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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 Now 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.
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THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE 2009 - 2010 SEASON
THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE 2009 SEASON The magical wonderland of Oz where adventure is infused with a musical mixture of Rock, Gospel, and Soul music. Come join Dorothy and her amazing friends — the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion — as they ease on down the yellow brick road. All of them looking, reaching and searching with all of their hearts for a place called “home.” The Ensemble Theatre located at 3535 Main Street, Houston Texas is presenting THE WIZ from June 25th through July 26th, 2009. An urbanized retelling of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz featuring an entirely African-American cast, THE WIZ follows the adventures of Dorothy who finds herself magically transported to the wonderful Land of Oz. Check out the Interview with Gary E. Vincent starring as the Scarecrow and Anthony Glover as the Cowardly Lion in Ensemble Theatre's 2009 Production of THE WIZ. 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.
THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE 2007 SEASON Thomas Meloncon states that "Christmas stands as a symbol of atonement with the birth of Jesus Christ. But in today's technological world of iPod neurosis and Blackberry family time, the real meaning of Christmas is constantly being lost in the marketplace of consumption and self-indulgence." CHRISTMAS WITH GREAT AUNT now showing at The Ensemble Theatre through December 27, 2009 will help you find the true meaning of the holidays. CHRISTMAS WITH GREAT AUNT directed by Patdro Harris with musical direction by Carlton Leake will lift your spirits up with beautiful Christmas music, foot-stomping and hand-clapping dances and valuable lessons to be learned. The Ensemble Theatre is located 3535 Main Street, Houston Texas USA.
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.
IN THE HEIGHTS
is showing from April 6 - 18, 2010.
Winner of four 2008 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL,
IN THE HEIGHTS
is a sensational new show about chasing your dreams and finding your true home.
With an amazing cast, incredible Tony Award-winning dancing and a thrilling Tony
Award-winning score, IN THE HEIGHTS
is an exhilarating journey into a vibrant
Manhattan community - a place where the coffee is light and sweet, the windows
are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of
music.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
is showing from May 25 - June 6, 2010.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, the
classic Mel Brooks movie is ALIVE...and it's headed here! You'll have a
monstrously good time at this spectacular new production, winner of the 2008
Outer Critics Circle Award.
Don't miss the sensational cast of YOUNG
FRANKENSTEIN 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." 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: 2009 SEASON Cadillac Broadway Across America Houston welcomes 2009 with the Tony Award winning musical SPRING AWAKENING presented from January 6-18, 2009. Winner of 8 Tony Awards Broadway's most talked about new musical is now the biggest Tony Award Winner in years. Next is Chazz Palminteri's A BRONX TALE which will be shown from February 3-8, 2009. The enthralling adventure of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG will make you believe a car can fly! And a spectacular celebration of the iconic 1939 MGM film starring Judy Garland THE WIZARD OF OZ will be shown in April, 2009. Never has any other musical so magically woven music, dance, poignancy and laughter than on FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will mystify you with some of the most lavish sets, costumes and special effects ever to have been created for the stage. Broadway Across America musicals are held at the Hobby Center Sarofim Hall at 800 Bagby Street, Houston Texas, USA. Cadillac Broadway Across America - Houston welcomes The Cameron Mackintosh / Really Useful Theatre Company Inc. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Directed by Harold Prince THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is returning to the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (800 Bagby) from July 8 through August 2, 2009. Based on the classic novel Le Fantome de l'Opera by Gaston Leroux, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it. He falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano Christine, and devotes himself to creating a new star by nurturing her extraordinary talents and by employing all of the devious methods at his command. Tickets are available at the Hobby Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, by calling ph. 713-629-3700 or online at www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com
Winner of five Oscars (1965) including Best Picture and Broadway's Best Musical Tony Award THE SOUND OF MUSIC is a classic show for all ages. Seven rambunctious children and the most irreverent nun ever to kick a habit lend their playfulness to the holidays in THE SOUND OF MUSIC welcoming your family into theirs. Written by Rodgers and Hammerstein, THE SOUND OF MUSIC most cherished songs include "Edelweiss," "Do Re Mi," "Sixteen Going on Seventeen," and "My Favorite Things". THE SOUND OF MUSIC is playing from December 8-20, 2009 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts at 800 Bagby at Walker, Houston Texas USA.
Filled with warm family moments, timeless tunes and the heart-felt humor of nostalgic romance, TUTS debut production of MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS brings all its magic and beauty to the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts! Among TUTS' Most Wanted last season, this MGM-style extravaganza returns to the TUTS line-up September 29 - October 11, 2009. "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. GREASE! You're The One That I Want! 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!
THEATRE UNDER THE STARS 2008 - 2009 SEASON Due to the Carnage in the Wake of the Unforeseen Devastation of 2008 Hurricane Ike, the City of Houston and Theatre Under the Stars had to cancel some of the shows for the first North American Touring production of THE COLOR PURPLE last year. This year TUTS' announces the Return of THE COLOR PURPLE to Houston with a Limited One-Week Engagement August 18 - 23, 2009 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (800 Bagby at Walker). THE COLOR PURPLE is a story about hope and joy amongst the often difficult challenges that life can present. TUTS and the producers of THE COLOR PURPLE are particularly pleased to announce the return engagement. "We are so proud to offer our patrons and the city of Houston an additional chance to see this amazing production. It's truly too special and too important a piece of work to miss," says David Greiss, TUTS' Director of Marketing. Interview with Leslie Kritzer starring as Sally Bowles in CABARET "What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play. Life is a CABARET, old chum. Come to the CABARET!" Travel back in time to the decadent world of 1930s Berlin as Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) produces the sizzling new presentation of the Tony Award-winning musical CABARET June 16 - 28, 2009 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Houston. Directed by Bill Berry and featuring music and lyrics by Broadway's multi-award winning composers John Kander and Fred Ebb, the landmark Musical CABARET overflows with thrilling songs including "Don't Tell Mama," "Maybe This Time," and the title song CABARET. Tickets for TUTS' CABARET (starting at $32) are available by phone at 713-558-8887 or outside Houston 888-558-3882 or or online at www.tuts.com or in person at the TUTS Box Office 800 Bagby at Walker, Houston Texas USA.
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.
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. 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.
The World Premiere of Rajiv Joseph's GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES features SELMA BLAIR playing Kayleen and Brad Fleischer playing Doug. GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES charts two lives, using scars, injuries and calamity as the mile markers. An imaginative tour de force, the play explores why people hurt themselves to gain another's love, and the cumulative effect of such damage, of such demands. Recommended for mature audiences. Strong language, profanity and violence. GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES is Presented by the Alley Theatre from October 16 through November 15, 2009. Tickets for performances are $40 - $55 and 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 presents Aaron Sorkin's new play The Farnsworth Invention about the creation of television and in Sorkin's words "the spirit of exploration." In 1929, two ambitious visionaries race against each other to introduce to the world a revolutionary new device called "television." By the fall of 1921, an Idaho farm boy Philo T. Farnsworth had drawn a diagram of an "image dissector tube" for a prototype electronic television system. The Farnsworth Invention will be the fourth play that David Cromer directs at the Alley, following the hugely successful The Santaland Diaries, The Clean House and Orson's Shadow. Aaron Sorkin produced and wrote the NBC television series The West Wing, winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series all four years. For his work on The West Wing, Mr. Sorkin also twice received the Peabody Award, the Humanitas Prize, the Television Critics Association Award and the Golden Globe, Writers Guild and Producers Guild Awards. The Farnsworth Invention by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Cromer begins Friday, June 5 and runs through Sunday, June 28, 2009 on the Hubbard Stage.
THE ALLEY THEATRE'S 2008 - 2009 SEASON Rock N' Roll by Tom Stoppard, Aaron Sorkin's The Farnsworth Invention, Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl and Theresa Rebeck's Mauritius highlight Alley Theatre's upcoming season. Also featured are George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession and Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's hilarious romp The Man Who Came To Dinner. Season subscriptions are as low as $105 and 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. Four-time Tony Award winner Tom Stoppard returns to the Alley with Rock N' Roll, winner of London Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best New Play. It's August 1968, and Russian tanks are rolling into Prague, Jan, the Czech student, lives for rock music, Max, the English professor, lives for Communism, and Esme, the flower child is high. By 1990, the tanks are rolling out, the Stones are rolling in and idealism has hit the wall. Stoppard's sweeping and passionate play spans two countries, three generations and 22 turbulent years, at the end of which, love remains - and so does rock n' roll. ROCK 'N' ROLL runs through May 24th, 2009 on the Alley’s Neuhaus Stage. For more information visit www.alleytheatre.org. ALLEY THEATRE: THE LAST 10 YEARS
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.
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