By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” It seems that each year at this time I am confronted with the daunting task of trying to summarize the countless delights of the MUSI…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 12:03PMBy David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” Of the countless hit recordings left to us by legendary vocalist, NAT KING COLE, the song “Unforgettable” would certainly rank hi…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 04:36AMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [Click any photo to enlarge] I don’t usually assign my readers “homework” in advance of seeing a show, but it seems appropr…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 04:42AMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [Click any photo to enlarge] It was not your normal Saturday night at the beautiful Cr…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 04:42AMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [All photos by ThePeoplesCritic.com. Click any photo to enlarge] No, it wasn’t a Christmas show. Not yet. That treat is just around…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:36AMBy David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” [All Photos by ThePeoplesCritic.com. Click any photo to enlarge] For the many Montgomery County supporters of the annual Young Te…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 07:42AMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” Conroe’s wonderful Crighton Theatre has, for many years, continued to send me personal invitations to the shows mounted by the mu…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:18PMIt was like an exquisite fairytale tour of the continent for lucky audiences at last weekend’s Houston Symphony concert titled, “Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey.” A full …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:06AMBy 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 Stars is NOT your grandma’s Broadway…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 09:24AM[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 territory duri…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:36AMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” Who among us has not noticed the explosion, in recent years, of the growing industry of storage facilities designed to relieve us of …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:33AMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [All photos of this current TUTS production of A Chorus Line by MELISSA TAYOR] ***Click Any Photo to Enlarge*** By way of f…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 04:36AM[All photos courtesy of Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Click any photo to enlarge.] By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” Aptly titled A SYMPHONY OF HEROES, the Hous…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 10:03PMBY DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” It seems to be becoming an annual musical celebration of the end summer as brilliant jazz musicians, Peter and Will Anderson, hold …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 11:03PMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III – “The People’s Critic” [All photos property of ThePeoplesCritic.com Click any photo to enlarge] As the full-house crowd at Madison Square Garden eagerly a…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:18PMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” It’s that time again. Time to get out and enjoy the nightlife in Houston. The cheerful delights continue as the familiar troupe at the …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:06AMBy David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” Miraculously, after several days of violent storms across much of Texas and the Houston area, it was a perfectly beautiful and pl…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 10:24AMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” Photos: Chris Gray/Cirque de la Symphonie [Click any photo to enlarge] The fun at Houston Symphony’s Jones Hall began as soon as muc…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:54PMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” It is hard to believe it is the better part of two decades since I first had the pleasure of hearing talented soprano, Kelli Este…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 04:52AMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [All Photos by Melissa Taylor. Click any photo to enlarge] I recall back when I first became curious about the musical, RAGTIME, …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:05AMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [Click any photo to enlarge] The wonderful Stage Right Players, resident company of the exquisite Crighton Theatre in Conroe, Texas, …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:07AMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” They say that “seeing is believing,” but there are magical times when that old saying seems dramatically challenged. Such was…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:27AMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [Click any photo to enlarge] Longtime readers of this column may recall my report of the last visit of conductor, Keith Lockhart …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:44AMBy David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” [Click any photo to enlarge] In the book of Ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV), scripture reminds us, “To every thing there is a season…” a…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:43AMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” The Texas-sized excitement of our city’s annual Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo was just minutes away, but over at the nearby Mu…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 12:35PMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [All Photos by Melissa Taylor. Click any photo to enlarge.] Regular readers of this column may recall that when it comes to revie…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:58PMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” I don’t remember the exact details of the performance, but sometime in the late 1970’s or early 80’s, I recall viewing one …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:05AM[All Photos by David W. Clements / DWC Photography. Click any photo to enlarge] Even if you have not yet been a lucky audience member for Stage Right’s new production of the legendary Broa…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:42AMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III www.ThePeoplesCritic.com For weeks Americans across this land have been virtually paralyzed with a sense of desperation and hopeless despair as they watc…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 11:42PMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III Regular customers of The Music Box Theatre (and there are plenty of them filling the house at each performance), are very familiar with the way each month-long produ…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 08:12AMBy David Dow Bentley III www.ThePeoplesCritic.com [Click any photo to enlarge] And speaking of a “match,” the wonderful “BROADWAY LIGHTS” production Miss Estes’ L…
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