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L. Jay Meyer as Addison and Tom Frey as Wilson Mizner are con men blazing their way across America
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If only this latest musical from Stephen Sondheim were his first, then we could hail a rising new talent, instead of having to justif...
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Album Cover for Patti LuPone's Far Away Places - Live at 54 BELOW . 54 BELOW, located in the shadow of the legendary Studio 54, is lovingly referred to as Broadway's Living Room. Patti LuPone, one of modern Broadway's biggest stars opened the ven...
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Some questions are impossible to answer: Whether God exists, what exactly happened when the universe was created and what happens when we die. Mysteries! There are other Important Questions that plague us on a day-to-day basis, and though less profou...
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was all about trying to learn new and exciting things in the world of geekdom and even a little bit of science here and there. I kept it scholarly. On Saturday, I decided to try a different tactic. It was time to get physical.
This started with a br...
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This is my third year covering the Comicpalooza convention, and each year it's gotten better and bigger. 2013 seems absolutely massive with pockets of all kinds of geekdom spread out all over the entire George R. Brown Convention Center. Every time y...
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Houston Press Flickr Pool and see what kinds of art shots our talented photographers have added. We love street art, unique perspectives and beautiful photos of Houston's creative community. If you think you've got a good eye, drop your pictures in ...
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Twin Peaks based on the numerous suggestions from you, Jef thought we should check out the seminal episode that proved to the world that this show was not going to be yet another Hill Street Blues , "Zen or the Skill to Catch a Killer." If you have...
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Burlesque clown princess and producer KiKi Maroon describes the KiKi Maroon's BurlyQ Lounge show, seen on Friday at McGonigel's Mucky Duck, as classy and sexy, dirty and funny." Okay, we're in.
Maroon found burlesque shows a rarity when she sta...
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Epic
What? No Fast and Furious 6 ? No Hangover Part III ? I can attend one screening a week. When you have children, you'll understand.
Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: Two Rick Moranises out of five.
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This weekend, the newly created Station Theater will present a first for Houston -- a full three days of comedy, sketch and improv. "The Trill Comedy Festival," which opened last night, is the brainchild of Station's Director Shyla Ray, who wanted to...
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When you have a baby you buy a baby book. It's full of all kinds of milestones for you to fill out like baby's first haircut, baby's first day home, etc. It's a chronicle of all those magical moments that we build up as parents. There are, however, m...
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Sophia L. Torres has always loved being onstage, even if that meant playing the Wicked Witch of the West in elementary school. "It was my first big role, and I loved it," she says, even though her mother wasn't too keen on her daughter paying the vil...
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic . While I'm pretty sure I would never sit through another episode that I wasn't being forced to by my little Rainbow Dash fan, I can freely admit it's not a bad show at all. Lauren Faust is a brilliant creator, the...
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Cybertoad Houston's been home to former presidents, movie stars, famous crooks and the lawyers that got them out of jail, sports legends and medical pioneers, and all sorts of colorful folks. Where do all of these people go when they die? To ...
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That said, Jamie was a truly remarkable man, and this is a rare opportunity to hear from him exactly what it was like to travel with The Doctor on more episodes than any other person in the show's history. Annie Bulloch, co-owner of 8th Dimension Com...
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Despite its unassuming size and material, the Cyrus Cylinder is no ordinary object. It is one of the most iconic items in the British Museum's collection -- an artifact from 6th century BC Babylon inscribed with the earliest form of writing that is o...
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Seven long years ago, the world was forced to say goodbye too early to the most screwed up family on television. The Bluths, of Fox's Arrested Development , slipped quietly into the night on February 10, 2006; it was even more silent because they ha...
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Co-director Mark Shanahan is working on some Sherlock Holmes magic Mark Shanahan was that kid.
"I was that kid at 11 or 12 under the bed with a flashlight reading Hound of the Baskervilles . Those stories hold up; those characters hold up," say...
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Nicoletta Maranos Having spent a good portion of my life on stage I enjoy my role as a journalist on the sidelines a great deal. You see a lot of interesting things when you fade into the background. At Comicpalooza at the George R. Brown Conven...
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"Colony Collapse" Nicola Parente has a way of getting your attention. Four years ago, it was with giant mushrooms made of peat moss that sprouted from Art League Houston's patio. The piece, a collaboration with Divya Murphy, was in response to a N...
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