Theatre Southwest is delighted to present Broadway Bound by Neil Simon

September 5 – September 27, 2008

In this final installment of the playwright’s autobiographical “Eugene” trilogy, the two brothers move to New York to become radio comedy writers, basing their material on their dysfunctional family life. Classic Simon!

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams

directed by Sheryl Stanley

August 29 - September 13, 2008

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, involves emotionally biographical themes of ambivalence in sexual orientation, disaffection and difficulty in maintaining intimate relationships...

Alley Theatre Introduces a New Pre-Show Mixer, Pages & Stages. Pre-Show Mixers ActOUT and Mix & Mingle return for the 2008-2009 Season

Alley Theatre is pleased to announce a new pre-curtain event, Pages & Stages. Pages & Stages is the perfect evening for the book worm in every theatre buff. Alley Theatre has partnered with the Houston Public Library to create this new pre-curtain event that combines the imagination of the written word with the excitement of live theatre...

Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company presents the Houston Premiere of Mac Wellman’s, A Murder of Crows, running August 28 – September 13, 2008
at the Midtown Arts Center, 3414 La Branch at Holman.

A Murder of Crows, by Mac Wellman satirizes a family struck down by the toxic winds of pollution.

In a world where the air's “mustardy”, and the ocean is so polluted it looks like a bowl of custard, young Susannah reels from the death of her father, killed under a pile of radioactive chicken droppings. With her brother...

Country Playhouse BLACK BOX PRODUCTIONS presents BABY WITH THE BATHWATER BY CHRISTOPHER DURANG
FRI & SAT 8pm, AUGUST 22 – SEPTEMBER 6, 2008 ALL TICKETS $12

Helen and John have a new baby and are a bit disappointed that it doesn't speak English and are too polite to check its sex. They decide that the child is a girl and name it Daisy—which leads to all sorts of future emotional and personality

Ace Theatre
Melodrama Opens to Laughter and a Sold Out Audience

August 15 - 31, 2008

The ACE theatre production of the melodrama, The Shagwood Secret, opens this weekend. The melodrama is a spoof of the old time silent films with a beautiful damsel in distress, a noble but not too bright hero, and a dastardly villain. Or in this case two villains...

Frenetic Theater is hosting the first annual Frenetic Fringe Festival, featuring Houston’s finest cutting-edge dance, theater, music, and film, August 15th- 31st at Theatre Lab.

The Fest runs the course of 3 weekends and kicks off (and Continues) at Theatre Lab
With Program 1- August 15-16
Program 2 August 22-23 and Program 3 August 29-30 and finally and anything goes night on August 31st..with a variety of artists and styles..

"In the Middle of the Ocean"
Book, Music & Lyrics by Chris Alonzo
Directed by Brandon Dinklage

AUGUST 21 - SEPTEMBER 6
Thursday - Saturday @ 8pm
Diverseworks Artspace

About the Show:
This is the story of Camilla, who abandons society to build a floating brothel in the middle of the ocean. Soon she gets involved with a well-hung ghost and eventually follows him into the depths of Hell in search of true love. Greek Mythology collides with pirates, punks, and clowns in this rock-n-roll retelling of “Orpheus.”

A Theatre Company's Inaugural Show

RUTHLESS!
The Musical

Music Book and Lyrics
Marvin Laird Joe Paley
August 21-23, 2008
Hamman Hall, Rice University, Houston, TX

Ruthless! The Musical, with music by Marvin Laird and book and lyrics by Joel Paley, is a grand spoof of Broadway musicals like Gypsy and Mame and movies such as The Bad Seed, All About Eve and Valley of the Dolls.

The story of young Tina Denmark who would literally kill for a part, her split-personality mother, Judy Denmark/Ginger DeMarco, conniving grandmother, Lita Encore, and flamboyant agent Sylvia St. Croix, Ruthless! The Musical is a merry melodrama of inherited theatrical...

A skeptical convenience store clerk is forever changed after an encounter with an elderly lady customer who remembers her past lives and is convinced that she can manipulate the hands of fate to make her next life exactly the life she has yearned for .

August 22 and 23 at 8pm, Frenetic Theatre.

This 25 minute, original piece is part of the 'Houston Fringe Festival' hosted by TheatreLab and Frenetic Theatre.
The ticket cost is $10 for 1/2 evening (1 1/2 hours) and $16 for an entire evening. THe festival runs August 15-31 at Frenetic Theatre, 5102 Navigation.

For more information or reservations:
www.freneticore.net
832.426.4624