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The Naked Critic

Houston's counter critic Buzz Bellmont joins us at TheatrePort
to bring us~ Nakedly honest critiques of the performing arts.
Visit him at the Chronicle User Blogs as well ~ http://bit.ly/bKmars
Articles under this column: : 80
is Eye-Opening Epiphany, Fabulously Funny, and Marvelously Moving

Unhinged Productions hits a grand slam home run with the first play of its new season under the leadership of its new artistic director, Joe Angel Babb.

Paul Rudnick's The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told gets a highly polished and professional calibre production thanks to director Dennis Draper, who fills the play with highly ..
Published: : 13 Mar 2010 | Times read: : 1253 | Rating: 10.00 [Votes: 1]
is Rediscovered, Refurbished, Restored Brilliant Masterpiece

In the year 1506, the famous Italian Renaissance Michelangelo Buonarroti was approached by Pope Julius the Second and offered the commission to paint the Pope's private chapel, the Sistine Chapel.
Published: : 16 Mar 2010 | Times read: : 960 | Rating: 10.00 [Votes: 1]
and Thrilling Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock
Don't ask me why I thought the stage version of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps was going to be a serious thriller like the film.

I had simply glossed over the press materials that stated that The 39 Steps, brilliantly adapted by Patrick Barlow, is a COMEDY thriller.
Published: : 17 Mar 2010 | Times read: : 941 | Rating: 10.00 [Votes: 1]
is One Mad Bad Over-the-Top From-the-Gut Laugh Bash

Wallace Shawn wrote his boldly intense and dense one act, Our Late Night, in 1972 under the direction of his friend Andre Gregory.

The rehearsal period lasted three years.

In 1975, it finally debuted and successfully offended many people but, in spite of itself, won an Obie Award...Run!---don't walk!---to see Our Late Night!
Published: : 24 Mar 2010 | Times read: : 573 | Rating: 10.00 [Votes: 1]
is Disquieting, Disturbing, Delectable Discourse

Wallace Shawn's The Designated Mourner premiered fifteen years ago at the Royal National Theatre starring Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson, and David de Keyser and was directed by David Hare.

..Catastrophic Theatre's The Designated Mourner is storytelling at its very finest.
Published: : 19 May 2010 | Times read: : 1143 | Rating: 10.00 [Votes: 2]

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