The Arts - Houston Lifestyles & Homes January 2009
Peter Cetera Jones Hall, Jan. 9 - 11
Move to an evening of some of the most popular classic rock and pop ballads of
the
’70s and ’80s. Peter Cetera was the legendary voice, songwriter and bassist for the group
Chicago. Cetera will perform his solo favorites like
The Glory of Love and The Next Time I Fall, as well as beloved Chicago songs such as If You Leave Me Now, You’re The Inspiration and Hard To Say I’m Sorry.
Brett Mitchell (first half) and Tom Howard (second half) will conduct. For more
information, go to
www.houstonsymphony.com or call 713 224-7575.
Spring Awakening Hobby Center For The Performing Arts, Jan. 6 - 18
Broadway’s most talked about new musical is now the biggest Tony Award winner in years. Spring Awakening is the groundbreaking fusion of morality, sexuality and rock and roll that has
awakened Broadway like no other musical in years.
Set against the backdrop of a repressive and provincial late 19th century
Germany,Spring
Legally Blonde The Musical Hobby Center for Performing Arts Feb. 10 - 22
Legally Blonde The Musical follows sorority star Elle Woods, an underestimated blonde, who doesn’t take “no” for an answer.
When her boyfriend dumps her for someone more serious, Elle puts down the credit
card, hits the books and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before
—Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes
out of style.
The New York Magazine hails this show as the “Feel-good song and dance juggernaut” and “The best new musical around!”
For more information, go to www.tuts.com or call 713-558-TUTS.
Awakening tells the timeless story of teenage self-discovery and budding sexuality as seen
through the eyes of three teenagers. Haunting and provocative,Spring Awakening celebrates an unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood with a power, poignancy and a passion you will never forget.
Spring Awakening contains mature themes and strong language. For more information, go to www.broadwayacrossamerica.com or call 713-629-3700 to purchase tickets.
cinema remixed & reloaded: black women artists and the moving image since 1970 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Through Jan. 4
Collaborating with The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Cinema Remixed & Reloaded is the first exhibition to examine the critical contributions of black women
film and video artists to the field of contemporary art. Featuring projections,
installations, interactive CD-ROM projects, experimental film and video work,
the exhibition spans across generations and geographic boundaries to present
work by more than 40 artists. Works by established artists who began working
with the medium in the 1970s, such as Adrian Piper, Carroll Parrott Blue, Senga
Nengudi, Julie Dash and Howardena Pindell, are presented alongside works
created by mid-career and emerging artists, such as Carrie Mae Weems, Lorna
Simpson, Bernie Searle, Kara Walker, Mar
ìa Magdelena Campos-Pons, Elizabeth Axtman, Zoë Charlton, Jessica and Xaviera Simmons.
A significant catalogue co-published by the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and
The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art accompanies this exhibition and
functions as an essential reader on the subject of black women artists and the
moving image since 1970. For more information, go to
www.camh.org.
The Sounds I See: Photographs of Musicians Museum Of Fine Arts,Through Jan. 19
The Sounds I See: Photographs of Musicians presents more than 90 photographs from the museum’s permanent collection, most of them never previously exhibited. While some of
the photographs are formal portraits, the exhibition focuses on those taken
during performances in auditoriums, nightclubs and symphony halls.
The centerpieces of the exhibition are two series of photographs being shown for
the first time: 44 close-up portraits of contemporary guitarists by Ralph
Gibson and 19 photographs of French singer Edith Piaf in performance by Emil
Cadoo.
For more information, call 713-639-7300.
Mrs. Warren’s Profession Alley Theatre, Jan. 9 - Feb. 1
Bernard Shaw’s ultimate test of a mother-daughter relationship is one of his most enduring
and best-loved plays. Kitty Warren has worked hard to provide the comfortable
upbringing she never had for her daughter, Vivie. Now that Vivie is about to
embark on her own career, her mother decides that it is time for the feminist
daughter to finally learn the truth about her mother
’s profession. Recommended for general audiences. For more information, go to www.alleytheatre.com or call 713-220-5700.
arms and the man Company OnStage, Jan. 9 - Feb. 14
When an idealistic young lady from Bulgaria duels with a Swiss mercenary
soldier, can romance be far behind? In George Bernard Shaw
’s enchanting comedy, concepts of honor, valor, war and romantic love are
challenged with surprising results. A timeless play.
Chorus Wortham Theater, Jan. 30 - Feb. 13
Chorus!, a new work conceived by award winning director David Poutney, features various
composers in a fully costumed and staged production. It is on the scale of the
grandest of grand operas (over 450 costumes and more than 80 voices), and stars
the world-renowned Houston Grand Opera Chorus. With the highly acclaimed
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra under the baton of Music Director Patrick
Summers,
Chorus! is an unforgettable evening of music and spectacle.
See and hear some of opera’s most heart-stopping choruses performed alongside selections from operetta,
oratorio and musical theater.
Chorus! features solo performances by bass-baritone Ryan McKinney (former HGO Studio
artist), tenor Shon Sims and HGO Studio artists; soprano Caitlin Lynch and
baritone Octavio Moreno.
Max Ernst in the Garden of Nymph AncolieThe Menil Collection, Through Feb. 15
Max Ernst in the Garden of Nymph Ancolie is conceived around the mural Pétales et jardin de la nymphe Ancolie. The surrealist work, with a bird-like figure emerging from monumental curling
red flower petals, was painted by German-born artist Max Ernst in 1934 for the
wall of a night club in Z
ürich. It is the only existing mural by the artist that has survived in its
entirety. The Menil Collection will be the first venue to showcase the mural in
its fully restored state.
Approximately 75 important and rarely exhibited paintings, drawings and
sculptures by Ernst from the early 1930s to the late 1940s will be shown. For
more information, go to
www.menil.org.
Perspectives 164: Stephanie Syjuco Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Through Feb. 22
In her first solo museum show, San Francisco-based artist Stephanie Syjuco uses
bootlegging, counterfeiting and re-appropriation tactics in her photographs,
videos and sculptures.
By confronting the limitations, proliferations and nuances of today’s global economy and digital technologies, Syjuco investigates, interrupts and
reinvigorates sites of transcultural communication, international capitalism
and modern aesthetics.
Prospectives 164: Stephane Syjuco features the artist’s photographic series The Village (Small Encampments), in which she takes viewers on a journey through the Philippines and her
apartment by inserting diorama-like cutouts she
’s constructed from tourist photos posted on the Internet into her domestic
space, as well as video and sculpture.
For more information, call 713-284-8250 or go to www.camh.org.
The Odd CoupleTexas Repertory Theatre, Feb. 4 - 22
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Neil Simon created a comedy masterpiece when
he imagined those two most unlikely of roommates, Felix and Oscar. Now these
beloved characters make their appearance on The Texas Repertory Theatre Company
stage, and the results are sure to be hilarious. For more information, go to
www.texreptheatre.org or call 281-583-7573.
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