The performance will also include the long anticipated return of HB artistic director, Staton Welch’s, Divergence, which hasn’t been seen on stage as a complete work since 2012.įinally, HB world premieres Tony Award-winning choreographer Justin Peck’s Under the Folding Sky, a dance inspired by the monumental, only-in-Houston artwork, James Turrell’s Twilight Epiphany Skyspace at Rice University. This homage to Houston as Space City features otherworldly costume design by Fritz Masten, a Houston-inspired set by lighting and scenic designer Burke Brown and Mason Bates’ hybrid score of orchestral-electronic melodies and archival NASA recordings. The last of HB’s mixed rep productions of their 22-23 season features some very Houston-centric works, including a world premiere from a rock star of the dance world, Justin Beck.įirst up, HB brings back Aszure Barton’s Angular Momentum for the first time since its premiere in 2012. Other fun includes theater and education workshops and an arts market featuring local vendors, artisans, food trucks, and non-profit organizations.ĭivergence from Houston Ballet (May 25-June 4) Valles.Īlong with this glimpse of new work from up and coming playwrights, the fest includes the annual presentation of the Premio Puente (Bridge Award) to an individual or organization who has demonstrated great skill/talent/drive/care in serving the Latinx art community in the Houston area. See tomorrow’s theatrical works today with stages readings of four new works, including: Hotel Puerto Vallarta: A Legitimate Work of Dramatic Theatre by David Davila 619 Hendricks by Josie Nericcio parts per million & prophets by Ricardo Dávila and a river, its mouths by Jesús I.
Stages isn’t done in May, as they’ll also bring back their new play festival for its sixth year. No matter which show we see first, we’re betting the Stages costume designers and assistants will be the hardest working show people in the city this month. The theatre hopes audiences will think of the two shows in conversation with each other about drag as a performance art form. Drag Wonderettes will run in repertory with L egend of Georgia McBride, giving audiences the opportunity to see both show a day apart or even on the same night. Stages will actually world-premiere the jukebox musical about the friendship and bond of a '50s girl group conceived as a drag show. It’s a drag, drag world - at least at Stages - as the company offer this drag version of one of their most popular shows and Off-Broadway smash, The Marvelous Wonderettes. Is this Rent for the social media/citizen journalism age? Either way, the core story about love, death, art, and friendship remains timeless.ĭrag Wonderettes at Stages (May 19-July 2) We heard early rumors that director Ty Defoe's vision for this production might include a new focus on documentarian character of Mark and perhaps weaving a multimedia component to the show. Jonathan Larson’s show redefined what a musical could be in the late 20th century, all the while inspired by the 19th century operatic heights of L a Bohème.
The season of love arrives for the final TUTS in-house production for their 22-23 lineup. Rent from Theatre Under the Stars (May 16-28) (Yeah, we had to look up the word steno, too.) We’re guessing this Julie Kramer contemporary adaptation of the Rona Jaffe 1958 novel will have something of 21st century look-back sensibility, as these women try to figure out if they really can have the best of everything. One catch to their climb up the corporate ladder: the time is the 1950s and our female heroes are trapped in the steno pool. In what MST describes as Mad Men meets Sex and the City, this comedy chronicles the lives, loves, and careers of a set of ambitious women at a New York publishing company. The Best of Everything at Main Street Theater (May 14-June 18)
When she discovers her seemingly inherent talent can beat even the most accomplished toreros, this young woman must choose between accepting society’s limits or breaking boundaries.
With the help of her best friend, a matador’s son, Elena begins secretly training to compete with the greatest. In the world premiere play by Monet Hurst-Mendoza, previously workshopped at the Alley All New festival, Elena Ramírez wants to enter the almost exclusively man’s world of bullfighting. One young woman attempts to break through the red glass cape (capa de brega) in this coming-of-age story.
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