This week’s Theater Loop Showcase video is Leah Urzendowski in “Burning Bluebeard,” the dark holiday play from The Ruffians beginning Dec. 13 at Theater Wit. Jay Torrence’s play harkens back to the ...

The execution of this idea can’t fail to be moving in parts, especially given the astonishing performances we saw on Saturday afternoon from Susan Bullock and Gerald Finley – they alternate with ...

I fished this jacket I hadn’t worn since last winter out of storage the other day and found a pin in the inside pocket that said, in small black capitals, “MAGIC COTTON BALLS.” Many playgoers around ...

Houston Symphony has scheduled only two performances of Béla Bartók’s magnificent opera Bluebeard’s Castle. One occurred last night, Saturday, and the final performance is Sunday matinee. This review ...

Over 300 years after its publication, Charles Perrault’s Bluebeard remains a staple in gothic literature. The story follows a nobleman who brings home his much-younger bride, Judith, for the first ...

We are greeted by the Convent of the 3 Fs (Fearful, F*cked and Furious) led by the endearing Mother Superior (played fantastically by Katy Owen) who sports an abundance of blue facial hair. Convent ...

Béla Bartók’s fantastical opera, first produced in 1918, is a mysterious encounter between two fairytale characters, Duke Bluebeard and his new wife Judith, in which she gradually discovers that his ...