Results tagged “satire”

Opening Night: The Musical of Musicals @ Theater Lab Can't decide on plans for tonight? Well bring your indecisivness to the ultimate variety of muscial theater, for tonight's opening of Theater Lab Houston's The Musical of Musicals - The Musical! "A hilarious satire of musical theatre". One story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form, from Rodgers & Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim. The Basic Plot:...

The big opening this week is Will Ferrell's latest, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Looks to us like Anchorman-meets-NASCAR, and indeed it's produced, written, etc. by a lot of the same people. We found Anchorman overrated, but previews for this look like it's a good fit for Ferrell's particular brand of humor. Reviews claim it falls flat as satire but as improvisational comedy it looks about as good as anything Ferrell's ever done,...

Wednesday Been stuck in a quiet office or cubicle all day and need a change of pace? The Fall of Troy may be able to help you with that. The Washington state punk-rock trio plays with At All Cost and Jonbenet. 8 p.m. at Walter’s on Washington | info Thursday The touring scene is quiet in Houston today, so why not check out some local acoustic talent. Longtime favorite folk venue Anderson Fair continues...