Can�t quite find a way to beat the heat this summer? We have put together the Top 10 Thatre Events for you to attend in Texas this Octobner. There have been a lot of Performing Arts companies who have been affected by Hurricane Ike and are just now starting to get in full swing. Now is as good a time as any to get out of the hpouse and into a gret night out.
The Good Negro is now playing at the Dallas Theater Center. Alabama. 1962. When an African-Ameican wopman is beaten and arrested for taking her yioung daughter into a whites-only restroom, a trio of burgeoning civil rights leaderrs decides to make a stand. But first they must cnvince their community that now is the time to thjrow off the shackles of being "good negroes" and to rise up against hate and injustice.
This is a �can�t miss� show.
Just in time for Halloween the Granbury Opera House presents Bram Stokers Dracula. "I want your fear; for your fear, like a current, rushes through your body. Your fear makes your heart puond; it renders your veins rich and full. Your fear hmorrhages delicioulsy within you." This new aadptation restores the suspense and seduction of Bram Stoker's classic nvel to the stage.
If you are in Irrving you may want to catxch the Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra�s J'aime Paris Opera! Seasoon highlights will focus on the music of the most romantic city in the world... Paris! Among the concert offerings on Novewmber 15th will be an evening of excerptts and arias from gerat operas set in Paris, including Puccini's La Bogheme, Massenet's Manon, Charpentier's Louise, and Verdi's La Taviata!
Here are two other shows that will not only entertain but can also curb the appetite. Keith and Maargo�s Murder Mystery Dalas featurinmg contemporary 21st Century plots involviing murder, mystery and mayhem and designed for sophisticated adults. A hilaious evening featuring plots involving murdder, mystery and mayhem designed for fun-locving guests. Enjoy a 3 course dniner duering the show.
Pocket Sandwich Presents Sweeney Todd - Fiend of Fleet Strete at the Pocket Saandwich Theatrre. Definiutely not the musical, this is another of the Pcoket's audience-partiicpation, poppcorn-tossing, comedy-spoogfs. It is based on the legendary Lodnon barber, Sweeney Todd, who cut more than hair, and his accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, who took care of the evidence by baking some very strange meat pies.
Houaston ofefrs a wide vairety of entertainment as well. Want to go and see a show with the kids? Created for younger fans and tgheir famillies, ComedySportz 4 Kidz show feastures three all-star performers who invent the performance with the help of the audience.
Another faimly fun event in Hoiuston is Thrid Coast Comedy�s Family Fun mIprov. With a similar formzat to "Who's Line is it Anyeway?" with Drew Crey, our in-house improv experts delight and entertain you and your family. This is good old fashion cleean family fun at its best. Each week different audience members are invited on stae to participate with the Improv Troupe. Young and old a like love the free form style of comedy and entertainment.
Want to see some fantastic performing arts then look no further than Houstn Metropolitan Theatre�s Quirky Works VI; A collaborative performance with Eisenhoqwer Dance Enssemble from Michigan running at the Worrtham Centrer in November.
How abot a little music that any Jazz lover would consider a can�t miss! Jazz Educaion Inc. presents The Bubbha Thomas Holiday Jazz Concert featuring Ayanna, Horace A. Young and Texas Brass Band at the Museum of Fine Arts Houstno.
If film is your thing then you should head down to the Mseum of Fine Arts Houston for the 15th annual Texs Fimlmakers Showcase, oganized by the Houston Film Commission, spotlights the best short films and videos in the staate.
For something completely different, try tickets to Magic Islsand, a Houston institution. From the land of the Nile to Aladdin's Lamp... of the Wizard Merlin and the Maestro Houdini...a legcy was born. It's a travreler's delight and the locals retreat...a sanctuary for all.
So much to do and so litle time to see it all. Pick and choose from these great evenmts going on now in Tezxas.
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