Wednesday, April 23, 2025
[Click any photo to enlarge] By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” My dear late mother had worked her way through college as a waitress many years ago. Subsequently, a…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 12:12AMThursday, April 17, 2025
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [CLICK ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE] It was a sunny and lovely Palm Sunday afternoon in Houston and it seemed like the perfect time …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:54AMThursday, April 10, 2025
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” After severe storms earlier in the day, the night of Saturday April 5th in The Woodlands, Texas, was to be a splendid one, full of m…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:24AMFriday, March 28, 2025
By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” Every now and then I feel compelled to use the word perfection, and this is one of those occasions. I cannot say enough about the inspire…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:42AMWednesday, March 12, 2025
By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” [CLICK ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE.] For more than two decades I have had the honor of documenting the Concert of Finalists that concludes the a…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 08:48AMThursday, February 13, 2025
[Click any photo to enlarge.] It was a big day to begin with. It was Super Bowl Sunday, so only the most devoted theater buffs, (along with family & friends of the talented young cast), …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 08:54PMThursday, February 6, 2025
[CLICK ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE] Back in the 1990’s of another century I had the first of what would become dozens of pleasant opportunities to review the full scale musicals of Class Act Prod…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 06:32AMThursday, January 30, 2025
By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” Whenever other obligations have me out-of-town for a time, it is always a treat to return to the lighthearted fun and musical talent that…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 10:24PMThursday, April 18, 2024
[All photos by Meredith Mashburn Photography. Click any photo to enlarge] By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” I don’t think I have seen so many smiling faces at Hous…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 10:24PMTuesday, April 16, 2024
By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” In the year 2001 author, Amanda Brown, published her novel, “Legally Blonde,” based, in part, on her own experiences as a blonde at S…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:18AMSaturday, March 30, 2024
By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” Conroe COURIER 3-31-2024 [PHOTOS: Courtesy of The Music Box. Click any photo to enlarge] It may sound a bit bold, but I feel …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 04:06PMSaturday, March 16, 2024
By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” Conroe COURIER March 17, 2024 [Click any photo to enlarge] It was a wondrous spring evening in Texas as classical music fans …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:06PMSaturday, December 23, 2023
One of my proudest moments as a Performing Arts critic took place two decades ago in 2003, when I received a Houston Grand Opera invitation to attend the preview performance in Texas of the …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:48AMMonday, December 18, 2023
It is sad to report the recent death of Broadway actress, Sheila Smith. In New York, at America’s oldest theatrical organization, THE LAMBS, Sheila was the beloved longtime partner of Lamb…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 10:12PMFriday, July 28, 2023
[Click Any Photo to Enlarge] By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” Houston’s MUSIC BOX THEATER continues to amaze audiences with their seemingly bottomless reservoir…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 08:04AMWednesday, July 26, 2023
[PHOTOS Courtesy of Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Click any photo to enlarge] By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” They say that “Seeing is Believing,” but for…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:04AMWednesday, July 19, 2023
[All photos by SPRY ART PHOTOGRAPHY. Click any photo to enlarge.] By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” Those familiar with the witty short stories of newspaper column…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 04:25AMFriday, July 7, 2023
By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” [Click Any Photo to Enlarge] They say, “Time Flies When You’re Having Fun,” and when I think back over the many times durin…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 11:33PMFriday, June 16, 2023
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [Click any photo to enlarge] As one of the world’s premier outdoor amphitheaters since Frank Sinatra was its Grand Opening star…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 04:04AMThursday, June 8, 2023
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [Click any photo to enlarge] An assortment of out-of-town commitments had taken me away from Texas for just over two years, so it…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 07:25AMThursday, June 1, 2023
[All photos by SPRY ART PHOTOGRAPHY. Click any photo to enlarge.] By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” It was exactly one quarter-century ago when I had the first of …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 11:18PMTuesday, May 30, 2023
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [Click any photo to enlarge.] A brief transportation delay in reaching the new location may have caused me to miss the first mome…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 10:48PMTuesday, May 23, 2023
[All Photos by Melissa Taylor. Click any photo to enlarge.] By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” It was bold. It was brassy. It was rowdy. It was brazen. It was “in-your-fa…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 08:18PMFriday, May 12, 2023
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [Photo by Spry Art Photography] It was Thomas Wolfe who famously wrote, “You Can’t Go Home Again.” But I’m thinking that …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 04:42AMTuesday, May 9, 2023
Only rarely do I venture into the realm of film criticism, preferring as I do, reviewing live performances of all kinds, from theatre to symphony, ballet to opera, and assorted concerts as w…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:36AMSunday, April 2, 2023
By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” It was an electrifying way to start the Fall Season at Peekskill’s magnificent 1920’s movie palace, The Paramount. The main event wou…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 09:36PMTuesday, October 4, 2022
[Click any photo to enlarge] By David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” It was an electrifying way to start the Fall Season at Peekskill’s magnificent 1920’s movie palace, The …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:55AMSunday, September 18, 2022
A VERY WONDERFUL SEASON… …of very wonderful American Jazz music, has recently gotten under way from New York’s renowned jazz virtuosos, Peter & Will Anderson. I had the pleasure…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 07:49AMSunday, April 10, 2022
The month began with a miserable April Fool’s Day on Friday, and wintry weather had been delaying spring’s arrival for too long. But 24 hours later, Saturday began to warm things up with…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:03AMTuesday, March 22, 2022
It was a concert long in the planning, but who could have known the added significance Mozart’s “REQUIEM” would take on amid the swirl of cataclysmic world events that would surround S…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:42AMMonday, November 29, 2021
By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic“ As the world mourns the recent loss of legendary musical genius, Stephen Sondheim, I was moved to look back over the many times in the la…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 01:36AM 
