Here’s your chance to make a difference: For one night only (Saturday, July 31), Main Street Theater – Chelsea Market is staging Bald in the Land of Big Hair, a one-woman show presented by Pink Ribbons Project that’s based on the autobiography of cancer survivor Joni Rodgers. Actress Lisa Hamilton (Royal Shakespeare Company, Alley Theatre) stars, and the author herself will...

If you’ve ever attended The Phantom of the Opera, you’ve probably seen the original direction (Harold Prince), the original costumes (Maria Björnson) and the original choreography (Gillian Lynne). You’ve seen the chandelier fall, the candles rise and the gondola drift across that “vast glassy lake” of our shared imagination. But come spring … Who knows...

Possibly the most anticipated chick flick of the summer, Eat, Pray, Love is the film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s wildly popular, true story of her journey of marvel and discovery within that takes this writer around the globe in a moving adventure that has captivated millions of readers. Inspired by the movie’s premise, Lev Glazman, Fresh co-founder and fragrance designer, ...

Hurry, rush in, for the final day of the masterful ceramics of adroit Australian artist Pippin Drysdale, showcased in a nuanced, museum-quality show at Booker-Lowe Gallery. Drysdale’s sophisticated tablescapes, which evoke the vast expanse of the Tanami Desert of Australian, are polished smooth porcelain orbs marked by delicate striations that also recall the shape and a surface of a p...

Many years ago, the Alley Theatre staged a wonderful tour de force, Dracula: A Musical Nightmare. Now the undead are once again in the house (not to mention on TV and movie screens everywhere), this time in St. Nicholas, a narrative by Tony Award–winning Irish playwright Conor McPherson, performed here by James Black. When a theater critic falls in love with an actress, little does he ...

If you love seeing how different performers approach the same role, you might want to head to Houston to see the national tour of Wicked one more time. Newcomer Jackie Burns takes over as Elphaba (aka the Wicked Witch of the West) on Thursday, July 8. Burns brings New York credentials with her: She was in the original cast of the recent Broadway revival of Hair and the original compa...

If you love seeing how different performers approach the same role, buy a second ticket to the national tour of Wicked before it leaves Houston later this month. Newcomer Jackie Burns takes over as Elphaba (aka the Wicked Witch of the West) on Thursday, July 8. Burns brings New York credentials with her: She was in the original cast of the recent Broadway revival of Hair and the original com...

News flash: Theatre Under The Stars will stage cult classic Little Shop of Horrors at Miller Outdoor Theater from July 13 through 18 — and given that the carnivorous, R&B-spouting Audrey II is bent on global domination, it’s no surprise that all performances are free. How better to win over the people of Houston? There’s really no point resisting. This production wields...

Unveiled moments ago at Kensington Palace, here's the smallest, lightest, greenest Range Rover in the 40-year history of the model. It's called Evoque, and it will be here in the fall of 2011. It's little, yes, but there's something terribly intriguing about its look — rather like a Japanime'd version of the original Range Rover of 1970. No word yet on price or specification, but take a loo...

Belle, the Beast, Gaston, Mrs. Potts, Lumière, Cogsworth … All your favorites from the Disney cartoon come to life in the musical Beauty & the Beast, playing at the Winspear Opera House July 13 through 25. All the songs written for the big screen by composer/lyricist team Alan Menken and Howard Ashman (The Little Mermaid, Little Shop of Horrors) are here, as well as new numbers...