primal concerns beneath its lurid surface." James Black relates this mysterious narrative in a solo performance. Recommended for mature audiences, violent sexual content and strong language. Tickets to ST. NICHOLAS start at $21. All tickets are available for purchase at www.alleytheatre.org at the Alley Theatre Box Office, 615 Texas Avenue or by calling 713-220-5700. ALLEY THEATRE: THE LAST 10 YEARS
Little House On The
Prairie, The Musical,
a new musical based on the beloved Laura Ingalls Wilder series of classic
American books, will arrive on April 28, 2010 at the Hobby Center for Performing
Arts presented by Theatre Under The Stars.
Melissa Gilbert,
who rose to fame as a child playing ‘Laura’ in the hugely successful NBC
television series “Little House on the Prairie” during the 1970’s, now continues
her legacy ‘on the prairie’ by taking on the role of Ma together with
Steve Blanchard
as Pa and
Kara Lindsay
as Laura. Pick Four" subscriptions to TUTS' 2009-2010 season are available by phone 713-558-8887, outside the Houston area at ph. 888-558-3882. Or in person at the TUTS Box Office (800 Bagby at Walker) or online at www.TUTS.com. For a "Pick Four" brochure, call TUTS at ph. 713-558-2600. THEATRE UNDER THE STARS' 2009 - 2010 SEASON TUTS' 2009-2010 season will feature some of the finest musical productions from the Broadway stage, combining powerful classics with innovative new creations and revivals. Chills will multiply, you'll lose control, this is the one that you want! TUTS presents the tour of the 2008 Tony Award nominated revival of Broadway's GREASE. Clang, Clang, Clang goes the trolley! The beloved MGM movie musical brings all its magic and beauty to the stage for the TUTS debut of MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS. Seven children and the most irreverent nun ever to kick a habit lend their playfulness to the holidays with THE SOUND OF MUSIC. MISS SAIGON, SOUTH PACIFIC and LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE round off the season. "Pick Four" subscriptions to TUTS' 2009-2010 season are available by phone 713-558-8887, outside the Houston area at ph. 888-558-3882. Or in person at the TUTS Box Office (800 Bagby at Walker) or online at www.TUTS.com. For a "Pick Four" brochure, call TUTS at ph. 713-558-2600. Theatre Under The Stars is pleased to announce that American Idol TAYLOR HICKS will appear as Teen Angel in GREASE! The new Broadway production of the Tony Award nominated musical GREASE opens in Houston, Texas at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts on September 8, 2009 and will run through September 20, 2009. Check out the INTERVIEW WITH DOMINIC FORTUNA who stars as VINCE FONTAINE in TUTS' Touring Production of GREASE!
2008 Interview with FRANK YOUNG Founder and Producing Artistic Director of TUTS TUTS' FOREVER YOUNG GALA April 27, 2007 Theatre Under The Stars' FOREVER YOUNG GALA raises more than $1 million towards TUTS Education and Outreach programs, during its star-studded event held at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Friday April 27, 2007.
Chaired by Leticia and Steve Trauber
THEATRE UNDER THE
STARS'
FOREVER YOUNG GALA
the evening of April 27, 2007 featured a tribute to TUTS Founder / Producing
Artistic Director
FRANK M. YOUNG
which included Honorary Chairs President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush awarding
Young with the American Musical Theatre Award (AMTA) and performances by
Broadway and TV stars Debbie Reynolds, Robert Goulet and Austin Miller, among
others.
Love and Laughter. Flirtation and Farce. This is the charm of LA FILLE MAL GARDEE. Long regarded as one of Dance's Greatest Comedies, THE WAYWARD DAUGHTER delights with colorful characters and witty choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton. "The most enchanting ballet in existence." -- The New York Times. If you liked The Nutcracker, you'll love LA FILLE MAL GARDEE. For Tickets and information, call ph. 713-227-2787 or log onto www.HoustonBallet.org
HOUSTON BALLET'S 2007 - 2008 SEASON THE HOUSTON BALLET'S Artistic Director Stanton Welch invites you to be a part of one of the most memorable seasons in recent history. "THE HOUSTON BALLET 2007 - 2008 SEASON will be punctuated by three very popular story ballets. We'll open with THE MERRY WIDOW featuring new designs by an Italian-born woman, Roberta Guidi di Bagno. My own CINDERELLA offers a contemporary take on a familiar tale, with lavish costumes and sets by Kristian Fredrikson. And finally, we'll present the beautiful and enduring classic LA SYLPHIDE with the help of producer Johnny Eliasen, one of the world's foremost experts on the Bournonville style." THE HOUSTON BALLET 2007 - 2008 SEASON will also have three world premieres on the schedule including a new work that Stanton Welch will choreograph as a tribute to New York in the 1940s, set to the irresistible music of George Gershwin. THE HOUSTON BALLET will reprise some beloved works including George Balanchine's signature SERENADE and one of Mr. Welch's personal favorites, William Forsythe's powerful IN THE MIDDLE, SOMEWHAT ELEVATED. For tickets and general information, call 713-227-2787 or click to www.houstonballet.org.
Interview with a Living Doll AMY FOTE performing as SWANILDA in Houston Ballet's COPPELIA Listen Up Kiddies! Forget Cinderella Barbie and Lara Croft the Tomb Raider. If you want to have a hard body like AMY FOTE you're going to have to start eating your vegetables every day. Check Out the INTERVIEW WITH AMY FOTE. She stars as SWANILDA in HOUSTON BALLET'S Production of COPPELIA. HOUSTON BALLET and Artistic Director Stanton Welch presents COPPELIA from June 7th through the 17th, 2007 at the Brown Theater of the Wortham Theater Center. Considered the great comedy of classical ballet, COPPELIA tells the story of a doll so enchantingly lifelike that she mesmerizes an entire village, captures the heart of a young swain named Franz, and inspires the eccentric toymaker Dr. Coppelius to attempt to transform her into a living, breathing human being. HOUSTON BALLET'S Production of COPPELIA features breathtaking scenery by Tony Award winner Desmond Heeley, including a picturesque German village and a magical toy workshop whose treasures include a goat, a ballerina and a wizard. For tickets and general information, call 713-227-2787 or click to www.houstonballet.org.
STAGES REPERTORY THEATRE 2009 - 2010 SEASON On July 16th, 2009 a 36-year old actor named JIM PARSONS was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series." The achievement was mainly due to his Television role as the persnickety physicist SHELDON COOPER on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Born and bred in Houston, Texas JIM PARSONS also went to the University of Houston where he was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. In August 2009, he won the Television Critics Association or TCA award for the highest individual achievements in comedy. But before all these recent accolades, JIM PARSONS starred in the 1998 Stages Repertory Theatre production of BELOW THE BELT. Check out the 1998 interview with NASA Astronaut Trainer and Flight Controller JERRY MILLER entitled "You Don't Have to be a Rocket Scientist...But If You Just Happen To Be One....."
STAGES' 1998 Production of BELOW THE BELT starring Jerry Miller and Jim Parsons
BROTHER TADPOLE is a story about friendship and love, ending with a positive resolution of conflict between friends. Written and created by Loreta Kovacic, BROTHER TADPOLE premiered on March 28th, 2009 at the new Discovery Green Park in Downtown Houston. In BROTHER TADPOLE, Mary and Jack are friends (AMIGOS) but they are always quarreling and fighting. Why can't they just get along?!! They come to the magical land inhabited by Cyclops, cute little bunnies and other strange creatures. They become friends with the popular Cyclops Hans and his friend BROTHER TADPOLE. Jack falls in love with the goddess Dama, but she is out of reach. Mary and Jack become better friends to each other. They learn how to live in peace like the two fun loving Cyclops. It's all good in the land of Balvaria.
A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted. Travis High School Theatre Arts Program will present the musical BYE BYE BIRDIE on January 30, 31 & February 6 and 7, 2009. All shows begin at 7 p.m. All performances are in the Travis High School Auditorium located at 11111 Harlem Road, Richmond TX 77406. Tickets are $7 if purchased in advance and $10 at the door. For reservations call ph. 281-634-7138.
Check out THE
CHILDREN'S THEATRE Section of HoustonTheatre.com featuring
Children's Theatres in the Houston Area. Also featured is Travis High School's
Production of
GODSPELL presented January, 2008 with
Interviews with the Cast and Director of GODSPELL. Also
included is
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN Presented February, 2007 with
Interviews with the Cast and Director of YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN.
Visit one of Houston Theatre's
CHILDREN'S THEATRES and Get Swept Away with Magic, Music and
Enchanting Stories of Love and Forgiveness. Interview with
CINDERELLA
with Director and Playwright Laura Weinberg Williams.
CINDERELLA
was Presented at
THE COMPANY ONSTAGE November, 2001.
THE ART GUYS' NOTHING TO IT - An Evening of
Itty Bitty Witty Ditties
THE HOUSTON GRAND OPERA CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND HELL ON EARTH Announces their 2006 - 2007 SEASON General Director Anthony Freud on the THE HOUSTON GRAND OPERA'S 2006-2007 SEASON'S new productions: “The musical and theatrical range of the season’s new productions will, I am sure, delight and stimulate our audiences,” says Freud. “The very different fairy-tale world of Hansel and Gretel will be created with specially devised puppets by one of the world’s most inventive puppet artists, Basil Twist. La Cenerentola will be fanciful new production by a team that pairs great theatrical flair with technical know-how, a refreshingly human re-telling of the classic fairy tale. The stunning Zandra Rhodes designs for Aïda evoke a magical dream of Egypt in which Verdi’s unforgettable score will thrill and captivate.” Interview with International Rising Star MARIUSZ KWIECIEN Starring as the Supernova Lover DON GIOVANNI by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart THE HOUSTON GRAND OPERA
revives its acclaimed Francesca Zambello production of GOUNOD'S French masterpiece FAUST
with a stellar cast, led
by one of America’s most gifted tenors, William Burden (The Coronation of Poppea, 2006) as the man who sells his
soul to the devil for a second chance at youth. Burden’s FAUST
, hailed as “superb…beautiful French, with fine
line and glowing tone,” (Philadelphia’s City Paper), is lured into eternal damnation by Mephistopheles, sung by
the incomparable American bass Samuel Ramey (Boris Godunov, 2005) in one of the roles that has made him world
famous. Georgian soprano Tamar Iveri makes her house debut as Marguerite, the naïve young woman who falls for
FAUST . Her devoted brother Valentin is sung by American baritone Earle Patriarco (The Barber of Seville, 2004).
FAUST is presented at the
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA's
Wortham Theater Center in Downtown Houston, Texas from January 20th - February 3rd, 2007.
 Premier Houston Social and Musical Event in 2004: MUSICAL BRIDGES: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST POLISH SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA held Friday, October 22nd, 2004. With the honorable presence of former President of Poland MR. LECH WALESA, and music by the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra under the musical direction of conductor Mariusz Smolij and guest pianist Adam Golka, the Polish National Alliance (Chicago) and the Polish American Congress - Texas Division and the Houston Polish community celebrated THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF PANNA MARIA, TEXAS the birthplace of American Polonia at the Wortham Theater Center in Houston, Texas. Another Polish celebration held March, 2004 was Przechadzki - O Krakowie at the University of St. Thomas Jones Hall. Check out The HoustonTheatre.com Parties Section where you will find the best musical parties in Houston, including the HOUSTON GRAND OPERA BALL 2001, The Hottest Rock N' Roll Party for THE SUMMER OF 2000 at the Grand Opening of the Hard Rock Cafe at Bayou Place in Downtown Houston, and CHRISTMAS BANQUET 2000, A festive evening of Holiday Fun featuring an interview with A.D. Players Founder and Artistic Director Jeannette Clift George at the Copperfield Baptist Church.
The 43rd WorldFest - Houston International Independent Film Festival is being held from April 9 - 18, 2010. WorldFest Opening Night Premiere is THE JONESES starring Demi Moore, David Duchovny and Lauren Hutton. Other Feature Films include THE BURNING DESIRE about the annual football rivalry between Texas A&M and the University of Texas, GENERAL NIL from Poland, RISE UP from Japan, VELMA from Italy, and TOBRUK from the Czech Republic. THE LOST ROAD OF THE POPES (VIA PAPALE) is the Documentary Feature about the resurgence of Pilgrimage of the Catholic Church narrated by Brian Dennehy. For tickets and information please click on the Official WorldFest - Houston International Independent Film Festival Website www.WorldFest.org. The Official Festival Theater is at the AMC Studio 30 at 2949 Dunvale (Westheimer at Dunvale), Houston Texas USA.
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